[xml] libxml2 + python bindings + Cygwin?

[Brian Lindahl <blindahl gyanasoft com>]

Has anyone gotten libxml2 and the python bindings running under Cygwin?
I've gotten libxml2 to install without using any non-default options,
and am currently running the regression tests (make tests). The API
regression tests have been running a little over an hour now, with the
CPU% still zero - it seems to have locked up?

Also, I can't install the python rpm, all sorts of depedency issues:

warning: libxml2-python-2.6.27-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key
ID de95bc1f
error: Failed dependencies:
        /usr/bin/python is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        libc.so.6 is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4) is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        libxml2 = 2.6.27 is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        libxml2.so.2 is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        python(abi) = 2.4 is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1
        rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by libxml2-python-2.6.27-1

Most of these are be installed, but rpm can't find them:

/usr/bin/python.exe (symbolically link as python?)
/usr/lib/python2.4 (for some reason rpm can't find this?)
/usr/lib/libc.a (can I just symbolically link this as .so.6?)
/usr/local/lib/libxml2.a (symbolically link as .so.2?)
/usr/local/include/libxml2 (for some reason rpm can't find this?)

What do I need to do for python(abi) and rtld(GNU_HASH)? I can't find
rtld in the Cygwin listings, and I have no clue what python(abi) is, or
where to find it (if it's just another symbolic link). Any help?

Thanks!
Brian