Cannot compile Xerces-C 1.1.0 d15 under Linux

[Konrad Gawryś <ko...@millionzillion.com.pl>]

Hi there

I've been trying to compile the latest Xerces-C under Linux, but
unfortunately I haven't managed it yet.

Before I go to the details, I'd like to underline the fact that I want
to compile Xerces-C with support for ICU libraries. I want it this way
because I'd also like to parse XML documents with data encoded in
ISO-8859-2 standard.

First of all, I compiled and installed ICU 1.4 libraries. It went
without any problems. Please notice that instructions on page
http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/build.html regarding building ICU libs
for Xerces-C are no longer valid because it is not enough to perform
"make" and "make install" in "common" and "tools/makeconv" directories.

Having built ICU libraries I tried to build Xerces-C 1.1.0 d15 itself. I
modified line 501 in "runConfigure" by adding "--prefix" parameter
script to ensure that built software will be installed in the right
place. After setting XERCESCROOT, ICUROOT and ICU_DATA I ran

./runConfigure -plinux -cgcc -xg++ -micu -ticu

At first the script printed an error message informing about lack of
"conf.h.in" file, but I created a symbolic link to "config.h.in" (was
that right?) and the second run of "runConfigure" completed without any
problems.

Having done that I tried to build Xerces-C by running "make". There were
two problems with it:

1. During the building process the following error occured:

cd MsgLoaders/ICU ; make ; cd ../..
make[2]: Entering directory
`/home/konrad/xml/build_source_directory/xerces-csrc_1_1_0_d15/src/util/MsgLoaders/ICU'

mkdir -p
/home/konrad/xml/build_source_directory/xerces-csrc_1_1_0_d15/include/util/MsgLoaders/ICU

cp -fp ICUMsgLoader.hpp
/home/konrad/xml/build_source_directory/xerces-csrc_1_1_0_d15/include/util/MsgLoaders/ICU

g++ -fpic -instances=static -DLINUX -D_REENTRANT -c -O
-DXML_USE_ICU_TRANSCODER -I/home/konrad/xml/include
-DXML_USE_ICU_MESSAGELOADER
-I/home/konrad/xml/build_source_directory/xerces-csrc_1_1_0_d15/include
-o ICUMsgLoader.o ICUMsgLoader.cpp
ICUMsgLoader.cpp:86: resbund.h: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [ICUMsgLoader.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/konrad/xml/build_source_directory/xerces-csrc_1_1_0_d15/src/util/MsgLoaders/ICU'

This error, however, didn't stop the building process.

2. Another error (fatal this time) ocurred at the end, when the
libxerces-c1_1.so shared library should be built.

/usr/bin/ld: cannot open -licudata: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: ***
[/home/konrad/xml/build_source_directory/xerces-csrc_1_1_0_d15/lib/libxerces-c1_1.so]
Error 1
make[1]: Target `ALL' not remade because of errors.
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/konrad/xml/build_source_directory/xerces-csrc_1_1_0_d15/obj'

The second problem was easy to eliminate, because a symbolic link solved
it. It's a bit strange, however, that libicudata.so wasn't installed in
"lib" subdirectory of ICU install directory. It was installed in
"share/icu/1.4.0" subdirectory.

I couldn't eliminate the first problem, though. I tried to modify
"ICUMsgLoader.cpp" and correct the include directive by including
"unicode/resbund.h" instead of "resbund.h", but it resulted in other
errors:

ICUMsgLoader.cpp: In method `ICUMsgLoader::ICUMsgLoader(const XMLCh *)':

ICUMsgLoader.cpp:110: `tmpPath' undeclared (first use this function)
ICUMsgLoader.cpp:110: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ICUMsgLoader.cpp:110: for each function it appears in.)
ICUMsgLoader.cpp: In method `bool ICUMsgLoader::loadMsg(unsigned int,
XMLCh *, long unsigned int)':
ICUMsgLoader.cpp:142: no matching function for call to
`UnicodeString::UnicodeString (const XMLCh *const &)'
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1294: candidates are:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString()
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1302:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(int32_t)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1308:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(UChar)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1315:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(const UChar *)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1324:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(const UChar *, int32_t)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1343:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(bool_t, UChar *, int32_t)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1356:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(const char *, const char *)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1371:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(const char *, int32_t, const char *)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1603:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(const UnicodeString &)
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1577:
UnicodeString::UnicodeString(UChar *, int32_t, int32_t)
ICUMsgLoader.cpp:143: no matching function for call to
`ResourceBundle::getString (UnicodeString &, UErrorCode &)'
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/resbund.h:217: candidates are:
ResourceBundle::getString(const char *, UnicodeString &, UErrorCode &)
const
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/resbund.h:231:
ResourceBundle::getString(const char *, UErrorCode &) const
ICUMsgLoader.cpp:155: no matching function for call to
`UnicodeString::extract (int, const unsigned int &, XMLCh *const &)
const'
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1950: candidates are:
UnicodeString::extract(UTextOffset, int32_t, UChar *, UTextOffset) const

/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:1956:
UnicodeString::extract(UTextOffset, int32_t, UnicodeString &) const
/home/konrad/xml/include/unicode/unistr.h:707:
UnicodeString::extract(UTextOffset, int32_t, char *, const char *) const

make: *** [ICUMsgLoader.o] Error 1

Is there any way to overcome it? It seems that for now I'll have to
stick to Xerces-C 1.0.1 and ICU 1.3.1.

BTW, I'm using Linux (RedHat 6.1 distro + updates), kernel version
2.2.14.

Thanks in advance for help.

Konrad Gawryś
MillionZillion Software sp. z o.o.
http://www.millionzillion.com.pl/