178919 – dev-python/celementtree has an internal copy of expat 1.x

Bug 178919 - dev-python/celementtree has an internal copy of expat 1.x

Summary: dev-python/celementtree has an internal copy of expat 1.x

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Python Gentoo Team

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Reported:	2007-05-17 19:22 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified:	2007-07-03 06:45 UTC (History)
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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-17 19:22:32 UTC

As per summary, there's an internal copy of expat 1.x in celementtree's shared object, and its symbols are not hidden either. Loading in the same process space both libexpat (2) and python with celementtree will likely cause crashes not so easy to debug.

Easy solution: hide the symbols.
Proper solution: use the already-installed shared copy of libexpat.

Comment 1 Ali Polatel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-03 06:45:32 UTC

I've added patches for versions 1.0.2 and 1.0.5 so they use the
already-installed shared copy of libexpat instead of the internal copy.
Versions 1.0.2-r1 and 1.0.5-r1 are in CVS which fixes this.

Thanks for reporting :-)