Nokogiri 1.6.2 Released

Detlef_R · May 13, 2014, 12:36am

nokogiri version 1.6.2 has been released!

Nokogiri (鋸) is an HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser. Among Nokogiri’s
many features is the ability to search documents via XPath or CSS3
selectors.

==== Security Note

A set of security and bugfix patches have been backported from the
libxml2
and libxslt repositories onto the version of 2.8.0 packaged with
Nokogiri,
including these notable security fixes:

CVE-2013-2877
Improve handling of xmlStopParser() (e50ba816) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab
CVE-2014-0191
Do not fetch external parameter entities (9cd1c3cf) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab

It is recommended that you upgrade from 1.6.x to this version as soon as
possible.

==== Compatibility Note

Now requires libxml >= 2.6.21 (was previously >= 2.6.17).

==== Features

Add cross building of fat binary gems for 64-Bit Windows (x64-mingw32)
and add support for native builds on Windows. #864, #989, #1072
(MRI) Alias CP932 to Windows-31J if iconv does not support
Windows-31J.
(MRI) Nokogiri now links packaged libraries statically. To disable
static
linking, pass --disable-static to extconf.rb. #923
(MRI) Fix a library path (LIBPATH) precedence problem caused by CRuby
bug
#9760.
(MRI) Nokogiri automatically deletes directories of packaged libraries
only used during build. To keep them for debugging purposes, pass
–disable-clean to extconf.rb. #952
(MRI) Nokogiri now builds libxml2 properly with iconv support on
platforms where libiconv is installed outside the system default
directories, such as FreeBSD.
Add support for an-b in nth selectors. #886 (Thanks, Magnus Bergmark!)
Add support for bare and multiple :not() functions in selectors. #887
(Thanks, Magnus Bergmark!)
(MRI) Add an extconf.rb option --use-system-libraries, alternative to
setting the environment variable NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES.
(MRI) Update packaged libraries: libxslt to 1.1.28, zlib to 1.2.8, and
libiconv to 1.14, respectively.
Nokogiri::HTML::Document#title= and #meta_encoding= now always add an
element if not present, trying hard to find the best place to put it.
Nokogiri::XML::DTD#html_dtd? and #html5_dtd? are added.
Nokogiri::XML::Node#prepend_child is added. #664
Nokogiri::XML::SAX::ParserContext#recovery is added. #453
Fix documentation for XML::Node#namespace. #803 #802 (Thanks, Hoylen
Sue)
Allow Nokogiri::XML::Node#parse from unparented non-element nodes.
#407

==== Bugfixes

Ensure :only-child pseudo class works within :not pseudo class. #858
(Thanks, Yamagishi Kazutoshi!)
Don’t call pkg_config when using bundled libraries in extconf.rb #931
(Thanks, Shota F.!)
Nokogiri.parse() does not mistake a non-HTML document like a RSS
document
as HTML document. #932 (Thanks, Yamagishi Kazutoshi!)
(MRI) Perform a node type check before adding a child node to another.
Previously adding a text node to another as a child could cause a SEGV.
#1092
(JRuby) XSD validation crashes in Java version. #373
(JRuby) Document already has a root node error while using Builder.
#646
(JRuby) c14n tests are all passing on JRuby. #226
Parsing empty documents raise SyntaxError in strict mode. #1005
(JRuby) Make xpath faster by caching the xpath context. #741
(JRuby) XML SAX push parser leaks memory on JRuby, but not on MRI.
#998
(JRuby) Inconsistent behavior aliasing the default namespace. #940
(JRuby) Inconsistent behavior between parsing and adding namespaces.
#943
(JRuby) Xpath returns inconsistent result set on cloned document with
namespaces and attributes. #1034
(JRuby) Java-Implementation forgets element namespaces #902
(JRuby) JRuby-Nokogiri does not recognise attributes inside namespaces
#1081
(JRuby) JRuby-Nokogiri has different comment node name #1080
(JRuby) JAXPExtensionsProvider / Java 7 / Secure Processing #1070

subject: [ANN] nokogiri 1.6.2.rc3 Released

nokogiri v1.6.2.rc3 has been released!

NOTABLE CHANGES SINCE v1.6.1:

Add cross building of fat binary gems for 64-Bit Windows (x64-mingw32)
and add support for native builds on Windows. #864, #989, #1072
(MRI) Nokogiri now links packaged libraries statically. To disable
static
linking, pass --disable-static to extconf.rb. #923
(MRI) Nokogiri automatically deletes directories of packaged libraries
only used during build. To keep them for debugging purposes, pass
–disable-clean to extconf.rb. #952
Now requires libxml >= 2.6.21 (was previously >= 2.6.17).

