libxfcegui4 and libxml

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Fri Oct 8 12:22:20 CEST 2004


Martti Kuparinen wrote:
> Hi!

Hello Martti,

> I'm updating the package for libxfcegui4-4.1.90 and the configuration
> part works okay but the compilation fails like this:
> 
> mime.c:39:27: libxml/parser.h: No such file or directory
> mime.c:40:25: libxml/tree.h: No such file or directory
> mime.c:51:2: warning: #warning "mime_icons module will be disabled 
> without libxml!"
> gmake[3]: *** [libxfce4_mime_la-mime.lo] Error 1
> 
> There seems to be a hidden dependency, i.e. shouldn't the configure script
> check for libxml-2.x (or is it libxml-1.x) and abort if it's not found?

configure.ac contains a check for libxml-2.4.0, but its optional. If 
libxml-2.4.0 isn't found, HAVE_LIBXML won't be set and the mime stuff 
won't work (IIRC).

> Martti

regards,
Benedikt



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