Calibre 2.15.0 fails to start normally under Mac OS X 10.8.5

Bug #1407450 reported by Jon Brinkmann
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1407102: Calibre 2.15 doesn't work in my mac. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

After installing (and reinstalling to be sure) Calibre 2.15.0 on a Mac OS X 10.8.5 computer, it was found that it won't start by the
normal method of clicking on its icon in the /Applications folder. The system console reports:

1/3/15 10:27:26.168 PM calibre[52595] Launch the main calibre Graphical User Interface and optionally add the ebook at
1/3/15 10:27:26.168 PM calibre[52595] path_to_ebook to the database.
1/3/15 10:27:26.168 PM calibre[52595] Whenever you pass arguments to calibre that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example "C:\some path with spaces"
1/3/15 10:27:26.168 PM calibre[52595] calibre: error: no such option: -p
1/3/15 10:27:26.192 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[153] ([0x0-0xcffcff].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[52595]) Exited with code: 2
1/3/15 10:28:06.133 PM calibre[52623] Usage: calibre [opts] [path_to_ebook]
1/3/15 10:28:06.133 PM calibre[52623] Launch the main calibre Graphical User Interface and optionally add the ebook at
1/3/15 10:28:06.134 PM calibre[52623] path_to_ebook to the database.
1/3/15 10:28:06.134 PM calibre[52623] Whenever you pass arguments to calibre that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example "C:\some path with spaces"
1/3/15 10:28:06.134 PM calibre[52623] calibre: error: no such option: -p
1/3/15 10:28:06.146 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[153] ([0x0-0xd00d00].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[52623]) Exited with code: 2

One can start Calibre from the command line, without the "-p", using the command:

% /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre "$HOME/Calibre Library" &
[1] 53247
% libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited
Ignoring directories passed as command line arguments

and

% /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre -h
Usage: calibre [opts] [path_to_ebook]

Launch the main calibre Graphical User Interface and optionally add the ebook at path_to_ebook to the database.

Whenever you pass arguments to calibre that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example "C:\some path with spaces"

Options:
  --version show program's version number and exit

  -h, --help show this help message and exit

  --with-library=WITH_LIBRARY
                        Use the library located at the specified path.

  --start-in-tray Start minimized to system tray.

  -v, --verbose Ignored, do not use. Present only for legacy reasons

  --no-update-check Do not check for updates

  --ignore-plugins Ignore custom plugins, useful if you installed a
                        plugin that is preventing calibre from starting

  -s, --shutdown-running-calibre
                        Cause a running calibre instance, if any, to be
                        shutdown. Note that if there are running jobs, they
                        will be silently aborted, so use with care.

Created by Kovid Goyal <email address hidden>

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Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : Re: calibre bug 1407450
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