Re: [xml] problems with libxml2 under Windows 98

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com>]

Greg Hazel wrote:
> I've tried to link against libxml2 version 2.6.2 'libxml2.lib' provided by
> Igor Zlatkovic, as well as the self-compiled lib from source (Zlatkovic
> specifically warns against using his binaries on Win95/98/ME). In both

Not against using it. Mine is just that statement that I don't use or 
have those Windows incarnations. This just means untested, unsupported, 
don't be surprised if things go wrong.

> cases, my problem is the dll I'm making (which relies on libxml2) is not
> loaded under Win98 (presumably 95/ME as well) when it works fine on
> Win2k/XP/2k3 (linked statically or dynamically). If I remove the libxml2
> dependency (comment out all uses of it so the compiler drops the lib) then
> my dll loads fine in all versions of Windows.
> Is this some OS check or OS dependant feature that libxml2 is using? I swear
> I've seen libxml2 run on Win98 in the past.

Can it be that your Win98 is missing some required library? Iconv? Zlib?

Ciao,
Igor