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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: upgrading PCRE breaks Konqueror (KDE-3.5 branch)
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-05-24 4:22:25
Message-ID: 46551301.30506 () acm ! org
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Matt Rogers wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 May 2007 16:39, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>> I upgraded PCRE to 7.1 and Konqueror won't start from the menu.
>>
>> I get the error message:
>>
>> There was an error loading the module About-Page for Konqueror.
>> The diagnostics is:
>> /usr/lib/libpcreposix.so.0: undefined symbol: pcre_compile2
>>
>> However, opening it from the command line in a Konsole works.
>>
>> This appears to be a binary compatibility issue.  I quote from:
>>
>> http://cluedenver.org/pipermail/clue-tech/2005-July/000023.html
>>
>> The latest PCRE does provide pcre_compile2 -- it adds a new pointer
>> argument (the 3rd int *
>> argument) for returning error numbers (per the documentation).
>>
>> I think that this refers to the 6.x version of PCRE.  This appears to be
>> an old problem.
> 
> did you restart kdeinit after installing your new PCRE?

By now, I have rebooted and the problem persists.

-- 
JRT
 
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