Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:15:52 +0000 From: Colin <colin@southportweb.co.uk> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: libxslt port build problem Message-ID: <4AF7DDC8.3010604@southportweb.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091109053711.C86351CC0E@ptavv.es.net> References: <20091109053711.C86351CC0E@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:19:05 +0000 >> From: Colin <colin@southportweb.co.uk> >> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org >> >> Kevin Oberman wrote: >> >>>> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:59:16 +0000 >>>> From: Colin <colin@southportweb.co.uk> >>>> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I've been unable to upgrade libxslt for a while on my installation of >>>> FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p12 >>>> It always tells me the following: >>>> >>>> checking for libxml libraries >= 2.6.27... configure: error: Version >>>> 2.6.23 found. You need at least libxml2 2.6.27 for this version of libxslt >>>> >>>> I can find no information on where it is getting the information that >>>> 2.6.23 is installed because pkg_info shows only libxml2-2.7.6 (the >>>> current port) as installed. >>>> >>>> I don't really know anything about libxml2 so I assume there's some >>>> leftover bits from an old version somewhere..can you point me in the >>>> right direction to clean it up? >>>> >>>> >>> Just 'portupgrade -f libxml2' should do the trick. (Or what every tool >>> you would use to force the re-installation of a port). Then upgrade >>> libxslt. At least this has worked for me. >>> >>> >> Thanks for the reply Kevin, >> I have already done a full rebuild including recompiling libxml >> however I didn't use portupgrade. I've just tried the way you say and >> that has unfortunately not made any difference. >> >> Oh and as a side note, are there any archived for this list? The >> FreeBSD Gnome page lists freebsd-gnome and has a search box that >> points to a Russian site but I was wondering if there's a browseable >> archive? >> > > Rats. This has always worked for me. > > The configure script, at about line 15800, does the check by issuing the > command 'xml2-config --version'. It should be using the xml2-config in > /usr/local/bin, but it does several operations to determine exactly what > command to use, so something might be causing it to use an old one. > > First, try entering '/usr/local/bin/xml2-config --version'. If that > reports the correct version, try 'locate xml2-config' to see if there is > another xml2-config on the system. > > Archives are found a number of places, but the official one is > http://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html > Apparently there are one or two old versions knocking around: ted# /opt/xml2/bin/xml2-config --version 2.7.3 ted# /usr/bin/xml2-config --version 2.6.23 ted# /scripts/cpan_sandbox/x86_64/xml2-config --version 2.6.23 ted# /root/installd/scripts/cpan_sandbox/x86_64/xml2-config --version 2.6.23 ted# /usr/local/bin/xml2-config --version 2.7.6 The old versions must have either been installed from some other source or not deleted properly by the ports during upgrade. What's the best way to clean them up as I assume its best to only have the one version running!
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