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Bug 314853 - xml2-config --libtool-libs outputs non-existent /usr/lib/libxml2.la
xml2-config --libtool-libs outputs non-existent /usr/lib/libxml2.la
Status: VERIFIED NOTGNOME
Product: libxml2
Classification: Platform
Component: general
2.6.20
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Daniel Veillard
libxml QA maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-08-30 16:49 UTC by sdettrick
Modified: 2009-08-15 18:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10


Description sdettrick 2005-08-30 16:49:22 UTC 
Please describe the problem:

libtool is told to link with an non-existent library file.
This makes compilation of some other packages fail.

prompt>  xml2-config --libtool-libs
/usr/lib/libxml2.la
prompt>  ls  /usr/lib/libxml2.la
ls: /usr/lib/libxml2.la: No such file or directory


Steps to reproduce:
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Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 sdettrick 2005-08-30 16:50:46 UTC 
This behaviour also occurs with the latest rpm I could find:

libxml2-2.6.20-1.src.rpm
Comment 2 Daniel Veillard 2005-08-31 08:29:17 UTC 
the .a files are being removed by your distribution rpm scripts. Raise that
as a defect for rpm in your distribution. It works in my environment:

paphio:~ -> rpm -qf /usr/lib/libxml2.a
libxml2-devel-2.6.20-1

Daniel
Comment 3 Daniel Veillard 2005-08-31 10:31:11 UTC 
Note however that the .la is now missing, that is true, but that is considered
normal, you should use --libs to get linking informations and not assume 
libtools support. I removed the --libtool-libs option from xml2-config 
in CVS.