topic Re: libxml building in Operating System - OpenVMS

libxml building

AlexanderM — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:24:44 GMT

Hello to everybody.

Xml parser is required for using with c.
I have not admin privilegies => standard solution is not appropriate.
I've choose libxml
Sourses include .vms directory with .com file

The first problem is: how to run .com file.

I've tried to use @ for example @filename.com, but it has not worked.

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:18:32 GMT

error

> @build_libxml.com

%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling

%DCL-W-NOCOMD, no command on line - reenter with alphabetic first character

%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling

\WHOAMI\

%RMS-F-SYN, file specification syntax error

Readme file contains the next:

- File attributes. Having downloaded essentially a Unix distribution, some
of the file attributes weren't correct... especially those in the [.VMS]
subdirectory. In EDT you could see line feeds and carriage returns as
<LF><CR> etc. To correct this use the command

$ set file <filespec> /attr=rfm=stm

but this command does not work too:

set file build_libxml.com/attr=rfm=asmd

%DCL-W-IVKEYW, unrecognized keyword - check validity and spelling

\ASMD\

Re: libxml building

Maurizio De Tommaso_ — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:38:10 GMT

The correct syntax of the "Set file /attrib" OpenVMS command is :

$ Set File /Attrib=(rfm:stm) <filespec>

The following table lists the keywords and the relationship to both ACP-QIO and OpenVMS RMS File attributes:

Keyword ACP-QIO File Attribute OpenVMS RMS FileAttribute

RFM:FIX             FAT$V_RTYPE=FAT$C_FIXED                    FAB$B_RFM=FAB$C_FIX
RFM:STM           FAT$V_RTYPE=FAT$C_STREAM              FAB$B_RFM=FAB$C_STM         <==
RFM:STMCR     FAT$V_RTYPE=FAT$C_STREAMCR          FAB$B_RFM=FAB$C_STMCR
RFM:STMLF     FAT$V_RTYPE=FAT$C_STREAMLF           FAB$B_RFM=FAB$C_STMLF
RFM:UDF           FAT$V_RTYPE=FAT$C_UNDEFINED         FAB$B_RFM=FAB$C_UDF
RFM:VAR          FAT$V_RTYPE=FAT$C_VARIABLE            FAB$B_RFM=FAB$C_VAR
RFM:VFC           FAT$V_RTYPE=FAT$C_VFC                       FAB$B_RFM=FAB$C_VFC

RFM:ASMD is not a valid file attibuite under OpenVMS.

As reported by the README, you should modify the file attribute of all vms specific files (only ascii format not binary), for example :

$ Set File/Attrib=RFM:STM [.vms]*.c,[.vms...]*.h,[.vms...]*.txt

But I don't exclude that you should modify also the file attribuite of other Source Codes of the libmxl distribution kit. Take a look into the libxml.com command procedure.

>>> I have not admin privilegies => standard solution is not appropriate

I suspect that your experiment will require also the "system" privileges...

Good luck,

/Maurizio

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:08:25 GMT

Thanks)

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:52:17 GMT

Is helps, but not compleatly. I've got an error in the next fragment of com file:

$whoami = f$parse(f$environment("PROCEDURE"),,,,"NO_CONCEAL")

$ procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE") + f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY")

$ set default 'procdir'

Is the 'smth' the equivalent of $smth in linux i.e. is this an getting of variable smth value?

Re: libxml building

Maurizio De Tommaso_ — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:22:27 GMT

Can you post the error that you observe when you run the command file ?

