dev-libs/xerces-c-3.2.2 installs its message catalog into /usr/msg. Probably /usr/share/xerces-c or so on would be correct. dev-libs/xalan-c-1.11.0 might assume there was /usr/share/xerces-c/msg. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =dev-libs/xerces-c-3.2.2 2. fgrep .cat /var/db/pkg/dev-libs/xerces-c-3.2.2/CONTENTS Actual Results: obj /usr/msg/XercesMessages_en_US.cat d76abed64286e15c8f782c0c43af3ba1 1544880655 Expected Results: obj /usr/share/(snip).cat ... ...
Do you have a scenario that demonstrates that this setup is problematic?
For example, the following one failes as; # emerge =dev-libs/xalan-c-1.11.0_pre1153059 (snip) ../../../bin/MsgCreator /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/xalan-c-1.11.0_pre1153059/work/xml-xalan/c/src/xalanc/NLS/en_US/XalanMsg_en_US.xlf -TYPE nls -LOCALE en_US Could not open catalog: /usr/share/xerces-c/msg/XercesMessages_en_US.cat or /usr/share/xerces-c/msg/XercesMessages_en_US.cat Cannot load message domain make[2]: *** [Makefile:143: ../../../nls/en_US/XalanMsg_en_US.cat] Error 255
Reported upstream at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2163
*** Bug 672976 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=76cb1c9b4b513143c25e1bf7d0ab9034ec0f9682 commit 76cb1c9b4b513143c25e1bf7d0ab9034ec0f9682 Author: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-01-02 20:16:21 +0000 Commit: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-01-02 20:16:51 +0000 dev-libs/xerces-c: use ninja, fix XercesMessages_en_US.cat path Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/673548 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.53, Repoman-2.3.12 Signed-off-by: Craig Andrews <candrews@gentoo.org> .../files/xerces-c-3.2.2-fix-XERCESC-2163.patch | 24 +++++ dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-3.2.2-r1.ebuild | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 142 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b03595edbc4e8b9ddc6588d05ce190cbd82067e0 commit b03595edbc4e8b9ddc6588d05ce190cbd82067e0 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-08-26 13:43:08 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-08-26 13:43:08 +0000 dev-libs/xerces-c: add more metadata to catalog patch I've also no idea why I dropped the patch before, but even more interestingly, it's been dropped in the past as well! Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/673548 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/738140 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/913045 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> .../xerces-c/files/xerces-c-3.2.2-fix-XERCESC-2163.patch | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)