Merge pull request #125 from eMoflon/feature/macos-eclipse-fix-script

Adds a bash script to modify the local `Eclipse.app` to make it executable on macOS

doc/how-to-run-eclipse-on-macos.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # How to run a custom Eclipse on macOS
 
-(Apparantly, this was only tested on AMD64-based Macs = Intel Macs only!)
+(Apparantly, this was successfully tested on AMD64-based and ARM64-based Macs.)
 
 
 ## Problem
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ The following steps are necessary to run a custom Eclipse on modern macOS system
 You can now start your custom `Eclipse.app` with a double click on it.
 If macOS asks if you really want to start the "broken" app, select `Run`.
 
+All modifications on the local `Eclipse.app` can also be made with [this script](../scripts/fix-eclipse-app-macos.sh).
+
 ---
 
 ## Currently known issues

scripts/fix-eclipse-app-macos.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script patches the `Info.plist` file in the Eclipse.app to
+# properly make/mark it executable.
+#
+# author: Max Kratz <[email protected]>
+# date: 2024-11-15 
+
+set -e
+
+FILE="./Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist"
+JAVA=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
+STRING="      <string>-vm</string><string>$JAVA/bin/java</string>"
+
+if [ ! -f $FILE ]; then
+    echo "=> Eclipse.app not found in local folder."
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+if grep -Fq "$STRING" $FILE > /dev/null
+then
+    echo "=> Info.plist already patched."
+else
+    echo "=> Patching Info.plist."
+    sed -i -e '/.eclipse_keyring/a\'$'\n'"$STRING" $FILE
+fi
+
+sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - ./Eclipse.app
+xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ./Eclipse.app || true
+
+echo "=> Done."