[Xastir] Macports: last libraries update broke-up Xastir

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017, F1MHV wrote:

> FYI, last libraries update via Macports brought this message when launching xastir:
>
> dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libshp.1.3.0.dylib
>  Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/xastir
>  Reason: image not found
> Abort trap: 6
>
> i did again the installation process according to http://xastir.org/index.php/Macports and now back to normal ops.

If libraries change that Xastir depends upon, Xastir must be re-compiled to work with them. When you start Xastir the libraries get dynamically linked together to Xastir right then.

Try to surprise Xastir by swapping out one or more libraries you compiled it to use: Things may not work.

If the libraries didn't change too much and didn't change major revision numbers, you might get lucky sometimes and have Xastir still work with them. That depends on whether the individual library calls Xastir uses have changed their API or their functionality.

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