[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#766884: libxml2: lots of "validity error : ID ... already defined" errors with xmllint --valid

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2014-10-29 23:34:37 +0100, intrigeri wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote (26 Oct 2014 22:00:30 GMT) :
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Does this bug really make libxml2 unusable for everybody?

This is a major regression. Many users may be affected.

> I see it has a lot of reverse-dependencies, so it should be easy to
> check.

This is meaningless. You need to check among users who use
libxml2 for their own applications.

> I can reproduce this failure in a clean sid chroot.
> I can't in a clean Jessie chroot.

The buggy version isn't in testing.

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