Bug 20712 – !!! ERROR: dev-java/xerces-2.3.0 failed.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Voicu Liviu 2003-05-09 12:03:16 UTC]

The error is:
=============

[xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.3.0/work/xerces-2_3_0/build/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLIFrameElementImp
l.java:70: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLIFrameElementImpl should be declared abstract; it does not define getConten
tDocument() in org.apache.html.dom.HTMLIFrameElementImpl
   [xjavac] public class HTMLIFrameElementImpl
   [xjavac]        ^
   [xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.3.0/work/xerces-2_3_0/build/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLObjectElementImp
l.java:70: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLObjectElementImpl should be declared abstract; it does not define getConten
tDocument() in org.apache.html.dom.HTMLObjectElementImpl
   [xjavac] public class HTMLObjectElementImpl
   [xjavac]        ^
   [xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.3.0/work/xerces-2_3_0/build/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLFrameElementImpl
.java:70: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLFrameElementImpl should be declared abstract; it does not define getContentD
ocument() in org.apache.html.dom.HTMLFrameElementImpl
   [xjavac] public class HTMLFrameElementImpl
   [xjavac]        ^
   [xjavac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
   [xjavac] Note: Recompile with -deprecation for details.
   [xjavac] 3 errors

BUILD FAILED


How to fix?
===========
I did 3 patches plus I have edited the ebuild of it.
Is possible to grab them from:
http://132.64.182.216/~pacman/gentoo/dev-java/xerces-2.3.0/xerces-2.3.0.ebuild
http://132.64.182.216/~pacman/gentoo/dev-java/xerces-2.3.0/HTMLFrameElementImpl.patch
http://132.64.182.216/~pacman/gentoo/dev-java/xerces-2.3.0/HTMLIFrameElementImpl.patch
http://132.64.182.216/~pacman/gentoo/dev-java/xerces-2.3.0/HTMLObjectElementImpl.patch

the patches need to be under "files" dir like this:
starshooter files # pwd
/usr/portage/dev-java/xerces/files
starshooter files # ls *.patch
HTMLFrameElementImpl.patch  HTMLIFrameElementImpl.patch  HTMLObjectElementImpl.patch

[Comment 1 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-09 12:05:08 UTC]

Created attachment 11726 [details]
The edited ebuild.

[Comment 2 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-09 12:06:25 UTC]

Created attachment 11727 [details, diff]
ingore it please, is duplicate of first patch

[Comment 3 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-09 12:06:41 UTC]

Created attachment 11728 [details, diff]
First patch

[Comment 4 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-09 12:08:28 UTC]

Created attachment 11729 [details, diff]
Second patch

[Comment 5 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-09 12:09:04 UTC]

Created attachment 11730 [details, diff]
Third patch

[Comment 6 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-09 13:28:39 UTC]

Comment on attachment 11727 [details, diff]
ingore it please, is duplicate of first patch

ingore it please, is duplicate of first patch

[Comment 7 sf 2003-05-26 01:08:07 UTC]

Is this change of API allowed? Is this a confirmed xerces bug? A quick search on  the apache bugzilla yielded nothing, so could you please give the relevant bug number or a link to a mailing list thread.

[Comment 8 sf 2003-05-26 01:12:20 UTC]

Seems to be a duplicate of 17765, meaning the xerces code is not buggy and needs no patch.

[Comment 9 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-26 01:40:49 UTC]

Of course it is a bug!
if you knew java you could understand the error ( I hope you don't get offended and maybe you do know java ) These classes should be declared ABSTRACT because the instances of these classes are used in an ABSTRACT way......................

[xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.3.0/work/xerces-2_3_0/build/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLObjectElementImp
l.java:70: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLObjectElementImpl should be declared abstract;
it does not define getConten

[xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.3.0/work/xerces-2_3_0/build/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLFrameElementImpl
.java:70: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLFrameElementImpl should be declared abstract; it
does not define getContentD


See?

[Comment 10 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-26 01:43:28 UTC]

Ok, I have read the bug number you gave me so why not use these patches for blackdown?
Anyway, to be correct java code patches must be applyed.
Is possible to attach these comments to bug 17765? I want to know the oppinion of the other people.
Regards

[Comment 11 Dylan Carlson (RETIRED) 2003-05-26 05:37:00 UTC]

At first, I wasn't comfortable with the idea of patching Xerces because of a Blackdown compile program.  However I have reviewed Voicu Liviu's patchset and have tested Xerces across Blackdown, and the things that depend on Xerces at runtime (including my own applications) ... and all appears to be sane.  

My thanks to Voicu for submitting this fix.  

xerces-2.3.0-r1 is in the tree. Cheers

[Comment 12 Voicu Liviu 2003-05-26 06:09:43 UTC]

Great :-)
Right now there are one more package which does not compile with blackdown and I'm still hunting it,....anyway, if java team of gentoo need help and has place for one more gentoo developer I'll be hapy to assist it.

Regards,
Voicu Liviu