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

[Bruno Haible]

Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> 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

So, this installation of libexpat.so is incomplete. XML_GetFeatureList is part 
of
the expat API. The problem is on your side, not in gettext.

Bruno