[redland-dev] Raptor 1.4.2 (and probably earlier) compile problem on OS X

[René Puls]

Dave Beckett wrote:
> Yes, OSX is shipped with broken libxml2.  Don't bother with it.

I wish I wouldn't have to, but since my Redland-ObjC framework is meant 
for binary redistribution, it has to use the system libxml2. Actually, I 
could embed or statically link a newer version of libxml2, but I'm not 
sure if I want that. It would make the framework even larger, and it 
would require that I (and everyone else who distributes the framework 
with his own application) release updated versions whenever there are 
security-related fixes to libxml2.

My current "solution" is to disable the Raptor RSS parser until Apple 
provides a non-broken libxml2 by default, but that is unlikely to happen 
before 10.4. Of course, if someone really needs the RSS parser under 
Objective-C, there's still the option of compiling and linking the 
framework manually.

René