Every now and again, I see that Python 3.8 crashes.
Now, I tried to get rid of all Python 3.8 interpreters on my system. But the crash log for this one gives a Path of /Users/USER/*/python3.8. What does that mean? That's not a real path on my filesystem.
The crash is due to Python not finding a dylb it needs:
Process: python3.8 [2946]
Path: /Users/USER/*/python3.8
Identifier: python3.8
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2024-09-20 17:03:49.4230 -0700
OS Version: macOS 14.6.1 (23G93)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: <redacted>
Sleep/Wake UUID: <redacted>
Time Awake Since Boot: 520000 seconds
Time Since Wake: 43861 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Notes:
PC register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x202E45A78)
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Termination Reason: Namespace DYLD, Code 1 Library missing
Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib
Referenced from: <redacted> /Users/USER/*/python3.8
Reason: tried: '/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)
(terminated at launch; ignore backtrace)
Now, this only happens (I think) when I'm running VS Code, which I normally hate doing, but I’m trying to develop an Autodesk Fusion plug-in in Python, and that’s how it’s done.
I don’t know if this Python was installed by Apple, or if I got via one of the dozens of SDKs I've installed over the years. VS Code has a way to search for Python interpreters, and I used that to delete all the old ones I could find. And I'm pretty sure macOS is on a more recent version.