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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!-- Also update the download, md5, size entities in libxml2py2.xml -->
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| 8 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libxml2-download-ftp "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum "10942a1dc23137a8aa07f0639cbfece5">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libxml2-size "5.4 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize "87 MB (add 15 MB for tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY libxml2-time "0.2 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY testsuite-version "20130923">
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| 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="libxml2" xreflabel="libxml2-&libxml2-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="libxml2.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 23 | </sect1info>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <title>libxml2-&libxml2-version;</title>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="libxml2">
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| 28 | <primary sortas="a-libxml2">libxml2</primary>
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| 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 32 | <title>Introduction to libxml2</title>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para>
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| 35 | The <application>libxml2</application> package contains libraries
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| 36 | and utilities used for parsing XML files.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | &lfs10_checked;
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libxml2-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &libxml2-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &libxml2-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &libxml2-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &libxml2-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 77 | <listitem>
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | Optional Testsuite:
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| 80 | <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz"/> - This
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| 81 | enables <command>make check</command> to do complete testing.
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </itemizedlist>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 89 | <para role="optional">
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| 90 | <xref linkend="python2"/> <!--or <xref linkend="python3"/> (to build and
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| 91 | install a <application>Python</application> library module, additionally
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| 92 | it is required to run the full suite of tests)-->
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| 93 | <!-- As discovered by Bruce, itstool needs this module. -->
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <note>
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| 97 | <para>
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| 98 | Some packages which utilize <application>libxml2</application> (such as
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| 99 | <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application>) need the
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| 100 | <application>Python3</application> module installed to function properly
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| 101 | and some packages will not build properly if the
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| 102 | <application>Python3</application> module is not available.
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>
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| 106 | The old <application>Python2</application> module can be built after
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| 107 | <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename> has been installed,
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| 108 | see <xref linkend="libxml2py2"/>.
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 | </note>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 113 | <para role="optional">
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| 114 | <xref linkend="icu"/> (see below) and
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| 115 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (may be used in the tests)
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 119 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libxml2"/>
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| 120 | </para>
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| 121 | </sect2>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 124 | <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | First fix a problem generating the Python3 module with Python-3.9.0 and later:
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| 128 | </para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/if Py/{s/Py/(Py/;s/)/))/}' python/{types.c,libxml.c}</userinput></screen>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para>
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| 133 | To ensure that the <application>Python</application> module can be
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| 134 | built by <xref linkend="python3"/>, run:
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| 135 | </para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/_PyVerify_fd/,+1d' python/types.c</userinput></screen>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para>
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| 140 | If you are going to run the tests, disable one test that prevents the
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| 141 | tests from completing:
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| 142 | </para>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/test.test/#&/' python/tests/tstLastError.py</userinput></screen>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <para>
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| 147 | If, and only if, you are using <xref linkend="icu"/>, fix a
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| 148 | build breakage caused by that version by running the following command:
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| 149 | </para>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/ TRUE/ true/' encoding.c</userinput></screen>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <para>
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| 154 | Install <application>libxml2</application> by running the following
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| 155 | commands:
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| 156 | </para>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 159 | --disable-static \
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| 160 | --with-history \
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| 161 | --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 &&
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| 162 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <para>
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| 165 | If you downloaded the testsuite, issue the following command:
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| 166 | </para>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <screen><userinput>tar xf ../xmlts&testsuite-version;.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <para>
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| 171 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check > check.log</command>.
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| 172 | A summary of the results can be obtained with <command>grep -E
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| 173 | '^Total|expected' check.log</command>. If <xref linkend="valgrind"/> is
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| 174 | installed and you want to check memory leaks, replace
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| 175 | <command>check</command> with <command>check-valgrind</command>.
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| 176 | </para>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <note>
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| 179 | <para>
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| 180 | The tests use <ulink url="http://localhost/">http://localhost/</ulink>
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| 181 | to test parsing of external entities. If the machine where you run the
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| 182 | tests serves as a web site, the tests may hang, depending on the
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| 183 | content of the file served. It is therefore recommended to shut down
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| 184 | the server during the tests, as the <systemitem
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| 185 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 186 | </para>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><userinput>/etc/init.d/httpd stop</userinput></screen>
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| 189 | <screen role="nodump" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl stop httpd.service</userinput></screen>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | </note>
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| 192 | <para>
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| 193 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 194 | </para>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 197 | </sect2>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 200 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 203 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 204 | <!--
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| 205 | <para>
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| 206 | <parameter>sed -i '/_PyVerify_fd/,+1d' python/types.c</parameter>: This
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| 207 | fixes the <application>Python3</application> code to build with
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| 208 | <application>gcc-7</application>.
