Re: [xml] problems with libxml-1.8.17

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 11:34:20AM +0000, David Starks-Browning wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I notice a couple of problems with libxml-1.8.17 as packaged at
> GNOME/stable/sources/libxml.
> 
> First, ./configure complains that there is no example/Makefile.in.
> But I do see example/Makefile.am.

  Known problem, fixed in libxml2 but not backported.

> Second, it seems that this package must be built "in place".  This is
> a bit inconvenient when building for multiple platforms simultaneously,
> as I do for Linux, Tru64, IRIX and Solaris.

  Hum, I can't remember this. "make distcheck" is supposed to 
check this and I think it used to work

> I realise libxml-1 is not a high priority for you, but I thought I
> would at least bring these to your attention.  I certainly have no
> need for the above to get fixed.

  Okay, I really have a lot of work to keep up with bug reports and 
enhancements for libxml2 and libxslt, so efforts on libxml1 sounds a bit
like lost cycles since it's being phased out.

Daniel

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