[xml] Re: static build of libxml2 on windows

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com>]

oliverst online de wrote:

> I wanted to change the configure script for windows, so it also builds
> the static lib with the "LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL" define, what is quite
> essential to get DLL with a static libxml2 in it to work properly.
> Now I just wonder what would be the better way.
> Add a third state of static (add "dll" to existing "no" and "yes") or
> just build an additional lib named "libxml2_a_dll.lib" (for MSVC) if
> static is set to "yes"?

Better build an additional lib. But...

Take a critic glance at threads.c and see what is being done on Windows. 
No matter how low I set the limit for sick hacks, threads.c always 
manages to slip thereunder.

This isn't the fault of the folk who wrote the threads.s code, they had 
no other choice. Windows thread API design is to blame. This means 
things won't get better, ever.

My advice is, if there is any chance, build libxml without threads and 
do the threading in your programme. Otherwise, if you don't mind using 
pthreads, you can get pthreads for Windows and build libxml with that.

Ciao,
Igor