building XML-0.95-1 on MacOS

1. Just download the package and unpack it.
2. Use R INSTALL until it breaks
3. Then go to the src directory and give the gcc command below with  
-Xlinker -m
4. Then use R INSTALL again

There are not two definitions associated with the same symbol after  
linking. This
unpleasant hack uses the definition in Utils.o, as intended.  This  
situation will
persist until either Duncan puts this fix into XML or until Stefano  
decides to go
with two-level namespaces for Darwin/Aqua R packages.

On Oct 9, 2003, at 7:22, Sean Davis wrote:

I am trying to build the XML package on MacOS.  I am using the fink  
installation of libxml-1.8.17.  The configuration information is:

Configuration information:

Libxml settings

libxml include directory: /sw/include/gnome-xml
libxml library directory: -L/sw/lib -lxml -lz -lz  -lxml
libxml 2:                 no

Compilation flags:         -I/sw/include/gnome-xml  
-I/sw/include/gnome-xml/libxml -DLIBXML -I/sw/include/gnome-xml
Link flags:               -L/sw/lib -lxml -lz -lz  -lxml



Compiling produced the following error:
gcc -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -L/sw/lib  
-L/usr/local/lib -o XML.so DocParse.o EventParse.o ExpatParse.o  
HTMLParse.o RSDTD.o RUtils.o Utils.o XMLEventParse.o XMLTree.o  
-L/sw/lib -lxml -lz -lz  -lxml -lcc_dynamic
ld: multiple definitions of symbol _xmlParserError
Utils.o definition of _xmlParserError in section (__TEXT,__text)
/sw/lib/libxml.dylib(error.lo) definition of _xmlParserError
make: *** [XML.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'XML'

I saw that back in September there was a discussion about fixing this  
problem that involved passing -m to the linker.  My questions are (1)  
what do I need to modify (given that I am using R INSTALL to keep  
things simple for myself) to use the -Xlinker -m option when linking  
XML.so and (2) does this actually work despite the fact that there  
are then two definitions associated with the same symbol?  I guess a  
third question follows from the second--are there other fixes that I  
can use to build the package?

Thanks in advance,
Sean

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