Re: ITP: Xalan-C++
> Is Xerces-C++ already packaged?
Yes, it is, but a not-so-new version.
> Otherwise, you might have to package that, too...
>
> >From memory, when I last looked at Xerces, it looked so horrible from
> a packaging point of view that I gave up before I even started. For
> instance, it doesn't support automake or libtool, nor do the authors
> understood the usual standards in creating shared libraries:
>
> [620] [snoopy:bam] ~/share/source/xalan/xerces-1.2.0a >ls -l lib
> total 3064
> -rwx------ 1 bam users 3132499 Aug 6 13:17 libxerces-c1_2.so*
> [630] [snoopy:bam] ~/share/source/xalan/xml-xalan >ls -l c/lib
> total 3780
> -rwx------ 1 bam users 2614534 Jul 8 02:53 libxalan-c0_40.so*
> -rwx------ 1 bam users 1242654 Jul 8 04:23 libxerces-c1_2.so*
>
> So, while I really would like to see Xalan-C++ in Debian, you might have
> a few hurdles on the way.
>
> (of course, these issues may have been fixed by now)
In a couple of days I'll tell you... =)
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