FYI... the fix is to download expat from http://expat.sourceforge.net and build/install that. Worked fine for me, and built with no issues. Then after a make clean, fontconfig and such built. Mike Michael Prentice wrote: > I'm running into the same problem. I tried just removing the -lexpat > from the build. And that causes fontconfig.so to build. But then > when I try to build fc-cache: > > > gcc -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFONTCONFIG_PATH=\"/etc/fonts\" -I.. -I. > -I/net/acrolein/export/home/mprentic/include/freetype > -I/net/acrolein/export/home/mprentic/include > -I/net/acrolein/export/home/mprentic/include > -I/net/acrolein/export/home/mprentic/include/freetype2 -o fc-cache > fc-cache.o -L../src -lfontconfig > Undefined first referenced > symbol in file > XML_SetCharacterDataHandler ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_SetDoctypeDeclHandler ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_GetBuffer ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_GetErrorCode ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_ErrorString ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_ParserCreate ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_ParserFree ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_GetCurrentLineNumber ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_SetUserData ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_ParseBuffer ../src/libfontconfig.so > XML_SetElementHandler ../src/libfontconfig.so > ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to fc-cache > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `fc-cache' > > > So I assume that expat is all the XML stuff that I need... > > > I guess there's been no resolution to this in the last month? > > Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Brent Bice fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:51:42 -0800 (PST) > > I'm havin' trouble getting fontconfig to compile on solaris. I've > compiled expat (I *think* it's ok - ar -t shows all the .o files) but > when > I try to compile fontconfig, I get: > > Text relocation remains referenced > against symbol offset in file > <unknown> 0x19dc > /usr/local/lib/libexpat.a(xmlparse.o) > (and a jillion or so other <unknown>'s. - grin) > > I assume that this means something is wrong with my expat lib? There > was no install for it, but it compiled with no errors. And I just copied > the resulting .a file to /usr/local/lib and a handful of the .h files to > /usr/local include. That oughta be ok, right? > > Thanks in advance for any tips you can offer...... > > Brent > > -- Michael Prentice - Software Engineer IBM Software Group - Rational Software Configuration Management - Clearcase Web Lexington, MA 781-676-2754 617-650-4556 mailto:mprentice@xxxxxxxxxxxx