> lin hong wrote: >> Hi, all >> >> we are making a release of our software with libxml under windows. we >> end >> up compiling it from source code, I thought it might worth writing it >> down >> here. >> >> first thing is, if you don't care about dependency of cygwin libraries >> (which means the program require cygwin installed to run), just get >> libxml >> through cygwin setup. For us, it's not fair to ask normal user to >> install >> cygwin, so we try binary first. >> > > I'm more comfortable with MSYS.
most work we did are under mac/linux, but for windows release, we are using cygwin. is MSYS better than cygwin? I'm not familiar with windows at all. > >> we got the binary from http://xmlsoft.org/sources/win32/ >> >> but it does not work on cygwin + Win7 , just try to run any exe file >> under >> /bin dir, we got this. >> >> ./xsltproc.exe >> /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/xslt_xml2/bin/xsltproc.exe: error while loading >> shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or >> directory >> > > Where do the .dll live? In /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/xslt_xml2/bin? If not, > you'll need to add the path to the dll to PATH or move the dll to this > xslt_xml2/bin directory. what ".dll" files do we need to move under /bin ? >> I believe it works for WinXP because I saw the msg on the website: >> "The binaries are supported on an operating system based on the >> NT-kernel, >> such as Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, exclusively" >> >> also it seems require iconv, which we don't really need. >> > > libxslt requires it. we did compile libxslt later without iconv -- at least I thought it works. maybe we are missing some part of function. > >> anyway, we decide to compile it ourselves, here are the changes I did: >> > > You'll need the patches I just submitted to this list. > >> 0. for windows, makefile and configure are under /win32, run configure >> like Readme.txt sugguests: >> > > I believe you'll need to specify the --host switch if you're using Cygwin. > >> cscript configure.js threads:no static:yes compiler:mingw iconv:no >> prefix=where_you_want_to_install include=where_your_mingw_include_is >> lib=where_your_mingw_lib_is debug=yes >> >> 1. We are using mingw , so Makefile.mingw is the one for us. modify >> Makefile.mingw: >> > > With MSYS I just use configure to create the Makefile. > >> 1.1 We want the program be independent from cygwin library, add >> "-mno-cygwin" to CC >> ! CC = gcc.exe -mno-cygwin >> > > The -mno-cygwin switch is dead. Cygwin now uses a cross build concept > instead of a bastardized separation of MinGW gcc and Cygwin gcc. This > is the reason you'll need to specify the --host if you Cygwin to > configure it. > really? we are using cygwin1.7.9(0.237/5/3). is the "--host" option for cygwin or just for libxml? if the "--host" option can take care of MingGW/Cygwin choice problem, it would be great. >> 1.2 Want more output during compiling? add "-v" >> ! CFLAGS += -v -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -D_MBCS -DNOLIBTOOL >> > > I don't know about these defines, I did not have to do that. > "-v" is just verbose option. it's not necessary. other options are default by the makefile. >> 1.3 The default gcc linker refuse to look into Mingw directory before >> Cygwin directory, I don't know why, so I use flexlink instead, modify >> LD: > > Again you need to add --host to the configure. > >> LD = flexlink >> also add flags flexlink needs: >> + #flexlink flag >> + FL_LDFLAGS = -chain mingw >> + FL_LDFLAGS += -L $(BINDIR) -L $(LIBPREFIX) >> > > I don't have any idea what flexlink is. flexlink is linker that manage symbols for windows dll. make lift easier for windows rookie like me, you can download it from http://alain.frisch.fr/flexdll.html. > >> 1.4 Then call our LD with its flags to make "dll" >> # Creates the libxml shared object. >> ! #XMLSO_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) -shared -Wl,--dll >> -Wl,--out-implib,$(BINDIR)/$(XML_IMP) >> $(BINDIR)/$(XML_SO) : $(BINDIR) $(XML_OBJS) >> ! $(LD) $(FL_LDFLAGS) -o $(BINDIR)/$(XML_SO) $(XML_OBJS) $(LIBS) >> > > Configure with --disable-static --enable-shared or vice versa. I thought we need to set "static=1", so here we should do --enable-static & --disable-shared? > >> 1.5 Make ".a" , there is a typo in the original makefile, they mess up >> the >> "/" with "\" -- you will get a "bin.mingwlibxml2.a" instead of >> "bin.mingw/libxml2.a" because of this. >> # Creates the libxml archive. >> $(BINDIR)/$(XML_A) : $(BINDIR) $(XML_OBJS_A) >> ! $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(BINDIR)/$(XML_A) $(XML_OBJS_A) >> > > The Makefile.mingw is probably constructed to be used with mingw32-make > which can handle the \ in paths but lacks in other things. where is "mingw32-make"? > >> 1.6 Make sure STATIC is set to 1 in config.mingw -- if you did configure >> with "static:yes", you are good. Add "-exe" to flexlink so it will >> create >> executable instead of dll file. >> ! # An implicit rule for xmllint and friends. >> ! # STATIC=1 is set in config.mingw >> ! # I also change XML_BASENAME to XML_NAME.(-llibxml2 to -lxml2) >> ifeq ($(STATIC),1) >> $(BINDIR)/%.exe : $(UTILS_SRCDIR)/%.c >> $(CC) -DLIBXML_STATIC $(CFLAGS) -o $(subst >> .c,.o,$(UTILS_INTDIR)/$(<F)) >> -c $< >> ! # $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(subst .c,.o,$(UTILS_INTDIR)/$(<F)) >> -l$(XML_BASENAME) $(LIBS) >> ! $(LD) $(FL_LDFLAGS) -exe -o $@ $(subst .c,.o,$(UTILS_INTDIR)/$(<F)) >> -l$(XML_NAME) $(LIBS) >> >> That's pretty much everything for makefile. >> >> 3. so far everything we did so far is under win32, config.h in the upper >> dir needs to be changed >> >> in config.h, find these two undef >> >> /* Determine what socket length (socklen_t) data type is */ >> #undef XML_SOCKLEN_T >> /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */ >> #undef HAVE_STDINT_H >> >> Define them >> >> Without stdint.h you will get error message like "uint32 undefined". >> >> 4. set flag C_INCLUDE_PATH. >> Set c_include_path flag can fix the "could not find libxml/xxx.h" >> problem >> Head files are under /libxml2-2.7.8/include and >> /libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml/, >> to make our gcc look into these directories, we need to point >> C_INCLUDE_PATH to them, just setting C_FLAGS is NOT enough -- that's >> really really strange. >> although later I found out /libxml2-2.7.8/libxml/ also have a set of all >> head files, so maybe pointing C_INCLUDE_PATH to that is also ok. >> >> >> OK, take a breath and run >> >> make -f Makefile.mingw >> >> that's it. > > Without my patch xmlcatalog will fail to read the entries in the catalog > if you use GCC-4.6.1. > > All I needed to do with MinGW + MSYS otherwise was > > cd libxml2-2.7.8 > mkdir bld > cd bld > ../configure --prefix=/mingw --without-python --enable-shared > --disable-static > make > make install > > I've also built it with the python bindings but you must ensure that > your environment is set up with PYTHON variables. > > -- > Earnie > -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd/ > _______________________________________________ xml mailing list, project page http://xmlsoft.org/ xml@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml
