Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Re: Success

[Phil Martin <phil@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ben,

The version of libxml in fink is not a Universal Binary whereas the  
Apple one is. The same goes for libz, libiconv, (I've checked those)  
and probably most (all?) other libraries. This means it's possible to  
build a version for your particular platform using the fink libraries  
but not to build a version that's generally distributable.

Seems to me fink should be distributing universal binaries (at least  
for us developers) but a Google search turns up no talk of this  
whatsoever.

Phil

On 4 Jun 2006, at 17:11, Ben Fowler wrote:

> On 04/06/06, Phil Martin <phil@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 4 Jun 2006, at 12:53, Alex Bligh wrote:
> > [Snip]
> >
> > Indeed, Ben, I take it you solved the libxml2 linking problem? A
> > suitable patch would be appreciated if you have it.
>
>
> Oh. What I did was link against an independently compiled libxml2.2,
> to wit, the fink one. Do you have a reason for wanting to link against
> Apple's libxml? Is there an advantage in creating a dependency on
> Apple's binaries? Assuming that Xara LX (Official) is Tiger only, this
> might be a good idea as you can weak link to it.
>
> Is it the case that the Apple libxml is missing some symbols that
> wxWidgets needs? If so, I would expect there to be a paper trail in
> either the wxWidgets or the Apple development community?
>
> The fink version is slightly later, videlicet:
>
> $ find /usr/lib /sw/lib -name 'libxml2*dylib'
> /usr/lib/libxml2.2.6.16.dylib
> /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
> /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib
> /sw/lib/libxml2.2.6.22.dylib
> /sw/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
> /sw/lib/libxml2.dylib
>
> Could this be the only problem???
>
> If so, you might want to add a check for one of the newer functions
> (one that is actually used by wxWidgets - no cruel coding!) in
> ./configure as a reminder.
>
> Ben