evolution-data-server build failure

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

:info:build make[4]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_trunk_dports_gnome_evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server/work/evolution-data-server-2.30.3/servers/google/libgdata'
:info:build cp libgdata.pc libgdata-1.2.pc
:info:build   CC       libgdata_1_2_la-gdata-feed.lo
:info:build   CC       libgdata_1_2_la-gdata-service-iface.lo
:info:build   CC       libgdata_1_2_la-gdata-entry.lo
:info:build gdata-entry.c:880:46: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct _xmlBuf'
:info:build                         xmlString = g_strdup ((gchar *)buf->buffer->content);
:info:build                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~^
:info:build /opt/local/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h:104:16: note: forward declaration of 'struct _xmlBuf'
:info:build typedef struct _xmlBuf xmlBuf;
:info:build                ^
:info:build gdata-entry.c:882:44: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct _xmlBuf'
:info:build                         xmlString = g_strdup ((gchar *)buf->conv->content);
:info:build                                                        ~~~~~~~~~^
:info:build /opt/local/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h:104:16: note: forward declaration of 'struct _xmlBuf'
:info:build typedef struct _xmlBuf xmlBuf;
:info:build                ^
:info:build 2 errors generated.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

This is due to API changes in libxml2 -- the specific elements of struct _xmlBuf are no longer public so you can not access them directly as in the past. Accessor functions are provided instead. See attached patch which fixes the problem.

@jim@… -- let me know if this is OK to commit.

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Cc Me!

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Proposed patch (amended)

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[dbevans (David B. Evans)]

Patch committed in r106696, maintainer timeout.