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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: upgrading PCRE breaks Konqueror (KDE-3.5 branch)
From:       Matt Rogers <mattr () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-05-24 12:18:44
Message-ID: BD830512-477F-402F-B58C-424B719B3A1E () kde ! org
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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


 
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