Your dcl code runs error free on my system (I inserted few lines only for the troubleshooting purposes) :

$! Test_alexander.com

$!
$   whoami = f$parse(f$environment("PROCEDURE"),,,,"NO_CONCEAL")
$   write sys$output " "
$   write sys$output "whoami symbol = ''whoami'"
$   write sys$output " "
$   procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE") + f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY")
$   write sys$output " "
$   write sys$output "procdir symbol = ''procdir'"
$   write sys$output " "
$   set default 'procdir'
$!
$   Exit

$ sho def

$2$DKA100:[000000]

$ @test_alexander

whoami symbol = $2$DKA100:[000000]test_alexander.com;1

procdir symbol = $2$DKA100:[000000]

$ sho def

$2$DKA100:[000000]

Regards,

/Maurizio

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:07:49 GMT

Sometimes I forget that there are no telepathists on this forum).

System: OpenVMS ALpha 8.3

The script is (I've inserted WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "tag" to locate the error):

$! BUILD_LIBXML.COM
$!
$! Build the LIBXML library
$!
$! Arguments:
$!
$!       "DEBUG"  - build everything in debug
$!
$! This procedure creates an object library XML_LIBDIR:LIBXML.OLB directory.
$! After the library is built, you can link LIBXML routines into
$! your code with the command
$!
$!      $ LINK your_modules,XML_LIBDIR:LIBXML.OLB/LIBRARY
$!
$! Change History
$! --------------
$! Command file author : John A Fotheringham (jaf@jafsoft.com)
$! Update history      : 19 March 2008  Tycho Hilhorst
$!                       - added module schematron.c (prevent xmllint errors)
$!                       - added /DEF and /INCLUDE options to cc_opts to tell
$!                         config.h is available, and where to find it
$!                     : 13 October 2003        Craig Berry (craigberry@mac.com)
$!                       more new module additions
$!                     : 25 April 2003          Craig Berry (craigberry@mac.com)
$!                       added xmlreader.c and relaxng.c to source list
$!                      : 28 September 2002       Craig Berry (craigberry@mac.com)
$!                       updated to work with current sources
$!                       miscellaneous enhancements to build process
$!
$!- configuration -------------------------------------------------------------
$!
$!- compile command.  If p1="nowarn" suppress the expected warning types
$!
$   cc_opts = "/DEF=HAVE_CONFIG_H/NAMES=(SHORTENED)/FLOAT=IEEE/IEEE_MODE=DENORM_RESULTS/INCLUDE=xml_srcdir"
$!
$   if p1.eqs."DEBUG" .or. p2.eqs."DEBUG"
$   then
$     debug = "Y"
$     cc_command = "CC''cc_opts'/DEBUG/NOOPTIMIZE/LIST/SHOW=ALL"
$   else
$     debug = "N"
$     cc_command = "CC''cc_opts'"
$   endif
$!
$!- list of sources to be built into the LIBXML library.  Compare this list
$!  to the definition of "libxml2_la_SOURCES" in the file MAKEFILE.IN.
$!  Currently this definition includes the list WITH_TRIO_SOURCES_TRUE
$!
$   sources = "SAX.c entities.c encoding.c error.c parserInternals.c"
$   sources = sources + " parser.c tree.c hash.c list.c xmlIO.c xmlmemory.c uri.c"
$   sources = sources + " valid.c xlink.c HTMLparser.c HTMLtree.c debugXML.c xpath.c"
$   sources = sources + " xpointer.c xinclude.c nanohttp.c nanoftp.c DOCBparser.c"
$   sources = sources + " catalog.c globals.c threads.c c14n.c xmlstring.c"
$   sources = sources + " xmlregexp.c xmlschemas.c xmlschemastypes.c xmlunicode.c"
$   sources = sources + " triostr.c trio.c xmlreader.c relaxng.c dict.c SAX2.c"
$   sources = sources + " xmlwriter.c legacy.c chvalid.c pattern.c xmlsave.c"
$   sources = sources + " schematron.c"
$!
$!- list of main modules to compile and link.  Compare this list to the
$!  definition of bin_PROGRAMS in MAKEFILE.IN
$!
$   bin_progs = "xmllint xmlcatalog"
$!
$!- list of test modules to compile and link.  Compare this list to the
$!  definition of noinst_PROGRAMS in MAKEFILE.
$!
$   noinst_PROGRAMS = "testSchemas testRelax testSAX testHTML testXPath testURI " -
                + "testThreads testC14N testAutomata testRegexp testReader"
$!
$!- set up build logicals -----------------------------------------------------\
$!
$!
$!- start from where the procedure is in case it's submitted in batch ----------\
$!
$   whoami = f$parse(f$environment("PROCEDURE"),,,,"NO_CONCEAL")
$   procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE") + f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY")
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "tag1"
$   set default 'procdir'
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "tag2"

