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 -> 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