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| 209 | </para>
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| 210 | -->
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| 211 | <para>
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| 212 | <parameter>--with-history</parameter>: This switch enables
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| 213 | <application>Readline</application> support when running
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| 214 | <command>xmlcatalog</command> or <command>xmllint</command> in shell mode.
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| 215 | </para>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | <parameter>--with-python=/usr/bin/python3</parameter>: Allows building
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| 219 | the libxml2 module with Python3 instead of Python2.
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| 220 | </para>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <para>
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| 223 | <option>--with-icu</option>: Add this switch if you have built
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| 224 | <xref linkend="icu"/>, for better unicode support.
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| 225 | </para>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <para>
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| 228 | <option>--with-threads</option>: Add this switch to enable multithread
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| 229 | support.
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| 230 | </para>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | </sect2>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 235 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <segmentedlist>
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| 238 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 239 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 240 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <seglistitem>
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| 243 | <seg>
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| 244 | xml2-config,
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| 245 | xmlcatalog, and
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| 246 | xmllint <!--and the
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| 247 | drv_libxml2.py and libxml2.py <application>Python3</application>
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| 248 | modules. These are pythin modules, not programs -->
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| 249 | </seg>
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| 250 | <seg>
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| 251 | libxml2.so and
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| 252 | libxml2mod.so (<application>Python3</application> module)
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| 253 | </seg>
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| 254 | <seg>
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| 255 | /usr/include/libxml2,
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| 256 | /usr/lib/cmake/libxml2,
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| 257 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-&libxml2-version;,
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| 258 | /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-&libxml2-version;, and
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| 259 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libxml2
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| 260 | </seg>
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| 261 | </seglistitem>
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| 262 | </segmentedlist>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <variablelist>
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| 265 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 266 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 267 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <varlistentry id="xml2-config">
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| 270 | <term><command>xml2-config</command></term>
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| 271 | <listitem>
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| 272 | <para>
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| 273 | determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to
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| 274 | compile and link programs that use
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| 275 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libxml2</filename>.
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| 276 | </para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xml2-config">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-xml2-config">xml2-config</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <varlistentry id="xmlcatalog">
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| 284 | <term><command>xmlcatalog</command></term>
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| 285 | <listitem>
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| 286 | <para>
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| 287 | is used to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs.
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| 288 | </para>
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| 289 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmlcatalog">
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| 290 | <primary sortas="b-xmlcatalog">xmlcatalog</primary>
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| 291 | </indexterm>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 | </varlistentry>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <varlistentry id="xmllint">
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| 296 | <term><command>xmllint</command></term>
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| 297 | <listitem>
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| 298 | <para>
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| 299 | parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect
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| 300 | errors in XML coding.
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 xmllint">
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| 303 | <primary sortas="b-xmllint">xmllint</primary>
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| 304 | </indexterm>
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| 305 | </listitem>
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| 306 | </varlistentry>
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| 307 | <!--
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| 308 | <varlistentry id="drv_libxml2.py3">
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| 309 | <term><command>drv_libxml2.py</command></term>
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| 310 | <listitem>
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| 311 | <para>
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| 312 | is a SAX <application>Python3</application> driver for libxml2.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 drv_libxml2.py3">
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| 315 | <primary sortas="b-drv_libxml2.py3">drv_libxml2.py for Python3</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <varlistentry id="libxml2.py3">
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| 321 | <term><command>libxml2.py</command></term>
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| 322 | <listitem>
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| 323 | <para>
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| 324 | is the <application>Python3</application> binding for libxml2.
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| 325 | </para>
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| 326 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2.py3">
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| 327 | <primary sortas="b-libxml2.py3">libxml2.py for Python3</primary>
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| 328 | </indexterm>
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| 329 | </listitem>
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| 330 | </varlistentry>
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| 331 | -->
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| 332 | <varlistentry id="libxml2-lib">
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| 333 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename></term>
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| 334 | <listitem>
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| 335 | <para>
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| 336 | provides functions for programs to parse files that use the XML
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| 337 | format.
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| 338 | </para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2-lib">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2">libxml2.so</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="libxml2mod3">
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| 346 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxml2mod.so</filename></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>
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| 349 | is the interface for <application>Python3</application>
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| 350 | to use <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename>.
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| 351 | </para>
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| 352 | <indexterm zone="libxml2 libxml2mod3">
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| 353 | <primary sortas="c-libxml2mod">libxml2mod.so</primary>
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| 354 | </indexterm>
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| 355 | </listitem>
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| 356 | </varlistentry>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | </variablelist>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | </sect2>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | </sect1>
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