Re: [xml] undefined reference to `_imp__xmlFree' error on mingw with msys for 2.6.5

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com>]

mgrushinskiy comcast net wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I get
>
> undefined reference to `_imp__xmlFree' error on mingw with msys for 2.6.5
>
> for xmllint.
>
> This is a regression from last version in 2.5.* branch (and even from 2.6.2)
>
>
> Making all in .
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/mg/libxml2-2.6.5'
> /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -Wall   -o xmllint.exe  xmllint.o ./libxml2.la     -lws2_32
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -o xmllint.exe xmllint.o  ./.libs/libxml2.a -lws2_32
> xmllint.o: In function `xmlHTMLEncodeSend':
> C:/msys/1.0/home/mg/libxml2-2.6.5/xmllint.c:318: undefined reference to `_imp__xmlFree'
> make[2]: *** [xmllint.exe] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mg/libxml2-2.6.5'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mg/libxml2-2.6.5'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

Just checked the current CVS with mingw without msys. Apart of gcc 3.2.3 
being the slowest compiler I've ever seen, it works.

It seems that the stuff in include/libxml/xmlexports.h doesn't go well 
when msys is involved. I don't know what to fix. It will take someone 
with msys.

Ciao,
Igor