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[EP-tech] Re: XML entity error

In the thread  http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/17105.html 

> From: Tim Brody <tdb2 AT ecs.soton.ac.uk>
> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:26:09 +0100
>
> RedHat have managed to break XML::LibXML in an obscure way. Either
> downgrade libxml2 (although that opens a security hole) or I built a
> current release of libxml2 2.7 here:
> http://rpm.eprints.org/RHEL/6/
>
>Somebody needs to complain to RedHat :-(
> 
> /Tim.

It appears that there is no .../RHEL/6/ path.... has it been moved? or am i missing something obvious??

Thanks

Matt

> 
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From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Brody [tdb2@ecs.soton.ac.uk]
Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 6:23 PM
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: XML entity error

The libxml problem would kill the process before it even starts, so you
shouldn't (!) have any obscure data-loss problems related to this.

The entities problem only relates to phrases anyway ... generated
EPrints XML have no entities embedded.

--
All the best,
Tim.

On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 14:03 +1000, Matthew Brady wrote:
> This might be a Tim level question… J
>
>
>
> Would this LibXML2 problem cause the upgrade process to fail in any
> other ways (that I might not have picked up in logs), due to being
> unable to handle the XML files correctly ??
>
> Should I re-sync all the data/reload database with 3.1.2 version and
> run the entire process again?
>
>
>
> Thanks again for the pin point link to cause
>
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
>
> From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Mark
> Gregson
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 1:15 PM
> To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: XML entity error
>
>
>
>
> Matthew’s right in general however EPrints does defines the entities.
> The problem is more likely the libxml2 problem described here
> http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/17105.html
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Mark Gregson | Applications and Development Team Leader
> Library eServices | Queensland University of Technology
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>
>
> From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Matthew
> Kerwin
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 12:56 PM
> To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: XML entity error
>
>
>
>
> For what it’s worth, the first error message is correct.  Without any
> DTDs, &nbsp; is not a valid XML entity (it’s a HTML entity.)  You can
> use &#160; if you don’t want to write/include a HTML-compatibility
> DTD.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Matthew Kerwin  |  QUT Library eServices  |  ph 3138 3910  |
>  matthew.kerwin@qut.edu.au
>
>
>
>
> From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Matthew
> Brady
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 12:38
> To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Subject: [EP-tech] XML entity error
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I am in the process of upgrading eprints up to 3.3.10 (from 3.1.2),
> and all seems to have worked so far… database has been upgraded
> successfully etc., but I’m getting the following error, and I hope
> someone can tell me where to start looking… It hasn’t occurred in the
> dev machine, so I’m hoping it’s simply something I missed in migrating
> from dev to tst.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
>
> Failed to parse XML
> file: /opt/eprints3/lib/lang/en/phrases/system.xml: Entity: line 396:
> parser error : Entity 'nbsp' not defined
>
> age or title page. If there are more than four authors, click on the
> [More&nbsp;
>
>
> ^
>
> Entity: line 396: parser error : Entity 'nbsp' not defined
>
> e page. If there are more than four authors, click on the
> [More&nbsp;input&nbsp;
>
>
> ^
>
> Entity: line 397: parser error : AttValue: ' expected
>
> <br/>Example: [<span class="ep_form_example">Smith</span>] [<span
> class="
>
>
> ^
>
> Entity: line 397: parser error : attributes construct error
>
> <br/>Example: [<span class="ep_form_example">Smith</span>] [<span
> class="
>
>
> ^
>
> Entity: line 397: parser error : Couldn't find end of Start Tag span
>
> <br/>Example: [<span class="ep_form_example">Smith</span>] [<span
> class="
>
>
>                                                               ^
>
>
>
>
>
>
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