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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Cannot install - xmlcatalog cannot find libxml2
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:19:55 -0000
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Dave Korn wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> Dave Korn wrote:

  Making a habit of correcting myself today... d'oh!


>>   Nope, that's not it.  I think I /have/ traced it now: it's a packaging
>> error in libxml2 package itself.  It contains the dll, but the maintainer
>> forgot to package it with the correct prefix.  You might be able to fix
>> the problem by a rename: 
>> 
>> mv /bin/cygxml2-2.dll /bin/libxml2.dll
> 
>   No, that's not it either!  Cygcheck clearly shows that xmlcatalog.exe is
> linked against the non-standard name:
> 
> dk AT espanola /bin> cygcheck xmlcatalog.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\xmlcatalog.exe
> C:/cygwin/bin/xmlcatalog.exe
>   C:\cygwin\bin\cygxml2-2.dll

  Just to clarify: it is entirely standard for cygwin apps to use non-standard
cygXXX names for cygwin dlls to link against.  It would be very nonstandard of
xmlcatalog to link against a dll with a standard libXXX name.

  Hope that clears up any confusion!


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....



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