scribus @1.4.6: dyld: Symbol not found: __ZN10QByteArray11shared_nullE

[smwardle]

scribus @1.4.6 installed from macports on MacOS 10.12 Sierra

On startup it crashes with:

dyld: Symbol not found: __ZN10QByteArray11shared_nullE
  Referenced from: /Applications/MacPorts/Scribus.app/Contents/MacOS/./Scribus
  Expected in: flat namespace
 in /Applications/MacPorts/Scribus.app/Contents/MacOS/./Scribus
Abort

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Remember to use WikiFormatting and to fill in the Port field.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I see similar on El Capitan:

Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: __ZN6PoDoFo8PdfError12s_DgbEnabledE
  Referenced from: /Applications/MacPorts/Scribus.app/Contents/MacOS/Scribus
  Expected in: flat namespace
 in /Applications/MacPorts/Scribus.app/Contents/MacOS/Scribus

It was ​reported to the developers 15 months ago; they have not responded. Please ask them about it.

Incidentally, although I'm not sure if it relates to the problem, the mention of "flat namespace" is unexpected. Use of the flat namespace has been out of style since Mac OS X v10.1 introduced the two-level namespace in 2001.

[ivl1705]

marked as fixed in the 1.5.1 branch ​https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=13261

[eborisch (Eric A. Borisch)]

In 8a3b7a155c8dbe359ad0054711e355b5c185654b/macports-ports (master):

scribus-devel: New port tracking dev branch

Fixes #52555 while leaving older version
available for older systems.