Re: An XML::Xerces Support Question

Hi Noel,

On 8/1/06, Jason Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Incley, Noel <[email protected]>
> Date: Aug 1, 2006 5:48 AM
> Subject: An XML::Xerces Support Question
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
>
>
> Jason,
>
> Are you still the guiding light and driving force behind XML::Xerces at
> apache.org or have you moved on to another project?   I sent an e-mail
> to [email protected] on 6/15/06 about problems trying to build
> XML::Xerces using perl V5.8.2 under AIX V5.3 and I re-sent the same
> e-mail 7/27/06, but, as yet, have not received a reply.   Admittedly,
> I'm an open-source neophyte, and may, by accident, not have followed the
> correct procedure.

That was the correct thing to do! It was my fault - because the list
is configured to hold all messages from non-subscribers until I
approve them. Your messages didn't get approved in time, and so they
were discarded - again, my bad...

>
> Can you tell me if  [email protected]  is the correct e-mail
> account to which to send requests for assistance with XML::Xerces and
> whether support is still available for this software -- specific
> software versions and other details are listed below.

Yes and yes!

> I am having problems compiling XML::Xerces under AIX V5.3 and would
> welcome any assistance you can offer.  However, Xerces-C compiles
> successfully in this environment and I've successfully tested the
> DOMCount and SAXCount Xerces-C samples.
>
> Under AIX V5.2 there were a couple of issues to address (see end of
> e-mail), but after some trial and error, I was able to compile, link and
> test XML::Xerces successfully.  The versions of GNU make, Xerces-C,
> XML::Xerces, VisualAge C/C++ are the same, but the version of perl on
> the AIX V5.2 box is 5.8.0, whereas it is 5.8.2 on the AIX V5.3 box.

Nice! Glad to hear it's working using xlc finally.

> AIX V5.2  Work-arounds used: (probably not elegant solutions but
> worked!):
> "Xerces.cpp", line 1901.79: 1540-0256 (S) A parameter of type "int *"
> cannot be initialized with an expression of type "bool *".
> Changing line 1901 from "bool*" to "int*" allowed the compilation to
> continue.
> Used LD=xlC_r in the Makefile (created by running perl Makefile.PL) to
> get successful link.
>

yes, the problem with bool is due to SWIG. I built it on linux, where
bool is int on gcc.

I'll see what I can do to make these automatic on AIX.

You mentioned support. Is there anything more that you are looking for?

Cheers, jas.