Finding the "missing XML library" on a Tru64 system

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Aug 28 00:03:28 UTC 2008


> 
> Hi,
> 
> I built BIND 9.5.0P2 on a Tru64 V5.1 system.  Everything's working fine.
> 
> However, when I added the statistics-channels statement to the conf file and 
> restarted, I got this message:
> 
> statistics-channels specified but not effective due to missing XML library
> 
> I couldn't find libxml2 anywhere on my system, so I downloaded a kit from ftp
> ://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/ and built it.
> 
> Then I re-ran the BIND configure script and noticed that it still said:
> 
> checking for libxml2... no
> 
> Now I figured that the configure script wasn't looking in the right place, so
>  I re-ran it with:
> 
> --with-libxml2=/usr/local/lib

	--with-libxml2=/usr/local

	"lib" and "include" are appended.

> since that's where the libxml2 make script put the libxml2.a file.  But that 
> still got me:
> 
> checking for libxml2... no
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1. What file(s) is the BIND configure script looking for when it is "checking
>  for libxml2"?  (Is it looking for libxml2.a?)
> 
> 2. Is this the correct syntax for telling the BIND configure script where to 
> look for the library?:
> --with-libxml2=/usr/local/lib
> 
> 3. Has anyone else gotten the statistics web page to work on a Tru64 5.1 syst
> em?  If so, where is your libxml2 located and where did you get it from?  (It
> 's not installed with the O/S, does HP supply a downloadable kit?)
> 
> Thank you!
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