Re: XML test error on Arch Linux

From: Erik Wienhold <ewie(at)ewie(dot)name>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Frank Streitzig <fstreitzig(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: XML test error on Arch Linux
Date: 2024-07-07 17:24:10
Message-ID: fc81f1c6-ab94-4ac4-909b-e84228297e56@ewie.name
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On 2024-07-06 20:43 +0200, Tom Lane wrote:
> One angle that ought to be considered is that some of this stuff may
> be flat-out bugs in 2.13.0. I see at
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases
>
> that both 2.13.1 and 2.13.2 contain fixes for "regressions" in 2.13.0.
> I'm disinclined to spend much effort on working around dot-zero bugs.

Found an open issue about ABI compatibility that affects 2.12.7 and
possibly also 2.13: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/751.
Maybe just wait this one out, in case they'll bump SONAME.

> 2.13.0 mentions having added some new error-handler-setting functions;
> maybe we need to use one of those to get xmlParseBalancedChunkMemory's
> attention now?

I tried xmlCtxtSetErrorHandler but xmlParseBalancedChunkMemory doesn't
report to that. It's a known issue:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/727

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Erik

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