#530922 libxml2: buggy range() XPointer function

Package:
libxml2
Source:
libxml2
Description:
GNOME XML library
Submitter:
Jakub Wilk
Date:
2021-07-05 18:33:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#530922#5
Date:
2009-05-28 19:30:44 UTC
From:
To:
range() XPointer function[1] returns wrong locations:

$ ./test-xpointer '<r>1<a>2</a>3<b/></r>' 'range(//a)'
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root><r xml:base="/tmp/tmp.XXXXgAmOW2">1</r></root>

$ ./test-xpointer '<r>1<a>2</a>3<b/></r>' 'range(//b)'
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root><r xml:base="/tmp/tmp.XXXXJUZujm"><a/></r></root>


[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-xpointer/#dt-covering-range