Re: [xml] xmlNewInputFromFile URI problems on Win32

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com>]

On 06.11.2006 09:54, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 06:57:47PM +0100, Igor Zlatkovic wrote:
> > The attached patch removes the problem described above.
>
>   okay, thanks :-)
>
> > Still I don't really understand the whole wizardry which handles URIs, 
> > filesystem paths and conversions between the two. What is xmlCanonicPath 
> > actually meant to return?
>
>   something you can build a composed path/URL from, for example if the document
> wants to load the relative URI 'dtds/my.dtd' ...

Then it is okay the way it is, I guess. Relative paths are less 
troublesome, but absolute paths on Windows are a pain because they don't 
start with a slash or a backslash. Explicitly watching out for these is 
necessary whenever you need the actual resource from the filesystem. Sad 
and troublesome, but what can a mere mortal do?

> > Oh, if this fix is okay, could someone commit it? My CVS account has 
> > been deactivated so I cannot do it myself any longer.
>
>   Okay, I'm commiting, but I don't understand why your CVs account would
> have been removed, I guess the point is that you need to use CVS over SSH
> but the login is still here.

There my tongue was faster than my mind I fear. The CVS problem seems to 
have resolved itself in the meantime. I'll mail you in private with 
details, I guess it is off topic here. Sorry for the trouble and thanks 
for commiting.

Ciao,
Igor