The error is:

Wx01> @build_libxml.com
tag1
%RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name

After it the system lost an ability to resolve correctlu current path:

dir
%DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening $1$DGA123:[ALEXANDER.VAX_ESF.LIBXML2-2_9_1.V
MS]*.*;* as input
-RMS-E-DNF, directory not found
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHFILE, no such file

This is the error in sources from official libxml site.

I've found more specialized port of sources.

Now:

I'll try to run script from Maurizio De Tommaso_.
Build port of sources.

Results of experiment will be reported. May be it will be usefull for somebody else.

PS. Thanks for help and your time.

Re: libxml building

Volker Halle — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:35:47 GMT

Alexander,

instead of WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "tag1", insert the following:

...

$ whoami = f$parse(f$environment("PROCEDURE"),,,,"NO_CONCEAL")
$ procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE") + f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY")
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT whoami

$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT procdir
$ set default 'procdir'

...

Volker.

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:06:55 GMT

I've run script from Maurizio De Tommaso_.
Script:

$!  test.com
$!
$   whoami  = f$parse(f$environment("PROCEDURE"),,,,"NO_CONCEAL")
$   write sys$output " "
$   write sys$output "whoami symbol = ''whoami'"
$   write sys$output " "
$   procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE") + f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY")
$   write sys$output " "
$   write sys$output "procdir symbol = ''procdir'"
$   write sys$output " "
$   set default 'procdir'
$!
$   Exit

Result:

WX01> @test.com

whoami symbol = $1$DGA123:[TST$USERS.][ALEXANDER.VAX.LIBXML2-2_9_1]TEST.
COM;1


procdir symbol = $1$DGA123:[TST$USERS.][ALEXANDER.VAX.LIBXML2-2_9_1]

%RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name

The same error occured.

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:11:14 GMT

Volker,

I've implemented your suggestion.
Result is the next:

WX01> @build_libxml.com
$1$DGA123:[TST$USERS.][ALEXANDER.VAX_ESF.LIBXML2-2_9_1.VMS]BUILD_LIBXML.COM;

$1$DGA123:[TST$USERS.][ALEXANDER.VAX_ESF.LIBXML2-2_9_1.VMS]
%RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name

It seems that the result is the same.

Re: libxml building

Volker Halle — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:45:32 GMT

Alexander,

the problem is in the directory name:

$ set def $1$DGA123:[TST$USERS.][ALEXANDER.VAX.LIBXML2-2_9_1]
%RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name
$ set def $1$DGA123:[TST$USERS.ALEXANDER.VAX.LIBXML2-2_9_1] ! this works !

As a workaround, try setting your default directory using the working SET DEFAULT command above, before you invoke @build_libxml.com

Solving this problem would most likely require a concealed logical name and changes to your account in SYSUAF:

$ define/sys/exec/transl=conc tst$users $1$DGA123:[TST$USERS.]

And your login-directory should become something like TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER]

Volker.

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 06:22:50 GMT

Thanks. Thsi error is fixed. But there are many another in compillation dependences. I'll try to resolve it.

PS. But in general, I am looking for small xml library with validation written in pure c (or binaries for openvms alpha). It is an ideal if it will have only one library file and header. I want just include it in my project without any system installing.

Re: libxml building

Jansen_8 — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:59:03 GMT

I sucessfully compiled libxml2 for OpenVMS 8.4. See for the the modifactions I had to make:

http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#LIBXML2

Note that I always set the compilation qualifiers /float=ieee/name=(as_is,short).

The only reason, I do this is that this works for all packages displayed on my web-page, so ensuring inter-package comaptibility.

Jouk

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:55:29 GMT

Thanks for the advice.

I've located patch contents into corresponding folders and get the same error:

$whoami = f$parse(f$environment("PROCEDURE"),,,,"NO_CONCEAL")

$ procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE") + f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY")

$ set default 'procdir'

I've resolved it with manual pointing of paths.

After this I've got next compiller errors:

CC/nowarn/DEF=HAVE_CONFIG_H/NAMES=(as_is,SHORTENED)/FLOAT=IEEE/IEEE_MODE=DENORM_
RESULTS/INCLUDE=xml_srcdir/object=TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.DEBUG]PAR
SER.OBJ; PARSER.C
 
    (const xmlChar *) "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace".
.....^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 140 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]T
REE.H;1
 
    xmlElementType          type;       /* XML_ATTRIBUTE_DECL, must be second !
*/.
....^
%CC-E-MISSINGTYPE, Missing type specifier or type qualifier.
at line number 254 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]T
REE.H;1
 
    xmlElementType          type;       /* XML_ELEMENT_DECL, must be second ! */
.
....^
%CC-E-MISSINGTYPE, Missing type specifier or type qualifier.
at line number 347 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]T
REE.H;1
 
typedef xmlElementType xmlNsType;.
.......................^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 374 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]T
REE.H;1
 
    xmlNsType      type;        /* global or local */.
....^
%CC-E-MISSINGTYPE, Missing type specifier or type qualifier.
at line number 390 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]T
REE.H;1
 
    ((n)->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE ? NULL : (n)->content).
........^
%CC-E-CLOSEPAREN, Missing ")".
at line number 515 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]T
REE.H;1
 
        htmlElementAllowedHere((parent), (elt)->name).
...............................^
%CC-E-NOTEXPECTING, Error parsing parameter list. Found "(" when expecting one o
f: <type-specifier>, <identifier>, "...", ")".
at line number 291 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]H
TMLPARSER.H;1
 
typedef xmlChSRange *xmlChSRangePtr;.
....................^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 29 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]CH
VALID.H;1
 
                                 ((0x61 <= (c)) && ((c) <= 0x7a)) || \.
...................................^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 65 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]CH
VALID.H;1
 
                                 xmlIsPubidChar_ch((c)) : 0).
........................................................^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 208 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]C
HVALID.H;1
 
                                 ((0x61 <= (c)) && ((c) <= 0x7a))).
...................................^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 251 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]P
ARSERINTERNALS.H;1
 
    if (*(p) == 0x10) { p++ ; if (*(p) == 0x13) p++; }.
....^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 289 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]P
ARSERINTERNALS.H;1
 
    while ((*p) && (*(p) != '>')) (p)++.
....^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 298 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]P
ARSERINTERNALS.H;1
 
    (const xmlChar *) "urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog".
.....^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 38 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]CA
TALOG.H;1
 
                xmlCatalogSetDefaultPrefer(xmlCatalogPrefer prefer);.
................^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 165 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.INCLUDE.LIBXML]C
ATALOG.H;1
 
