Re: looking for liblibxml2.a during compile.

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:26:36PM -0700, Russell, Patrick wrote:
> While compiling libgsf 1.8.2 I recieved the following error:
>
> collect2:  library liblibxml2.a not found
> make[2]:*** [libgsf-1.la] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/opt/freeware/src/packages/sources/libgsf-1.8.2/gsf'
>
> liblibxml2.a doesn't exist and I can find no refereces to it on the Internet.  However, libxml2.a does 
> exist in the directory /usr/opt/freeware/lib.  I have a soft link to this file in /usr/lib for compiling.  
> What should I look at first?
>
>
> here is my systrems vital stat
>
> H/W: IBM R/S600
>
> OS: AIX 5.1

sounds like an issue with the file
    libxml-2.0.pc
probably in /usr/opt/freeware/lib/pkgconfig

that is likely the place that lists libxml2.a rather than something
simpler like -lxml2