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<p>The id is required but did not completely solve the problem:</p>
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<p> <!DOCTYPE webpage PUBLIC "-//Norman Walsh//DTD Website Full V2.6//EN"</p>
<p> "file:///usr/local/docbook-website/schema/dtd/website-full.dtd"</p>
<p> [</p>
<p> <!ENTITY % sharedEntities SYSTEM </p>
<p>"file:///_srcBase_/foo/website/foo.ent"></p>
<p> %sharedEntities;</p>
<p> ]></p>
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<p>fails with error 128 while</p>
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<p> <!DOCTYPE webpage PUBLIC "-//Norman Walsh//DTD Website Full V2.6//EN"</p>
<p> "file:///usr/local/docbook-website/schema/dtd/website-full.dtd"></p>
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<p>transforms without error.</p>
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<p>Note _srcBase_ is defined in a global catalog as</p>
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<p><rewriteSystem</p>
<p> systemIdStartString="file:///_srcBase_/"</p>
<p> rewritePrefix="file:///home/foo/docbook/" /></p>
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<p>and is resloved prior to </p>
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<p><nextCatalog catalog="catalog.xml"</p>
<p> xml:base="file:///usr/local/docbook-website/" /></p>
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<p>Works fine with both docbook.xsl and chunk.xsl</p>
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<p>Would appear the autolayout stylesheet may not like Entity declarations ...</p>
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<p>Raymond</p>
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