[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#352634: xmllint --path does not have the expected effect (refer to xsltproc)

[Daniel Leidert]

Package: libxml2-utils
Version: 2.6.23.dfsg.1-0.1
Severity: normal

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I will try to describe the problem: I build a few manpages using
automake/autoconf. The manpages need a few entities, which I moved into
a file man_entities.dtd.in, which is processed by autoconf. All XML files
import this file using

  <!ENTITY % _man_entities SYSTEM "man_entities.dtd">
  %_man_entities;
		
If I now run make distcheck, the .dtd file is produced in _build. To
process the file I use

  xsltproc --path $(srcdir):$(builddir) man.xsl foobar.xml

which produces my expected manpage. But when I want to check the validity of
the XML file using the same syntax

  xmllint --noout --path $(srcdir):$(builddir) --dtdvalid
  	file:///path/to/docbookx.dtd --valid foobar.xml

it fails with

  I/O error : failed to load external entity "foobar.xml"
  ../foobar.xml:line: I/O error : failed to load external entity "../man_entities.dtd"
  %_man_entities;
  ^
  %_man_entities;
  ^
  ../foobar.xml:line: I/O error : failed to load external entity "../man_entities.dtd"
  %_man_entities;
  ^
  %_man_entities;
  ^

Is it possible to fix this so it loads DTD(s) from the specified --path
option too (as xsltproc seems to work)? If you want to have a look
yourself, you can find the related sources, where I observe this problem
here: http://cvs.wgdd.de/cgi-bin/cvsweb/fglrx_man/

If you need more info, please let me know.

Regards, Daniel


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ii  libxml2                2.6.23.dfsg.1-0.1 GNOME XML library
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