Re: [xml] libxml2 under HP-UX successfully compiled with HP-UX Ansi C Compiler

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 02:59:45PM +0100, Hans-Michael Stahl wrote:
> The INSTALL file delivered with libxml2 sources
> (libxml2-sources-2.6.23.tar.gz) states that libxml2 cannot be translated
> with the HP-UX C-Compiler:
> 
>   3.libxml does not compile with HP-UX's optional ANSI-C compiler
> 
> Contrary to this statement, I successfully translated libxml2 with a
> very old (Dec 2000) version of the HP-Unix C-Compiler under HP-UX
> B.11.00. Ind I did not modify any of the supplied files not did I
> specify and additional options (just ./configure; make; make install).
> 
> The compiler supplies the following version information:
> 
>   cpp.ansi: HP92453-01 B.11.11.02 HP C Preprocessor (ANSI)
>   ccom: HP92453-01 B.11.11.02 HP C Compiler
> 
> Seen the fact that the regression tests (make tests) were executed
> without problems and also my application runs fine, I think that the
> statement in INSTALL should be removed (or at least worded differently).

  Simpler to remove it, that file wasn't changed since 2001 :-)

   thanks,

Daniel

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