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Bug 792181 - Incorrect build instructions in README
Incorrect build instructions in README
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: libxml2
Classification: Platform
Component: docs
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Daniel Veillard
libxml QA maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2018-01-03 17:47 UTC by Jean-François Larvoire
Modified: 2019-09-13 15:55 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Jean-François Larvoire 2018-01-03 17:47:35 UTC
The libxml2 main README file says:

  To build on an Unixised setup:
    ./configure ; make ; make install

These instructions do not work on a CentOS 7.3 system.
I wasted a lot of time searching for a solution on the Internet,
and only found the solution on http://xmlsoft.org/FAQ.html _after_ I began redacting this bug report.

The libxml2 README file should be changed to:

  To build on an Unixised setup:
    ./configure ; make ; make install
  If the ./configure file does not exist, run ./autogen.sh instead.
Comment 1 Nick Wellnhofer 2019-09-13 15:55:06 UTC
Fixed here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/fa5e8ca66f226107a87d6c39b3e7820ba3dcba6b

Note that you only have to generate the autoconf scripts when building from a Git checkout. The official tarballs contain all necessary build scripts.