[xml] problems with libxml2.3.10 on alpha

[Geert Kloosterman <geertk ai rug nl>]

Hi all,

I've compiled libxml2.3.10 on RHL 6.2 i386, and it works fine.  The
thing I've got to build however needs to run on an Alpha machine with
some kind of SuSE distribution on it.

I couldn't find anything on this in the mailing archive, but it can be
I didn't search good enough.


(On both systems I did a `./configure' and a `make')
I'm getting errors on the Alpha machine:

    - When I do a `make check', the output is different on Alhpa.

      i386 output:

          ##
          ## XML regression tests
          ##
          ## You should see one warning on entity 'title.xml' for ent2
          ##
          Testing att1
          Testing att2
          [ .. ]

      On the alpha I get garbage as a bonus:

          ##
          ## XML regression tests
          ##
          ## You should see one warning on entity 'title.xml' for ent2
          ##
          Testing att1
          1,2d0
          < <?xml version="1.0"?>
          < <doc attr="to normalize with a    space"/>
          Testing att2
          1,2d0
          < <?xml version="1.0"?>
          < <doc attr="to normalize   with a space"/>
          Testing attrib.xml

    - When I try to use testXPath with the internal document, it just
      dies:

          [geertk thor libxml2-2.3.10]$ ./testXPath '//title'
          Floating point exception

      On i386 this works fine.


Am I doing something wrong here (this is the first week I use
libxml2), or did I encounter a bug?  

Friendliest regards,

Geert Kloosterman