RE: Core Dump running xsltproc

This one is probably best directed at xsltproc product support.

("core dump" brings back memories, sorry about the pun. I wonder what a
gigabyte of core would look like?)

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Moloney [mailto:paul_moloney@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 06 October 2005 13:45
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Core Dump running xsltproc
> 
> I hope someone can help me, I'm a relative newbie to this. I'm 
> following the tutorial given at this page:
> 
> http://www.codeproject.com/winhelp/docbook_howto.asp
> 
> All is well until I reach the section on customising the style sheet. 
> I'm using the
> 
> following files:
> 
> simple.xml
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> 
> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
> 
> "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" >
> 
> <book>
> 
> <title>Simple Book</title>
> 
> <titleabbrev>Simple</titleabbrev>
> 
> <preface><title>Introduction</title>
> 
> <para>
> 
> Hello! Here's an introduction!
> 
> </para>
> 
> </preface>
> 
> <chapter><title>On Foo's</title>
> 
> <para>
> 
> Stuff about Foo's goes here.
> 
> </para>
> 
> </chapter>
> 
> <chapter><title>On Bars's</title>
> 
> <para>
> 
> Stuff about Bars's goes here.
> 
> </para>
> 
> </chapter>
> 
> </book>
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> simple.xsl:
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> 
> version="1.0">
> 
> <xsl:import 
> href="/home/pmoloney/docbook-xsl-1.69.1/htmlhelp/htmlhelp.xsl"/>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet> ===============================================
> 
> (I've check the pathname above is correct; the given stylesheet has 
> more lines, but I've pared it down to the above line by line, with 
> each version giving the same core dump)
> 
> The following output is shown:
> 
> $ xsltproc --nonet simple.xsl simple.xml
> 
> Writing pr01.html for preface
> 
> Writing ch01.html for chapter
> 
> Writing ch02.html for chapter
> 
> Writing index.html for book
> 
> Writing htmlhelp.hhp
> 
> Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> When I run the command using verbose mode, I get the following just 
> before the core dump:
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> [...output truncated...]
> 
> xsltIf: test $htmlhelp.hhc.folders.instead.books != 0
> 
> Lookup variable htmlhelp.hhc.folders.instead.books
> 
> found variable htmlhelp.hhc.folders.instead.books
> 
> xsltIf: test evaluate to 1
> 
> xsltApplyOneTemplate: copy unescaped text <OBJECT type="text/site 
> properties">
> 
> <param name="ImageType" value="Folder">
> 
> </OBJECT>
> 
> xsltCopyText: copy unescaped text <OBJECT type="text/site properties">
> 
> <param name="ImageType" value="Folder">
> 
> </OBJECT>
> 
> Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> xsltproc -version shows the following:
> 
> $ xsltproc -version
> 
> Using libxml 20620, libxslt 10114-CVS1011 and libexslt 812-CVS1011 
> xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20620, libxslt 10114 and 
> libexslt 
> 812 libxslt 10114 was compiled against libxml 20620 libexslt 812 was 
> compiled against libxml 20620
> 
> Am I doing something obviously wrong here? ANy help appreciated.
> 
> P.
> 
> --
> 
> Paul Moloney, Documentation Team Lead,
> 
> ValistaR