Inkscape-bin crash: was "Re: Inkscape crazy slow"

[Joseph C. Slater PE, PhD]

On Sep 30, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

>
> On Sep 30, 2009, at 03:41, Joseph C. Slater PE, PhD wrote:
>>> where did you get your /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib?  Did you install  
>>> your own copy of libxml2 over the one provided by the system?
>>
>> I get the same result. Now I'm further confused. I have inkscape  
>> working now (I installed the stand alone beta version off source  
>> forge), but this is weird.
>
> You failed to answer the question.  Where did you get your /usr/lib/ 
> libxml2.2.dylib?  It's not the one shipped by Apple.
>
> My advice: Reinstall SnowLeopard and don't clobber /usr.

I just had a friend check the size and date on their version of this  
file: 3.75 MB, and May 28, exactly as me. Looking through time  
machine, there was a 4.5MB version with a July 17 mod date in Leopard,  
and it was replaced by an older version in Snow Leopard.

Joe