Re: [xml] cygwin and libxml2

["Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit familiehaase de>]

Jean-Michel Leconte wrote:
> hi !
>
> i ve installed libxml2 on cygwin trough the cygwin setup.
>
> when i do
> xml2-config --libs
>
> i got :
> -L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm
>
> and i compile like this:
> gcc -L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm *.o ../lib/libgc.a -o ../../essai
>
> and i got :
> josé kamarad-pc ~/miniprojet/object_files
> $ gcc -L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm *.o ../lib/libgc.a -o ../../essai
> createMap.o(.text+0x2c): In function `createMap':
> /home/josé/miniprojet/src/elements/createMap.c:11: undefined reference 
> to `_xmlReadFile'
>
> createMap.o(.text+0x73):/home/josé/miniprojet/src/elements/createMap.c:20: 
> undefined reference to `_xmlFreeDoc'
>
> createMap.o(.text+0x78):/home/josé/miniprojet/src/elements/createMap.c:21: 
> undefined reference to `_xmlCleanupParser'
>
> createMap.o(.text+0x7d):/home/josé/miniprojet/src/elements/createMap.c:22: 
> undefined reference to `_xmlMemoryDump'
>
> createMap.o(.text+0x93): In function `buildelements':
> /home/josé/miniprojet/src/elements/createMap.c:31: undefined reference 
> to `_xmlDocGetRootElement'
>
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
>
>
> why ????
> and something strange
> i havent any libxml2.a , i have only libxml2.dll.a and libxml2.la
>
>
>
> what do i have to do ?

You need to use the tools as they are meant to be used:

The libraries must be at the beginning of the link command,
the linker reads the command from right to left, so try this:

gcc *.o ../lib/libgc.a -o ../../essai -L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm

and you're done.


Gerrit
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