[lxml-dev] Test Failures in lxml 1.3.2

[Stefan Behnel]

Stefan Behnel wrote:
> Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> - it fails on MacOS-X (Intel) with a UCS-2 little endian Python
>> - it fails on Windows with a UCS-2 little endian Python
>> - it works on Linux/Intel with UCS-2 little endian
>> - it works on Linux/Intel with UCS-4 little endian
>> - it works on Solaris/Sparc with UCS-2 big endian
>>
>> I can't really see a pattern there...
> 
> I've heard from a few people who tested (either failing or succeeding) that
> they have fairly recent libxml2 versions. Also, libxml2 works for me from
> 2.6.20 through 2.6.29. But what about the iconv version? Is there any
> difference on the systems that were tested so far? "iconv --version" says 2.5
> for me. I assume it's about the same for Tres (who's on Ubuntu also). What
> about the others?

Sure, that must be it. Erik said he had iconv 1.9 on MacOS-X, the Windows
binaries of libxml2 come with a pre-built iconv 1.9.2, but most Linux systems
have a more recent version installed (at least the Debian based ones).

I sent a mail to Igor Zlatković to update the official libxml2 builds with a
newer iconv version.

Sidnei, in case it's not too much hassle for you, could you install a more
recent iconv version yourself to try this out?

Stefan