RE: [xml] XML::LibXML on Windows

["Ron Ohmer" <rohmer aisconsulting net>]

I would suggest:
1. Installing a newer copy of LibXML (2.6.6)
2. Making sure you have the proper IConv library/headers. (1.9.1)

You can get these from: http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml/



-----Original Message-----
From: xml-admin gnome org [mailto:xml-admin gnome org] On Behalf Of Ron
Isaacson
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:25 PM
To: xml gnome org; perl-xml listserv ActiveState com
Subject: [xml] XML::LibXML on Windows

Hi everyone --

I'm trying to build perl's XML::LibXML 1.56 on Windows XP, using VC
7.0 and a downloaded binary copy of libxml 2.5.8. When it hits the
link step, I get:

     Creating library blib\arch\auto\XML\LibXML\LibXML.lib and object
blib\arch\auto\XML\LibXML\LibXML.exp
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefaultValue
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlDoValidityCheckingDefaultValue
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlGetWarningsDefaultValue
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlKeepBlanksDefaultValue
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlIndentTreeOutput
  LibXML.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlSaveNoEmptyTags
  dom.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__xmlGenericError
  dom.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
__imp__xmlGenericErrorContext
  blib\arch\auto\XML\LibXML\LibXML.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 10 unresolved
externals
  NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460'
  Stop.

I found some references to this on google, with two possible
solutions:

1. -D_REENTRANT. This fails royally, with lots of errors like:
     LibXML.xs(78) : error C2375: '__xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue' :
redefinition; different linkage

   (I've since been informed that the pre-built libxml 2.5.8 actually
   does have threading enabled, so _REENTRANT should be the way to go,
   but it doesn't work for me.)

2. Use a newer version of libxml. When I tried using 2.6.5, with or
   without -D_REENTRANT, I got errors like:
     LibXML.xs(78) : error C2159: more than one storage class specified
     LibXML.xs(78) : error C2375: '__xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue' :
redefinition; different linkage
             ...\libxml\2.6.5\include\libxml\globals.h(375) : see
declaration of '__xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue'

The imports in LibXML.xs look like:

  LIBXML_DLL_IMPORT extern int xmlGetWarningsDefaultValue;
  LIBXML_DLL_IMPORT extern int xmlKeepBlanksDefaultValue;
  LIBXML_DLL_IMPORT extern int xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue;
  LIBXML_DLL_IMPORT extern int xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue;   <-- line 78

but if I understand correctly, in a threaded libxml these values
should be set using function calls, not external variables, and the
XML::LibXML code doesn't seem to have any provision for that. I did
find this on line 660:

  #ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
              xmlThrDefPedanticParserDefaultValue( 1 );
  #endif
              xmlPedanticParserDefaultValue = 1;

but PedanticParserDefaultValue is the only one of these variables that
has special coding for LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED, and the variable
semantics are still used anyway.

I also found one message on the perl-xml list that seems to describe
the same problem: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1780956
but there's no resolution listed.

Can anybody offer any advice? Thank you!

--
Ron Isaacson
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