libxml / libxml2 and configure

[Sean Charles]

In a nutshell, AAAGGHH!!!

 

I have spent hours and hours trying to get them to co-operate. I am on Win32 with MinGW and all was well until I couldn't run the xmlparse program and so began the long road into chaos. Many hours of reading and trying have left me no better off, except my Unix SH scripting is a little hotter!

 

I have seen all the posts about 'ln' xml-config to 'xml-config2' and all that, it gets you past the build but *still* xmlparse throws up the error at runtime.

 

Any clues anybody?

 

I used to program Objective-C on Mac OS X until pretty recently so I am no beginner with the language, I have *successfully* got GNUStep up and running on SuSe 8.1 professional but why oh why is it always Windows that is the pain in the butt?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Sean Charles.

 

PS: Always glad to answer anything at anytime, been mashing software for about 20 years, stacks of Smalltalk which is why I love Objective-C, and general all round try-to-be-useful person.

 

PPS: GNUstep is fantastic to find once you leave Macs! I must get another one soon!