According to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303289 the behaviour you see is correct, because the standard doesn't allow for variables in the match attribute.
(Note that I'm an xml/xslt newbie, and I may very well be wrong. The description of the bug is awfully similar though.) ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #303289 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303289 -- XSLT processing error: global variables not seen in predicates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs