Changeset 6cfc907a

Timestamp:

08/19/2024 06:59:29 PM (3 weeks ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.2, lazarus, trunk, xry111/for-12.3

Children:

d4dc5bae

Parents:

d0c749c

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (08/19/2024 06:55:06 PM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (08/19/2024 06:59:29 PM)

Message:

libarchive: Disable buggy expat support

So if libxml2 is not installed, the test suite won't hang (note the hang
indicates a real bug intead of a test suite issue).

Raise libxml2 to recommended so we won't get a degraded build.

Files:

• general/genlib/libarchive.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/genlib/libarchive.xml

@@ -80 +80 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libarchive Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
+    <para role="recommended">
+      <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
+    </para>
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
-      <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
       <xref linkend="lzo"/>, 
       <xref linkend="nettle"/>, and
@@ -97 +101 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static --without-expat &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -118 +122 @@
       href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
 
-    <para>
-      <option>--without-xml2</option>: This switch sets expat for xar archive
+    <!-- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2146 -->
+    <para>
+      <parameter>--without-expat</parameter>: This switch disables using
+      expat for xar format support.  Due to a bug the xar reader will loop
+      infinitely if expat is used.  The upstream prefers libxml2 for xar
+      support anyway.
+    </para>
+<!--
+    <para>
+      <option>- -without-xml2</option>: This switch sets expat for xar archive
       format support instead of preferred libxml2 if both packages are installed.
     </para>
-
+-->
     <para>
       <option>--without-nettle</option>: This switch sets OpenSSL for crypto

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -42 +42 @@
       <para>August 19th, 2024</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[xry111] - Disable buggy expat support in libarchive-3.7.4.
+          Fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;20249">#20249</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[xry111] - Patch libxml2-2.13.3 to fix an issue causing