microsoft / microsoft/msix-packaging
[BUG] Cannot build MSIX Core on Debian 13 with Clang
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Description
Project
MSIX Core
Describe the bug
With Debian 13 and Clang 19 the project cannot be built. It seems like the embedded Xerces-C Library version (3.2.1) has errors reported by Clang.
To Reproduce
- Download the msix-packaging-1.2 Release version from here https://github.com/microsoft/msix-packaging/releases/tag/MSIX-Core-1.2-release
- Extract the package
- Run the installation steps
Expected behavior
The code is compiled successfully
Screenshots
Platform
- Debian Linux 13 "trixie" with Clang and
build-essentialpackages installed
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by following the MSIX-Core 1.2 release installation steps on Debian Linux 13 with Clang and build-essential, then inspect the compiler errors shown in the report. Trace the failures involving the embedded Xerces-C 3.2.1 library; done means the project compiles successfully on the stated platform.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, debian, linux
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100