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[Martijn Kuipers <martijn.kuipers@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> There are two ways that wxWidgets depends on expat:
> 
> 1) wxXml class depends on expat.
> 
> 2) xrc depends on wxXml which depends on expat
> 
> 
> My current theory is this:
> 
> wxWidgets folks have probably gotten their build system fairly robust
> for users of 2), i.e. xrc.
> 
> For those that are only using 1), like Kicad, then they still have a
> hole or two.  When we say "they",
> 
> Perhaps a test should be done to depend on the xrc support, even though
> we don't use it.  That might be another way to consider plugging this hole.
> 
> The provider of wxWidgets is definitely a factor also to consider also,
> where does it come from?  If it comes from the distro repo, then there
> is a package maintainer in this picture also, else not.
> 
> 
> Dick

Thanks Dick and Wayne for your clear explanation.  Though even if it is a wx problem, should we not plug the hole while we await a fix from upstream?

/Martijn