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diff --git a/third_party/libxml/README.chromium b/third_party/libxml/README.chromium new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f97a7a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/libxml/README.chromium @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +This directory contains a partial snapshot of the libxml library from +http://xmlsoft.org, with the patch in google.patch applied. google.patch +includes the following modifications : +* Modified encoding.c to fix memory leak (06/13/2008) +* Modified win32/configure.js NOT to use iconv +* Modified win32/configure.js to be able to clobber a read-only Makefile +* Modified configure to enable icu. +* Modified configure to not generate Makefiles and other unused build files.. +* Added pre-generated Linux headers to linux/. +* Changed 'LoadLibrary' to 'LoadLibraryA' in xmlmodule.c (used with + 'const char*' as an argument) +* Changed bogus '(unsigned long)' cast to '(unsigned short)' in xmlregexp.c +* Made it possible to use ICU converters instead of iconv. +* Added nsParent member to _xmlParseCtxt in include/libxml/parser.h, + added a check to nsParent in xmlGetNamespace() in parser.c. + This allows parsed entities to inherit namespaces. + (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502960 ) +* Applied security patch located at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461015 + +Current version: 2.6.32 + +To import a new snapshot of libxml: + +- Visit http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html and download the latest source + distribution. +- Copy the files into this directory, omitting files which have been omitted + here. +- Remove include/libxml/xmlversion.h. +- Apply the patch in google.patch and reconcile any conflict +- Then, make any necessary changes to remove compile-time warnings. +- Update google.patch +- 'cd linux && sh ../configure --without-iconv' to re-generate config.h and + include/libxml/xmlversion.h. +- run build/generate-win32-headers.bat to re-generate config.h and + include/libxml/xmlversion.h for the windows build +- Update this README to reflect the new version number. |