Re: [docbook-apps] xsltproc xpath undefined variable segfault on Docbook containing <footnote>

["Michael(tm) Smith" <smith@sideshowbarker.net>]

Chris Chiasson <chris@chiasson.name> writes:

> xsltproc is crashing on one of my books that has a footnote. It says
> the stylesheet (docbook-xsl-1.69.1) has an XPath error with an
[...]
> In an attempt to get around the xsltproc 1.15 problem of not handling
> footnotes and the xsltproc 1.14 problem of note being compatable with
> another package on my system, I'm using the 2006-03-11 snapshot of
> xsltproc.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Sounds like you've already fixed it by upgrading your xsltproc.

The error you're seeing is caused by a bug in libxslt 1.15 that
can't be worked around. The only fix is upgrading to 1.16 or later.

smime.p7s