From kde-devel Thu May 24 12:18:44 2007 From: Matt Rogers Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:18:44 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: upgrading PCRE breaks Konqueror (KDE-3.5 branch) Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=118000924106422 On May 23, 2007, at 11:22 PM, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > 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. > > I see two options now. Either downgrade your PCRE or rebuild all of KDE. -- Matt >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<