xercesc does not build under 10.6.2

[alperaydemir@…]

While trying to install peekabot package, one of the dependlibs xercesc fails to build with the following:

sudo port clean xercesc
--->  Cleaning xercesc
dyna218-110:BUILD aydemir$ sudo port install xercesc 
--->  Computing dependencies for xercesc
--->  Fetching xercesc
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for xercesc
--->  Extracting xercesc
--->  Applying patches to xercesc
--->  Configuring xercesc
--->  Building xercesc
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_xercesc/work/xerces-c-src_2_8_0/src/xercesc" && /usr/bin/gnumake all " returned error 2
Command output:       xercesc_2_8::getDomConverter()       in DOMString.o
  "xercesc_2_8::XMLReader::getSrcOffset() const", referenced from:
      xercesc_2_8::DOMParser::getSrcOffset() const in DOMParser.o
  "xercesc_2_8::XMLUni::fgEmptyStackException_Name", referenced from:
      xercesc_2_8::EmptyStackException::getType() const in DOMParser.o
  "xercesc_2_8::XMLScannerResolver::resolveScanner(unsigned short const*, xercesc_2_8::XMLValidator*, xercesc_2_8::GrammarResolver*, xercesc_2_8::MemoryManager*)", referenced from:
      xercesc_2_8::DOMParser::useScanner(unsigned short const*)in DOMParser.o
  "xercesc_2_8::XMLUni::fgIllegalArgumentException_Name", referenced from:
      xercesc_2_8::IllegalArgumentException::getType() const in DocumentImpl.o
  "xercesc_2_8::XMLPlatformUtils::compareAndSwap(void**, void const*, void const*)", referenced from:
      xercesc_2_8::DOMStringHandle::operator delete(void*)in DOMString.o
      xercesc_2_8::getDomConverter()       in DOMString.o
      xercesc_2_8::DOMStringHandle::operator new(unsigned long)in DOMString.o
      xercesc_2_8::DOM_DOMImplementation::getImplementation()       in DOM_DOMImplementation.o
      xercesc_2_8::DStringPool::getStaticString(char const*, xercesc_2_8::DOMString**, void (*)(), xercesc_2_8::XMLRegisterCleanup&)in DStringPool.o
  "xercesc_2_8::XMLUni::fgIDRefsString", referenced from:
      xercesc_2_8::DOMParser::attDef(xercesc_2_8::DTDElementDecl const&, xercesc_2_8::DTDAttDef const&, bool)in DOMParser.o
  "xercesc_2_8::XMLRefInfo::getProtoType() const", referenced from:
      vtable for xercesc_2_8::XMLRefInfoin DOMParser.o
  "xercesc_2_8::GrammarResolver::getGrammar(unsigned short const*)", referenced from:
      xercesc_2_8::DOMParser::getGrammar(unsigned short const*)in DOMParser.o
  "xercesc_2_8::DTDEntityDecl::serialize(xercesc_2_8::XSerializeEngine&)", referenced from:
      vtable for xercesc_2_8::DTDEntityDeclin DOMParser.o
  "xercesc_2_8::ContentSpecNode::serialize(xercesc_2_8::XSerializeEngine&)", referenced from:
      vtable for xercesc_2_8::ContentSpecNodein DOMParser.o
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gnumake[1]: *** [/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_xercesc/work/xerces-c-src_2_8_0/lib/libxerces-depdom.28.0.dylib] Error 1
gnumake[1]: Target `ALL' not remade because of errors.
gnumake: *** [/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_xercesc/work/xerces-c-src_2_8_0/lib/libxerces-c.28.0.dylib] Error 2

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
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[alperaydemir@…]

this ticket can now be closed.

it was a local issue (multiple xercesc files lurking around) and now resolved after cleaning all the related files and then installing xercesc.