    ctxt->str_xml_ns = xmlDictLookup(ctxt->dict, XML_XML_NAMESPACE, 36);.
..................................................................^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 1043 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
  ( ((unsigned char *) s)[ 0 ] == c1 && ((unsigned char *) s)[ 1 ] == c2 && \.
......^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 1985 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
    if (*ctxt->input->cur == '%') xmlParserHandlePEReference(ctxt);     \.
....^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 2019 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
                 (ctxt->input->end - ctxt->input->cur < INPUT_CHUNK))   \.
......................^
%CC-E-CLOSEPAREN, Missing ")".
at line number 2038 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
        ctxt->input->col++;                                             \.
............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 2060 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
    } else ctxt->input->col++;                                          \.
......^
%CC-E-DECLARATOR, Invalid declarator.
at line number 2070 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
        while (IS_BLANK_CH(*cur)) {.
................................^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2106 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
            while (IS_BLANK_CH(cur)) { /* CHECKED tstblanks.xml */.
...................................^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2123 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
        } while (IS_BLANK(cur)); /* CHECKED tstblanks.xml */.
..............................^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2137 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
    GROW;.
........^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2195 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
        GROW;.
............^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2226 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
                GROW;.
....................^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2230 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
    } else if  ((RAW == '&') && (NXT(1) == '#')) {.
......^
%CC-E-NOWHILE, Missing "while".
at line number 2257 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
        GROW;.
............^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2259 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
                GROW;.
....................^
%CC-E-BADEXPR, Invalid expression.
at line number 2263 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
    } else {.
......^
%CC-E-NOWHILE, Missing "while".
at line number 2286 in file TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1]PARSER.C;1
 
%CC-F-TOOMANYERR, More than 30 errors were encountered in the course of compilat
ion.
%CC-F-ENDDIAGS, !AS completed with !UL diagnostic!%S
%PURGE-W-SEARCHFAIL, error searching for TST$USERS:[ALEXANDER.LIBXML2-2_9_1.DE
BUG]*.*;*
-RMS-E-FNF, file not found

May be it was called by compiller version (DEC C V6.0-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V 8.3).

Re: libxml building

H.Becker — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:13:44 GMT

> Solving this problem would most likely require a concealed logical name ...

Hmm, to me it looks like there is already a concealed device, otherwise the result of f$parse (..."no_conceal") wouldn't contain the ".][". And that is what the writer of the DCL script wanted, as that's the meaning of the parse-type "no_conceal". To me it looks like a bug in the script.

Re: libxml building

H.Becker — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:32:26 GMT

    (const xmlChar *) "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace".

If that's an exact cut and paste from the compiler message, then it looks like there is still a trailing character, which is shown as ".", here. As we all know, C would expect a ";" at the end. Also, as can be seen in the git repository, the tree.h include file has a

#define XML_XML_NAMESPACE \
    (const xmlChar *) "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"

To me it looks like the "\" is not seen as the last character before the end of the record, so the #define is not continued, hence it is seen as a separate, but invalid declaration => %CC-E-DECLARATOR

Re: libxml building

Bill Hall — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:55:35 GMT

Try this code should handle the logical device correctly:

$! Test_alexander.com
$!
$   whoami = f$environment("PROCEDURE")
$   procdev = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE","no_conceal")
$   procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY","no_conceal")
$   procdir = procdir -"][" - "><" - "[" - "]" - "<" - ">"
$   procdir = "[" + procdir + "]"
$   procdir = procdev + procdir
$   set default 'procdir'
$!
$   Exit

Bill

Re: libxml building

H.Becker — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:53:42 GMT

I'm sure that an Alpha or I64 has enough cpu cycles to do this extra processing, but before "fixing" anything I would like to understand what the purpose of "no_conceal" in this context really is: is it needed for a simple "set default" or is there anything else?

Re: libxml building

Bill Hall — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:37:23 GMT

Hartmut,

Removing the "no_conceal" from the f$parse used to define the whoami symbol would also have worked for the definition of procdir and the subsequent set default 'procdir' as below.

$ whoami = f$parse(f$environment("PROCEDURE"))

$ procdir = f$parse(whoami,,,"DEVICE") + f$parse(whoami,,,"DIRECTORY")

$ set default 'procdir'

I jumped to the conclusion that the procdir symbol might be parsed as a string later in the procedure to build a temporary logical root or build a subdirectory or a file specification that would then fail.

Re: libxml building

AlexanderM — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:51:30 GMT

I've rid from trail symbols. The library was built without any errors. Thanks for the help.