Re^3: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues

yes, a little confused on that. the latest version of libxml2 seems to be libxml2-2.9.4 what other dependencies do I need to resolve? am I approaching this the wrong way? please advise.

Hi,

Are the directions really that confusing?

That version is known to be buggy

Your options are, install it anyway (force), or download an older version (like 2.9.3 ".0" or 2.7.8.1) or a newer version (like snapshot)

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Re^4: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 25, 2017 at 09:25 UTC
Are the directions really that confusing? No ... however, I must confess that I've found it a struggle to work out whether the directions being thrown at the OP are valid. (My incapacity, I know.) They prrroobably are - but I'm still puzzled by (in the Makefile.PL): `exit 0 if !$FORCE and $libxml2_version ne "2.9.4";` [download] If 2.9.4 is no good, why is it being special-cased as the only version for which the build is allowed to proceed (under the particular encompassing circumstances) ? Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by Anonymous Monk on May 25, 2017 at 19:40 UTC
If 2.9.4 is no good, why is it being special-cased as the only version for which the build is allowed to proceed (under the particular encompassing circumstances) ? Eh? https://metacpan.org/source/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0129/Changes 2.0126 2016-06-24 - Workaround RT#114638: - 2.9.4 broke XSD Schema support. - https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=114638 - https://github.com/shlomif/libxml2-2.9.4-reader-schema-regression - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766834 - https://github.com/shlomif/perl-XML-LibXML/pull/1 - Thanks to Paul for the report and to RURBAN for a pull-req. - Add t/release-kwalitee.t for testing CPANTS Kwalitee.	[reply]
Re^6: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by Corion (Patriarch) on May 25, 2017 at 19:52 UTC
I think you're talking past each other. I'm sure that 2.9.4 is a bad version, but the condition quoted by syphilis also gave me pause, as I found it somewhat unclear too. I think the logic is that 2.9.4 is so horribly broken that you can't even `$FORCE` it, but the code could do with a comment here and should output that.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 26, 2017 at 02:27 UTC
Re^6: XML-LibXML-2.0129 installation issues by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 26, 2017 at 02:40 UTC
https://metacpan.org/source/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0129/Changes Yes, that makes things clearer - and it enables a far more accurate understanding than provided by the directions given to the OP. Cheers, Rob	[reply]