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Re: 0.8.5 Compile errors
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: 0.8.5 Compile errors |
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Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:42:08 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 07:04:07PM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 09:34:22AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 06:57:04AM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
> > You need to install the xmllint program. I have no idea where that is
> > on Cento - ask a Cento expert.
>
> I guess that we should probably document that xmllint is necessary, and
> perhaps modify configure.ac to report an error if it is missing.
>
> I don't understand what the xmllint invocations are doing, though.
>
> They are merely checking that the xml is valid if I recall correctly.
OK. I guess that the correct thing to do, then, would be to skip the
tests if xmllint is not available?
> What interests me however, is why they are getting called at all. I
> thought xmllint was only necessary when bootstrapping - it should not
> be required when building from the released tarball if I recall
> correctly. Unless of course Daniel modified something in the
> documentation sources.
Daniel--did you build from a release tarball or from some other source?
Thanks,
Ben.