Re: [NSDictionary DictionaryWithContentsOfFile] question

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 2005-08-31 02:41:03 +0100 Lloyd Dupont <lloyd@nova-mind.com> wrote:

> I tried to rebuild my GNUstep distribution with XML support.
> I went in to gnustep/core/base
> typed
> ../configure
>
> It echos a long string of text and finaly outputed:
> =====================
> checking for xml2-config... /mingw/bin/xml2-config
> checking for libxml - version >= 2.3.0... no
> *** Could not run libxml test program, checking why...
>
> You most likely do not want to build base without XML support.
> For instance, MacOS-X compatible property lists require XML.
> If you really want to build -base without XML support,
> add --disable-xml to the configure arguments.
> configure: error: Missing support for XML functionality.
> =====================
>
> And here, let me say: "stop, bull.. er.. manure!".
> I checked the xml2-config file my self and it says:
> =========
>    --version)
> echo 2.4.12
> exit 0
> ;;
> =========
> so... how come ./configure believes "2.4 < 2.3" ?

Most likely you have two versions of the library installed, and the 
configure script is detecting the wrong one.
You could try configuring using --with-xml-prefix=...