Re: gettext 0.17 build failure (expat related, multiple platforms)

[Matthew Woehlke]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> Matthew Woehlke wrote in 
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2009-03/msg00088.html>:
> > gcc -g -O2 -o .libs/xgettext [objects] ./.libs/libgettextsrc.so 
> > /home/install/gnu/build/arch/gettext-0.17/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/.libs/libgettextlib.so
> >  -L/home/install/gnu/arch/lib -lncurses 
> > /home/install/gnu/build/arch/gettext-0.17/gettext-tools/intl/.libs/libintl.so 
> > /home/install/gnu/arch/lib/libiconv.so -lc 
> > /home/install/gnu/arch/lib/libexpat.so -R/home/install/gnu/arch/lib
> > Undefined first referenced
> > symbol in file
> > XML_GetFeatureList xgettext-x-glade.o
> > ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to .libs/xgettext
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make[4]: *** [xgettext] Error 1
>
> Well, XML_GetFeatureList is part of the expat API, whether it be version 1.95.8,
> 2.0.0, or 2.0.1. The question is therefore: why is this symbol not picked up
> by the linker?
>
> 1) What is "nm /home/install/gnu/arch/lib/libexpat.so | grep 
> XML_GetFeatureList" ?

empty

> 2) What is "nm /home/install/gnu/arch/lib/libexpat.so | grep ' T '" ?

also empty? Here's a sample line of just 'nm /path/to/libexpat.so' (note 
that this is not GNU nm...):

[Index]   Value      Size    Type  Bind  Other Shndx   Name
[373]   |     12480|       8|FUNC |GLOB |0    |10     |XML_GetBase 


> 3) What configure options did you pass when configuring expat?

Just '--prefix=/home/install/gnu/arch' (and depending on when I built 
it, possibly CFLAGS/LDFLAGS to get it to use other stuff in the PREFIX).

> 4) Is there maybe an older version of libexpat in /usr/lib/ ?

On <insert esoteric platform>? Seems unlikely. (Also, I checked the box 
I'm currently poking; nope, no stray libexpat.)

I'd happily tell gettext not to use expat, but there doesn't seem to be 
an option for that :-(.

> PS: About gettext, please write to bug-gnu-gettext. If you post through gmane,
>     it does not reach all the recipients of bug-gnu-gettext.

This sounds like a case of "gmane should have a proper alias for this list"?

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