DETAILS OF CHANGES SINCE v1.6.2.rc2:

(MRI) Perform a node type check before adding a child node to another.
Previously adding a text node to another as a child could cause a SEGV.
#1092
(JRuby) Inconsistent behavior aliasing the default namespace. #940
(JRuby) Inconsistent behavior between parsing and adding namespaces.
#943
(JRuby) Xpath returns inconsistent result set on cloned document with
namespaces and attributes. #1034
(JRuby) Java-Implementation forgets element namespaces #902
(JRuby) JRuby-Nokogiri does not recognise attributes inside namespaces
#1081
(JRuby) JRuby-Nokogiri has different comment node name #1080
(JRuby) JAXPExtensionsProvider / Java 7 / Secure Processing #1070

FULL CHANGELOG:

1.6.2 / unreleased

Notes
- Now requires libxml >= 2.6.21 (was previously >= 2.6.17).
Features
- Add cross building of fat binary gems for 64-Bit Windows
  (x64-mingw32)
  and add support for native builds on Windows. #864, #989, #1072
- (MRI) Alias CP932 to Windows-31J if iconv does not support
  Windows-31J.
- (MRI) Nokogiri now links packaged libraries statically. To disable
  static linking, pass --disable-static to extconf.rb. #923
- (MRI) Fix a library path (LIBPATH) precedence problem caused by
  CRuby
  bug #9760.
- (MRI) Nokogiri automatically deletes directories of packaged
  libraries
  only used during build. To keep them for debugging purposes, pass
  –disable-clean to extconf.rb. #952
- (MRI) Nokogiri now builds libxml2 properly with iconv support on
  platforms where libiconv is installed outside the system default
  directories, such as FreeBSD.
- Add support for an-b in nth selectors. #886 (Thanks, Magnus
  Bergmark!)
- Add support for bare and multiple :not() functions in selectors.
  #887
  (Thanks, Magnus Bergmark!)
- (MRI) Add an extconf.rb option --use-system-libraries, alternative
  to
  setting the environment variable NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES.
- (MRI) Update packaged libraries: libxslt to 1.1.28, zlib to 1.2.8,
  and
  libiconv to 1.14, respectively.
- Nokogiri::HTML::Document#title= and #meta_encoding= now always add
  an
  element if not present, trying hard to find the best place to put it.
- Nokogiri::XML::DTD#html_dtd? and #html5_dtd? are added.
- Nokogiri::XML::Node#prepend_child is added. #664
- Nokogiri::XML::SAX::ParserContext#recovery is added. #453
- Fix documentation for XML::Node#namespace. #803 #802 (Thanks, Hoylen
  Sue)
- Allow Nokogiri::XML::Node#parse from unparented non-element nodes.
  #407
Bugfixes
- Ensure :only-child pseudo class works within :not pseudo class. #858
  (Thanks, Yamagishi Kazutoshi!)
- Don’t call pkg_config when using bundled libraries in extconf.rb
  #931
  (Thanks, Shota F.!)
- Nokogiri.parse() does not mistake a non-HTML document like a RSS
  document as HTML document. #932 (Thanks, Yamagishi Kazutoshi!)
- (MRI) Perform a node type check before adding a child node to
  another.
  Previously adding a text node to another as a child could cause a SEGV.
  #1092
- (JRuby) XSD validation crashes in Java version. #373
- (JRuby) Document already has a root node error while using Builder.
  #646
- (JRuby) c14n tests are all passing on JRuby. #226
- Parsing empty documents raise SyntaxError in strict mode. #1005
- (JRuby) Make xpath faster by caching the xpath context. #741
- (JRuby) XML SAX push parser leaks memory on JRuby, but not on MRI.
  #998
- (JRuby) Inconsistent behavior aliasing the default namespace. #940
- (JRuby) Inconsistent behavior between parsing and adding namespaces.
  #943
- (JRuby) Xpath returns inconsistent result set on cloned document
  with
  namespaces and attributes. #1034
- (JRuby) Java-Implementation forgets element namespaces #902
- (JRuby) JRuby-Nokogiri does not recognise attributes inside
  namespaces
  #1081
- (JRuby) JRuby-Nokogiri has different comment node name #1080
- (JRuby) JAXPExtensionsProvider / Java 7 / Secure Processing #1070