Thanks for responding.
indeed 
- here’s the console output build.cmake.log.txt (1.2 MB)
- after installing the application from dmg and launching it, I get:
Process: rawtherapee [22119]
Path: /Applications/RawTherapee.app/Contents/MacOS/rawtherapee
Identifier: com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee
Version: @shortVersion@ (@shortVersion@)
Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: rawtherapee [22119]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2021-02-08 22:42:42.420 +0100
OS Version: macOS 11.2 (20D64)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 5DD05DDD-31F7-D656-CBB3-C61FF4EDDC2F
Time Awake Since Boot: 4600 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000032, 0x00000001054c4000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Termination Reason: Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 0x2
kernel messages:
VM Regions Near 0x1054c4000:
__LINKEDIT 105310000-1054c4000 [ 1744K] r--/r-- SM=COW /Applications/RawTherapee.app/Contents/MacOS/rawtherapee
--> mapped file 1054c4000-1054c8000 [ 16K] r--/r-x SM=PRV Object_id=e9bebd8d
__TEXT 10573c000-1057b8000 [ 496K] r-x/r-x SM=COW /usr/lib/dyld
Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
/Applications/RawTherapee.app/Contents/Frameworks/libomp.dylib
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 dyld 0x0000000105798780 bcmp + 16
1 dyld 0x0000000105759408 ImageLoaderMachO::validateFirstPages(linkedit_data_command const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, long long, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 136
2 dyld 0x00000001057603b8 ImageLoaderMachOCompressed::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, unsigned int, unsigned int, linkedit_data_command const*, encryption_info_command const*, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 268
3 dyld 0x0000000105757ffc ImageLoaderMachO::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 172
4 dyld 0x0000000105740290 dyld::loadPhase6(int, stat const&, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) + 668
5 dyld 0x0000000105748dd8 dyld::loadPhase5(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, unsigned int&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) + 1328
6 dyld 0x0000000105748824 dyld::loadPhase4(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, unsigned int&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) + 208
7 dyld 0x0000000105748530 dyld::loadPhase3(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, unsigned int&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) + 1100
8 dyld 0x0000000105747cf0 dyld::loadPhase1(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, unsigned int&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) + 212
9 dyld 0x000000010573fe0c dyld::loadPhase0(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, unsigned int&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) + 468
10 dyld 0x000000010573f9b0 dyld::load(char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, unsigned int&) + 196
11 dyld 0x000000010574977c dyld::libraryLocator(char const*, bool, char const*, ImageLoader::RPathChain const*, unsigned int&) + 56
12 dyld 0x00000001057539d4 ImageLoader::recursiveLoadLibraries(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&, char const*) + 344
13 dyld 0x00000001057521ac ImageLoader::link(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, bool, bool, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&, char const*) + 160
14 dyld 0x00000001057425f4 dyld::link(ImageLoader*, bool, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&, unsigned int) + 328
15 dyld 0x0000000105744928 dyld::_main(macho_header const*, unsigned long, int, char const**, char const**, char const**, unsigned long*) + 6764
16 dyld 0x000000010573d258 dyldbootstrap::start(dyld3::MachOLoaded const*, int, char const**, dyld3::MachOLoaded const*, unsigned long*) + 476
17 dyld 0x000000010573d038 _dyld_start + 56
Thread 0 crashed with ARM Thread State (64-bit):
x0: 0x00000001054c4000 x1: 0x000000016b4e95e0 x2: 0x0000000000000810 x3: 0x0000000000040001
x4: 0x0000000000000003 x5: 0x0000000000000000 x6: 0x00000001057c0280 x7: 0x0000000000000000
x8: 0x0000000000000000 x9: 0x000000016b4e9d28 x10: 0x0000000000000001 x11: 0x0001803000000000
x12: 0x0000000000000032 x13: 0x0004000000000000 x14: 0x00000000000894a8 x15: 0x000000016b4e9ca8
x16: 0x00000000000000c5 x17: 0x0000000000000000 x18: 0x0000000000000000 x19: 0x00000001057c5760
x20: 0x0000000000000820 x21: 0x000000016b4e95e0 x22: 0x00000001054c4000 x23: 0x0000000000000003
x24: 0x000000016b4e9db0 x25: 0x000000016b4f16f8 x26: 0x000000010490c768 x27: 0x000000016b4e95e0
x28: 0x0000000000000001 fp: 0x000000016b4e8fe0 lr: 0x0000000105759408
sp: 0x000000016b4e8fa0 pc: 0x0000000105798780 cpsr: 0x20000000
far: 0x00000001054c4000 esr: 0x92000007
Binary Images:
0x10490c000 - 0x1051effff +com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee (@shortVersion@ - @shortVersion@) <BAE4BC58-910B-34A9-932E-5D1C6CCE3C23> /Applications/RawTherapee.app/Contents/MacOS/rawtherapee
0x10573c000 - 0x1057b7fff dyld (832.7.3) <4AB185B3-DC20-3C03-A193-67C0E6C589D7> /usr/lib/dyld
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 3917
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=11.3M resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=11.3M(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8432K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8432K(100%)
VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M 1
Stack 8176K 1
__DATA 288K 4
__DATA_CONST 1120K 2
__LINKEDIT 2032K 3
__TEXT 9600K 2
mapped file 16K 1
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 76.8M 14
Model: MacBookPro17,1, BootROM 6723.81.1, proc 8:4:4 processors, 16 GB, SMC
Graphics: kHW_AppleM1Item, Apple M1, spdisplays_builtin
Memory Module: lp_ddr4
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme, wl0: Dec 31 2020 21:39:03 version 18.20.222.20.7.8.104 FWID 01-1b2645bc
Bluetooth: Version 8.0.3d9, 3 services, 25 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
USB Device: USB 3.1 Bus
USB Device: USB 3.1 Bus
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc.
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc.
Anything I should be looking for?