Dear All,

Thank you for providing the image file for Gretl 1.6.5.

However, when I load the application on Leopard, I receive the following error (with a crash):

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Process:         gretl_x11 [62486]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Gretl.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gretl_x11
Identifier:      gretl_x11
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       PPC (Native)
Parent Process:  Gretl [62484]

Date/Time:       2008-07-29 20:55:27.677 +0530
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)
Report Version:  6

Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000008fe0105c
Crashed Thread:  0

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.2.dylib
  Reason: Incompatible library version: libXft.2.dylib requires version 7.0.0 or later, but libiconv.2.dylib provides version 5.0.0

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I guess this has got to do with the compatibility issues between the libraries in Tiger and Leopard. I have Xcode installed and it has both directories for Tiger and Leopard under SDKs. I also ran otool on /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib and here is the output:

/usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib:
/usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0)
/usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 111.0.0)

So I really do not see the issue, however Gretl does see an issue! :(. The otool output on the dylib under MacOS10.4u.sdk/usr/lib shows compatibility only with 5.0.0. However, Gretl seems to have a complaint with /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib. I am puzzled.

Can someone please help? I would be really grateful!

thank you very much.

best regards
Arun


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Arun Tangirala
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Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai 600036
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