[libvirt] [PATCH] news.rng: work around a bug in old libxml2

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 09:12:11AM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 09:05:58 +0200, Ján Tomko wrote:
> > Similar to commit c3c2cc6, use a literal newsline instead of \n
> > inside the brackets.
> > ---
> > Pushed as a build fix.
> 
> This is ugly. How about dropping support for platforms which can't use
> new enough libraries rather than band-aiding the code?
> 
> Nobody in their right mind would use upstream software with very old
> distros.

We still target RHEL6 as a platform for libvirt to build on and as such
people reasonably expect tests to pass when built there. It is mildly
ugly but not a serious maint burden to us long term.

Regards,
Daniel
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