[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#1073313: gnustep-base: FTBFS: GSXML.m:2674:22: error: ‘xmlEntity’ {aka ‘struct _xmlEntity’} has no member named ‘checked’

[Thorsten Glaser]

clone 1073313 -1
reassign -1 libxml2
found -1 2.12.7+dfsg-3
retitle -1 libxml2: just another API+ABI break; please bump soname
severity -1 serious
tags -1 sid
thanks

On Sun, 16 Jun 2024, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

>This is not the first time in *very* recent history that libxml2
>has an ABI break (e.g. LibreOffice ran into that), and… I wonder
[…]
>Looking at the other context in that commit, the “flags” member
>definitely does *not* replace the “checked” member in a compatible
>way. Rather, the functionality that used to be behind “checked”
>is gone in its entirety.

Better prevent this from landing in trixie until the package
gets its soname bumped.

bye,
//mirabilos
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