Search::Xapian doesn't compile on Debian PPC

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I get compilations errors on 2.6.18-6-powerpc. The first one is:

Xapian.xs:74: error: conflicting return type specified for ‘virtual bool perlMatchDecider::operator()(const Xapian::Document&) const’

See the attached log for the full transcript of compilation errors.

This is the same bug entered at ​http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=40309

[Olly Betts]

As line 6 of the log says:

Warning: Xapian version 0.9.9 may be incompatible with Search::Xapian 1.0.8.0

You need to upgrade xapian-core a newer version. I'd recommend using xapian-core 1.0.8 with Search::Xapian 1.0.8.0, though often you don't need an exact match (which is why this is a warning, not a hard error).

Alternatively, use Search::Xapian 0.9.9.0 if you want to stick to your current xapian-core (but I wouldn't recommend that - we no longer support 0.9.x).

Could you close the rt bug too? I've never managed to get my head around how rt works

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Thanks, I was missing that point. Now using the backported Debian 1.0.8 version. Closed on RT too.