[xml-bindings]Problem compiling Python bindings in Windows using Borland

["Andrew Ittner" <andrew ittner usa net>]

Hi:

I'm trying to use the libxml2-2.4.22.win32 & libxslt-1.0.18.win32 Windows
pre-compiled binaries to build the libxml2-python-2.4.22 Python/libxml
binding using Borland's free compiler
<http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html> (and
Python's "python setup.py build --compiler=bcpp" syntax).

After some hours of trying to understand what it does (I am NOT conversant
in writing or building C), I've gotten partway through and hit the following
roadblock.

includes= [xml_includes]
libs    = ["xml2", "m", "z"]

What does the 2nd line (from the setup.py file in the libxml2-python-2.4.22
binding package) means?  Specifically, what are the "m" and "z" libraries?
I've found the xml2 library, and converted it to Borland's object format.
But I have no idea what or where the "m" or "z" libraries are!

The compiler output is <ilink32.exe line prettified>:

D:\Dev\temp\libxml2-python-2.4.22>python setup.py build --compiler=bcpp
setup.py:0: SyntaxWarning: name 'xml_files' is assigned to before global
declaration
running build
running build_py
not copying libxml2.py (output up-to-date)
not copying libxslt.py (output up-to-date)
running build_ext
building 'libxml2mod' extension
skipping libxml2-py.c (build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxml2-py.obj
up-to-date)
skipping libxml.c (build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxml.obj up-to-date)
skipping types.c (build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\types.obj up-to-date)
skipping libxslt-py.c (build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxslt-py.obj
up-to-date)
skipping libxslt.c (build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxslt.obj up-to-date)
writing build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxml2mod.def
C:\BORLAND\BCC55\BIN\ilink32.exe /Tpd /Gn /q /x /LC:\PYTHON22\libs /L. c0d32
 build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxml2-py.obj
 build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxml.obj
 build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\types.obj
 build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxslt-py.obj
 build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxslt.obj ,
 build\lib.win32-2.2\libxml2mod.pyd ,,
 xslt xml2 z m C:\PYTHON22\libs\python22_bcpp.lib import32 cw32mt ,
 build\temp.win32-2.2\Release\libxml2mod.def ,
Fatal: Unable to open file 'M.LIB'
error: command 'ilink32.exe' failed with exit status 2

Thanks,

Andrew Ittner
mailto:andrew ittner usa net
http://zip.to/tephyr