[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#327659: libxml2: 2.6.21-1 breaks xsltproc

[Roger Leigh]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:08:04AM +0200, Daniel Holbach wrote:
> 
> as we don't seem to have the problem, I suggest you try to build the
> source package on
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libx/libxml2/ (Version
> 2.6.21). 

I've reviewed the diffs between the unpacked source trees of the Debian
2.6.20-1 ==> 2.6.21-1 and Debian 2.6.21-1 ==> Ubuntu 2.6.21-0ubuntu1.

Some observations:

1) The ubuntu package does not include the patch to error.c.  This
   looks like it might be related to the XPath failures.

2) The ubuntu version has some somewhat disturbing omissions in
   debian/rules (shlibs versioning in particular, but also
   missing deprecated package removal).  It looks like this needs
   syncing properly with the Debian packaging.

3) The Debian package re-bootstrapped the autotools with automake1.8,
   but upstream used automake1.9.  The use of automake1.8 in
   autogen.sh needs to be replaced by automake1.9 (and the build-deps
   also need updating).

I'll build a copy on powerpc tonight with (1) and (3) fixed, and see
if this helps.

Either way, (2) and (3) need fixing in Ubuntu and Debian, respectively.


Regards,
Roger


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