2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

M gnu/packages/gnome.scm
M gnu/packages/xml.scm

@@ 3802,7 3802,7 @@ diagrams.")
            `(,glib "bin") ; glib-mkenums, etc.
            gobject-introspection)) ; g-ir-compiler, etc.
     (inputs
-     (list pango libcroco libxml2))
+     (list pango libcroco libxml2-2.11))
     (propagated-inputs
      ;; librsvg-2.0.pc refers to all of that.
      (list cairo gdk-pixbuf glib))

@@ 189,7 189,6 @@ binary extension of XML for the purpose of storing and manipulating data in a
 hierarchical form with variable field lengths.")
     (license license:lgpl2.1)))
 
-;; Note: Remember to check python-libxml2 when updating this package.
 (define-public libxml2
   (package
     (name "libxml2")


@@ 263,6 262,24 @@ hierarchical form with variable field lengths.")
 project (but it is usable outside of the Gnome platform).")
     (license license:x11)))
 
+;; This is an old version (the most recent that works) of libxml2 solely for
+;; building librsvg-2.40.
+;; XXX: Remove once Rust (and thus newer librsvg) is supported on all
+;; platforms.
+(define-public libxml2-2.11
+  (hidden-package
+   (package
+     (inherit libxml2)
+     (version "2.11.9")
+     (source (origin
+               (inherit (package-source libxml2))
+               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/libxml2/"
+                                   (version-major+minor version)"/libxml2-"
+                                   version ".tar.xz"))
+               (sha256
+                (base32
+                 "17w0a622466k2hi5nln276la6rzfr9xaip3lqj71hmyvxyhmf0bq")))))))
+
 (define-public libxml2-xpath0
   (package/inherit libxml2
     (name "libxml2-xpath0")