libxml - XML C library for Gnome (though used by more than just Gnome) HOWTO

ChangeLog


2024-04-04	- Added 2.9.14
		- Downgraded 2.6.32 to 2.6.30, not available at
		  download.gnome.org (a xmlsoft.org-only release?)
		- Changed home page URL from
		  http://xmlsoft.org/
		  to
		  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/wikis/home
		- Updated download URL for 1.8.17, even though that
		  is way way too old to use any more
		- Updated the download URL for 2.5.11
		- Added repository link to Gitlab
		- Updated Slackware versions with 14.0, .1, .2, 15.0 and
		  removed all older
2008-07-03	- 2.6.31 -> 2.6.32
2008-03-18	- 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31
2007-09-14	- 2.6.27 -> 2.6.30
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
2007-02-04	- 2.6.26 -> 2.6.27
		- Removed gawk, grep, sed links (now at the top)
		- Updated Slackware note for 11.0
Aug 7, 2006	- Updated a few notes
Jun 8, 2006	- 2.6.23 -> 2.6.26
Jan 6, 2006	- 2.6.22 -> 2.6.23
		- Only run removepkg if it exists
		- Updated Slackware notes for 10.2
Sep 13, 2005	- 2.6.21 -> 2.6.22
Sep 9, 2005	- 2.6.20 -> 2.6.21
Jul 22, 2005	- 2.6.19 -> 2.6.20
Jun 7, 2005	- 2.6.17 -> 2.6.19
		- root.root -> root:root, only run it if $UID = 0
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
		- Updated Slack notes for 10.1
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
Jan 17, 2005	- 2.6.16 -> 2.6.17
Dec 27, 2004	- 2.6.14 -> 2.6.16
		- Removed notes about Slackware 8.1
Oct 4, 2004	- 2.6.13 -> 2.6.14
		- Updated misc notes
		- Moved the notes about versions that come with Slack at the
		  top to the appropriate version below
Sep 15, 2004	- Updated note about what comes with Slackware to include
		  10.0
		- Changed the package name for the 1.x version from libxml1
		  to libxml, I don't think there ever was a 'libxml1' (oops)
Sep 1, 2004	- 2.6.9 -> 2.6.13
Apr 19, 2004	- 2.6.8 -> 2.6.9
Mar 27, 2004	- 2.6.7 -> 2.6.8
		- Replaced md5sum -&gt; textutils links with links to
		  coreutils
		- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
Feb 24, 2004	- 2.6.5 -> 2.6.7
Jan 26, 2004	- 2.6.4 -> 2.6.5
Dec 29, 2003	- 2.6.2 -> 2.6.4
		- Changed the download URLs from ftp to http
Nov 11, 2003	- 2.6.0 -> 2.6.2
Oct 21, 2003	- Added libxml2 2.6.0 to the bottom
		- Added notes about what versions Slackware includes
		- Updated prerequisites
Sep 26, 2003	- libxml2 2.5.10 -> 2.5.11
Aug 18, 2003	- libxml2 2.5.8 -> 2.5.10
		- Fixed a typo that would cause find to look for old
		  libxml2-* dirs in /usr/local/doc/ that were of type f
		  (file), fixed to type d (directory), added 2> /dev/null
		  to shut up the complaint if /usr/local/doc doesn't exist
		- Added note about ./missing
		- Added note about Python bindings
Jul 26, 2003	- libxml2 2.5.7 -> 2.5.8
		- Added 'removepkg libxml2'
		- Cleanup of more old files from old source installed versions
Apr 29, 2003	- libxml2 2.5.6 -> 2.5.7
Apr 4, 2003	- libxml2 2.5.3 -> 2.5.6
		- Set to re-use existing tarball for re-installation
		- Updated prerequisites
Feb 12, 2003	- libxml2 2.5.1 -> 2.5.3
Jan 8, 2003	- libxml2 2.4.30 -> 2.5.1
Dec 12, 2002	- libxml2 2.4.29 -> 2.4.30
Dec 11, 2002	- libxml2 2.4.28 -> 2.4.29
Dec 6, 2002	- libxml2 2.4.27 -> 2.4.28
		- both: .tar.gz -> .tar.bz2
		- both: changed download from xmlsoft.org to ftp.gnome.org
		- both: improved removal of old versions
Nov 20, 2002	- libxml2 2.4.26 -> 2.4.27
		- Changed run of find to zap old so files to a version that
		  won't complain if there aren't any
		- Added md5sum check for both
		- Added previous version removal for libxml
Oct 18, 2002	- libxml2 2.4.25 -> 2.4.26
		- Improved removal of previous versions, added removal of
		  old shared library libxml2.so.* files
Oct 2, 2002	- libxml2 2.4.24 -> 2.4.25
		- Added removal of previous ver (for libxml2)
Aug 26, 2002	- First entry, split out of the wv howto (wv uses libxml)
		- 2.4.23 -> 2.4.24
		- Changed from gnome.org mirror to xmlsoft.org for downloads
		- Added home page links
		- Added 'make tests' for libxml2

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