[EP-tech] Re: XML entity error

Thu Apr 18 09:23:54 BST 2013

The libxml problem would kill the process before it even starts, so you
shouldn't (!) have any obscure data-loss problems related to this.

The entities problem only relates to phrases anyway ... generated
EPrints XML have no entities embedded.

--
All the best,
Tim.

On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 14:03 +1000, Matthew Brady wrote:
> This might be a Tim level question… J
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> Would this LibXML2 problem cause the upgrade process to fail in any
> other ways (that I might not have picked up in logs), due to being
> unable to handle the XML files correctly ?? 
> 
> Should I re-sync all the data/reload database with 3.1.2 version and
> run the entire process again?
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> 
> Thanks again for the pin point link to cause
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> 
> Matt
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> From: eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Mark
> Gregson
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 1:15 PM
> To: eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: XML entity error
> 
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> Matthew’s right in general however EPrints does defines the entities.
> The problem is more likely the libxml2 problem described here
> http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/17105.html
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> Cheers
> 
> Mark
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> Mark Gregson | Applications and Development Team Leader
> Library eServices | Queensland University of Technology
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> From: eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Matthew
> Kerwin
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 12:56 PM
> To: eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: XML entity error
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> For what it’s worth, the first error message is correct.  Without any
> DTDs, &nbsp; is not a valid XML entity (it’s a HTML entity.)  You can
> use &#160; if you don’t want to write/include a HTML-compatibility
> DTD.
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> -- 
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> Matthew Kerwin  |  QUT Library eServices  |  ph 3138 3910  |
>  matthew.kerwin at qut.edu.au
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> From: eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Matthew
> Brady
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2013 12:38
> To: eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Subject: [EP-tech] XML entity error
> 
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> Hi All,  
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> 
> I am in the process of upgrading eprints up to 3.3.10 (from 3.1.2),
> and all seems to have worked so far… database has been upgraded
> successfully etc., but I’m getting the following error, and I hope
> someone can tell me where to start looking… It hasn’t occurred in the
> dev machine, so I’m hoping it’s simply something I missed in migrating
> from dev to tst.
> 
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> 
> Thanks
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> 
> Matt
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> Failed to parse XML
> file: /opt/eprints3/lib/lang/en/phrases/system.xml: Entity: line 396:
> parser error : Entity 'nbsp' not defined
> 
> age or title page. If there are more than four authors, click on the
> [More&nbsp;
> 
> 
> ^
> 
> Entity: line 396: parser error : Entity 'nbsp' not defined
> 
> e page. If there are more than four authors, click on the
> [More&nbsp;input&nbsp;
> 
> 
> ^
> 
> Entity: line 397: parser error : AttValue: ' expected
> 
> <br/>Example: [<span class="ep_form_example">Smith</span>] [<span
> class="
> 
> 
> ^
> 
> Entity: line 397: parser error : attributes construct error
> 
> <br/>Example: [<span class="ep_form_example">Smith</span>] [<span
> class="
> 
> 
> ^
> 
> Entity: line 397: parser error : Couldn't find end of Start Tag span
> 
> <br/>Example: [<span class="ep_form_example">Smith</span>] [<span
> class="
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