Re: [libxml++] Disabling Glib::ustring dependency (in 2.18.0?)

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 13:32 +0200, Trappel Martin wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> We're thinking of using libxml++ as a wrapper for libxml2.
> We would very much like to avoid the Glib::ustring dependency. (since we are
> on Windows this whole dependecy chain is not there by default.)

Neither is libxml. But there is a win32 glibmm installer:

> 
> I have found this discussion and patch:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320197
> 
> Last referenced here:
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=CJEDLPCELDKNDAFCJBMM
> GEAEEKAA.rsgrimes%40rcn.com
> 
> Whe I tried to apply the patch to the current libxml++ version I've
> downloaded (libxml++-2.18.0) I got several "patching file ... Hunk #1
> FAILED" messages from patch. (This is the very first time I have anything to
> do with patch ::) )
> 
> As I can see the patch referenced in 320197 is against 2.14.0 - so it might
> not work with 2.18.0.

Please do try to update the patch and resubmit it to that bugzilla bug.
http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/
(I think that might even include a libxml++ win32 installer) 

> Are there any plans to include the  "-DLIBXMLPP_USE_STD_STRING" /
> "--without-ustring"  into the normal source tree for libxml++ ?

I don't plan to do that.

> Has anyone patched 2.18 for this?

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