[SOLVED] lxml2 breaks compiz

DryFalls · 12-14-2023, 03:04 AM

Was waiting for the current update but compiz still throws the same error:

Code:

Entity: line 1: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document
 name="force_independent_output_painting" type="bool"/></screen></core></compiz>
                                                                               ^
compiz (core) - Warn: Unable to parse XML metadata

df

solarfields · 12-14-2023, 05:00 AM

i am surprised such an update, that eventually would break a bunch of third-party stuff, made it even to Slackware stable.

saxa · 12-14-2023, 06:22 AM

Have you tried to add this patch:
https://gitlab.com/compiz/compiz-cor...4374658b67b1b7

saxa · 12-14-2023, 06:23 AM

Here is the resume: https://gitlab.com/compiz/compiz-cor...e_requests/175

Petri Kaukasoina · 12-14-2023, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarfields

i am surprised such an update, that eventually would break a bunch of third-party stuff, made it even to Slackware stable.

There were CVEs to fix. If Patrick had known about the problems, maybe he would have picked libxml2-2.11.6, at least for stable.

Daedra · 12-14-2023, 12:27 PM

I just tested compiz in both current and 15.0 and it built fine. Did you install the newest libxml2 Pat dropped?

Code:

patches/packages/libxml2-2.12.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update addresses regressions when building against libxml2 that were
  due to header file refactoring.

Daedra · 12-14-2023, 03:20 PM

I am starting to think I read your post wrong. Were you getting an error running compiz not compiling it? I am pretty sure now that is what you meant, disregard my previous post.

DryFalls · 12-14-2023, 04:34 PM

Hi Daedra. Yes, the error occurs running it. I should have been more clear. I'm using the current repo. I recompiled compiz (with Pat's slackbuild and source) after the libxml2-2.12.3 upgrade. Built fine but wouldn't run. Applied the patch Saxa linked to (thanks Saxa!), rebuilt and still no cigar. I've probably got something really botched up (the usual culprit) like third party programs (although they're 99% SbO). Wondered if anyone else uses compiz and experiences breakage. I'll try again with a clean install and see what happens.

df

Daedra · 12-14-2023, 05:05 PM

I use compiz and maintain the compiz companion packages over at SBo. However I switched to the 0.9 branch of compiz years ago and haven't looked back. I find it orders of magnitude more stable than the 0.8 branch, but YMMV.

DryFalls · 12-14-2023, 05:23 PM

Marked thread solved:

Code:

l/libxml2-2.12.3-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Rebuilt using the --with-legacy option (maximum ABI compatibility) and
  --with-ftp option (functionality included by default in libxml2 2.9).
x/compiz-0.8.18-x86_64-4.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Patched to work properly with libxml2-2.12.3.
  Thanks to saxa.

Thanks much!