[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#546708: virt-manager: doesn't start due to libxml2 version problems

[Thomas Koch]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 0.8.0-1
Severity: important

Trying to start virt-manager I get an error window:

Fehler beim Starten des Virtual Machine Managers:
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/libxml2mod.so: symbol xmlFirstElementChild,
version LIBXML2_2.7.3 not defined in file libxml2.so.2 with link time
reference

Details:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 377, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 306, in main
    from virtManager.config import vmmConfig
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/config.py", line 26, in
<module>
    import virtinst
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/virtinst/__init__.py", line 27, in
<module>
    import util
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/virtinst/util.py", line 34, in
<module>
    import libxml2
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/libxml2.py", line 1, in <module>
    import libxml2mod
ImportError: /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/libxml2mod.so: symbol
xmlFirstElementChild, version LIBXML2_2.7.3 not defined in file
libxml2.so.2 with link time reference

My installed version of libxml2 is 2.7.4.dfsg-1.

After deactualizing to 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1 (libxml2 and the python-binding) I
get:

Fehler beim Starten des Virtual Machine Managers:
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/libxml2mod.so: undefined symbol:
xmlPreviousElementSibling

Details:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 377, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 306, in main
    from virtManager.config import vmmConfig
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/config.py", line 26, in
<module>
    import virtinst
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/virtinst/__init__.py", line 27, in
<module>
    import util
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/virtinst/util.py", line 34, in
<module>
    import libxml2
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/libxml2.py", line 1, in <module>
    import libxml2mod
ImportError: /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/libxml2mod.so: undefined
symbol: xmlPreviousElementSibling


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (1000, 'stable'), (990, 'unstable'), (700, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
ii  librsvg2-common               2.26.0-1   SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  python-dbus                   0.82.4-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-glade2                 2.16.0-1   GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2                 2.26.1-1   Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gtk-vnc                0.3.9-1    A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ (Pyth
ii  python-gtk2                   2.16.0-1   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-libvirt                0.7.0-1    libvirt Python bindings
ii  python-urlgrabber             3.1.0-4    A high-level cross-protocol url-gr
ii  python-vte                    1:0.20.5-1 Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  virtinst                      0.500.0-1  Programs to create and clone virtu

Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
ii  hal                           0.5.13-3   Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  libvirt-bin                   0.7.0-1    the programs for the libvirt libra

Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
ii  virt-viewer                   0.2.0-1    Displaying the graphical console o

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