GR backend missing GKSTerm.app on macOS Sonoma Version 14.3 (23D56)

[varnerlab]

Details

1. I installed the Plots package (v1.40.0) into a local project with the package manager from the REPL and closed the REPL.
2. I Started Julia using the --project=. flag and then issued the using Plots command. I tried to plot some random numbers using plot(rand(100)).
3. It crashed, but sometimes it also just hangs the REPL. The error message says it can't find the GSKTerm app. I'm assuming AAPL moved stuff during the update to 14.3, but I'm not sure. Help?
4. Other backends, e.g., Pythonplot, work okay (but it's the only one I tested).

See the screenshot for crash details:

Backends

This bug occurs on ( insert x below )

Backend	yes	no	untested
gr (default)	x
pythonplot		x
plotlyjs			x
pgfplotsx			x
unicodeplots			x
inspectdr			x
gaston			x

Versions

Plots.jl version:
Backend version (]st -m <backend(s)>): GR v0.73.1
Output of versioninfo():
Julia Version 1.10.0
Commit 3120989f39b (2023-12-25 18:01 UTC)
Build Info:
Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
OS: macOS (arm64-apple-darwin22.4.0)
CPU: 10 × Apple M1 Max
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-15.0.7 (ORCJIT, apple-m1)
Threads: 1 on 8 virtual cores

[juliasloan25]

I'm also seeing this on MacOS v12.7.2, and not on Linux or Windows. I don't get the error when using Plots v1.39.0, so maybe this was introduced in v1.40.0

[BeastyBlacksmith]

CC @jheinen

[jheinen]

The problem is fixed in GR 0.73.2