Re: gprolog 1.4.0 on Mac OSX fails to start

[Brock Organ]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Brock Organ <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed gprolog-1.4.0-snow-leopard, and after installing tried to
> start the gprolog command, but it failed to start:
>
> bash-3.2$ /opt/local/bin/gprolog
> dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022
> Trace/BPT trap
> bash-3.2$
>
> Here are the specifics on my system:
>
> bash-3.2$ uname -a
> Darwin fiffaro.local 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15
> 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
> bash-3.2$
>
> Unfortunately, the error is severe enough that I can't even query the
> binary for version info:
>
> bash-3.2$ /opt/local/bin/gprolog --version
> dyld: unknown required load command 0x80000022
> Trace/BPT trap
> bash-3.2$ # just installed gprolog 1.4.0 from
> http://www.gprolog.org/gprolog-1.4.0.tar.gz
>
> I am using Mac OS X version 10.5.8 on an Intel-based system ... is
> this a known issue, or does it have a workaround?

I have verified that this is a regression[1] from 1.3.1 on my system:

fiffaro:~ brockorgan$ /opt/local/bin/gprolog
GNU Prolog 1.3.1
By Daniel Diaz
Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Daniel Diaz
| ?-

fiffaro:~ brockorgan$ /opt/local/bin/gprolog --version
Prolog top-Level (GNU Prolog) 1.3.1
By Daniel Diaz
Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Daniel Diaz
GNU Prolog comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Prolog
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
fiffaro:~ brockorgan$

Regards,

Brock

[1] using 
http://gprolog.univ-paris1.fr/old_versions/gprolog-1.3.1-leopard-intel.pkg.zip