Python23 missing on OSX

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

Download the pre-built version. Run it in place or move it to /Applications
and run it. Either way it crashes every time I try to start it.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect the app to just startup. Instead it crashes immediately.

What version of MacVim and OS X are you using (see "MacVim->About MacVim"
and  "Apple Menu->About This Mac" menu items, e.g. "Snapshot 40, 10.5.6
Intel")?

OSX 10.5.7
MacVim 7.2 stable 1.2

Please provide any additional information below.

Whenever I start MacVim I get the following error:

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Python
  Referenced from:
/Users/laran/Downloads/MacVim-7_2-stable-1_2/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim
  Reason: image not found

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Laran.Ev...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2009 at 8:58

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Hopefully this won't cause any crazyness, but I fixed the issue by doing this:

cd /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions; sudo ln -s 2.5 2.3

Original comment by Laran.Ev...@gmail.com on 24 Jul 2009 at 2:21

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I misread the version info in my previous reply (now deleted).

I've heard of other people missing Python 2.3 and I'm beginning to suspect that 
some Pythong 3 installer is 
responsible for deleting it.  From your post I'm guessing that you did not 
uninstall 2.3 manually?

Anyway, Python 2.3 is a system library and such MacVim assumes it to be present 
on all supported platforms.  If 
you want to run MacVim without Python 2.3 then I recommend you build your own 
binary.  The Building page on 
the Wiki tells you how to do this.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:05

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I tried building on my own with 2.5 but got the build error related to tgetent. 
I
don't recall exactly what it was. But it's a previously reported issue. Not 
sure if
it was reported here or not. But I did see other posts on the web about it.

Original comment by Laran.Ev...@gmail.com on 24 Jul 2009 at 2:30

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I guess you are referring to the thread "building in python2.5 support".  
According to that you may need to 
"make reconfig" before building.  You should also try to leave out as many 
build flags as possible and add one at 
a time to see which one is causing the error.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 24 Jul 2009 at 2:43

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Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2009 at 1:22

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