updated biber can't compile

[Tom Kacvinsky]

Hi Herbert,

The messages below indicate that the symbol _iconv can’t be find by the Perl module LibXML.  I am not sure if this is a system Perl issue or if it’s an issue with a module distributed by TeXLive.  If is the former, it should just work.  If the latter, looks like like the Perl module is coming from a Perl that does not work with macOS 14.4, which was just released recently.
 
I can look into this further when I get home.

Tom

> On Mar 23, 2024, at 07:48, Herbert Schulz via tex-live <tex-live at tug.org> wrote:
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> There was an update to biber (and biblatex) today and it now fails to compile on first run:
> 
> % biber --version
> Can't load '/var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/auto/XML/LibXML/LibXML.bundle' for module XML::LibXML: dlopen(/var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/auto/XML/LibXML/LibXML.bundle, 0x0001): Symbol not found: _iconv
>  Referenced from: <4FABCE36-0023-3D1B-A158-3499EFD82412> /private/var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/libxml2.2.dylib
>  Expected in:     <E05EA2EB-4F11-36B6-87E5-41C89C1BCC5D> /private/var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/libiconv.2.dylib at /loader/HASH(0x13f88dbb0)/DynaLoader.pm line 210.
> at /loader/HASH(0x13f8ff140)/PAR/Heavy.pm line 104.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/XML/LibXML.pm line 156.
> Compilation failed in require at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/XML/LibXML/Simple.pm line 21.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/XML/LibXML/Simple.pm line 21.
> Compilation failed in require at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/Biber/LaTeX/Recode.pm line 16.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/Biber/LaTeX/Recode.pm line 16.
> Compilation failed in require at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/Biber/Utils.pm line 19.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/Biber/Utils.pm line 19.
> Compilation failed in require at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/Biber/Internals.pm line 8.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/Biber/Internals.pm line 8.
> Compilation failed in require at /loader/HASH(0x13f8db318)/parent.pm line 16.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/folders/wh/5072hqh48xj1mw001s6v2kdh0000gn/T/par-6865726273/cache-351a9b4d1739a271ecf0be692d0ec1ef0a81d258/inc/lib/Biber.pm line 5.
> Compilation failed in require at script/biber-darwin line 17.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/biber-darwin line 17.
> 
> This on a M1 iMac running MacOS 14.4.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> herbs2 at mac.com
> 
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