Problem with Mac OS/X gnucash 2.2.9 on Tiger (OS/X 10.4)

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Dani Flexer <gnucash at daniflexer.com> writes:

> Hi
>
> This is the message that went out, I have no idea why it has been
> chopped. I just sent a message to the admin.
>
> Sorry.
>
> Damo
>
> Investigated this a bit more.
>
> Clearly the problem is that GnuCash is looking for
> /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib version 7.0.0, while the version on Tiger
> 10.4.11 is 5.0.0 (see below).
>
> It seems to me that there may be an update I do not have to Tiger that
> updated this library to 7.0.0.
>
> Can anyone on the list confirm that they are runing this version of
> GnuCash on Tiger? On which version? Did you update Tiger with a new
> libiconv.dylib?
>
> Can you run:
>
> otool -L /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
>
> And let me know what the output is?
>
> Thanks!
> Dani

My understanding of the issue is that the DMG was just built against
the wrong SDK, so it wasn't built against Tiger's DyLibs, but instead
was built against Leopard's DyLibs... Which is why it wont work on
Tiger.

The maintainer has said he plans to build a new package which should
correct this issue.

> The library version that GnuCash is looking for:
>
> $ otool -L /Applications/GnuCash-Intel.app/Contents/MacOS/GnuCash-bin
> |fgrep libiconv
>    /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current
> version 7.0.0)
>
> So, the app is looking for version 7.0.0, next, when I look in the
> library provided by Tiger (10.4.11):
>
> $ otool -L /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
> /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib:
>    /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current
> version 5.0.0)
>
> Clearly, the version that GnuCash is looking for is 7.0.0, while the
> version I have on my system is 5.0.0.
>
> Now, when I check what fink provides:
>
> $ otool -L /sw/lib/libiconv.2.4.0.dylib
> /sw/lib/libiconv.2.4.0.dylib:
>        /sw/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current
> version 7.0.0)
>
> So if GnuCash was in fact looking in /sw/lib, it would have found the
> right version.

-derek

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