diff -Naurp libxml-1.8.17/Makefile.in libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/Makefile.in
--- libxml-1.8.17/Makefile.in	Wed Jan 23 22:49:28 2002
+++ libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/Makefile.in	Thu Jan 31 12:33:49 2002
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ host_alias = @host_alias@
 host_triplet = @host@
 AS = @AS@
 CC = @CC@
-CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ $(DLL_CFLAGS)
 CORBA_CFLAGS = @CORBA_CFLAGS@
 CPP = @CPP@
 DLLTOOL = @DLLTOOL@
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ install-libLTLIBRARIES: $(lib_LTLIBRARIE
 	  if test -f $$p; then \
 	    echo "$(LIBTOOL)  --mode=install $(INSTALL) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$$p"; \
 	    $(LIBTOOL)  --mode=install $(INSTALL) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$$p; \
+	    dll=$$(echo $$p | sed 's,^lib\(.*\).la$$,cyg\1.dll,'); \
+	    echo "install -D --mode=755 .libs/$$dll $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$dll"; \
+	    install -D --mode=755 .libs/$$dll $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$dll; \
 	  else :; fi; \
 	done
 
@@ -312,6 +315,8 @@ uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES:
 	@$(NORMAL_UNINSTALL)
 	list='$(lib_LTLIBRARIES)'; for p in $$list; do \
 	  $(LIBTOOL)  --mode=uninstall rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$$p; \
+	  dll=$$(echo $$p | sed 's,^lib\(.*\).la$$,cyg\1.dll,'); \
+	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$dll; \
 	done
 
 .c.o:
@@ -358,8 +363,10 @@ distclean-libtool:
 
 maintainer-clean-libtool:
 
+libxml.la: DLL_CFLAGS = -DLIBXML_BUILD_DLL
 libxml.la: $(libxml_la_OBJECTS) $(libxml_la_DEPENDENCIES)
 	$(LINK) -rpath $(libdir) $(libxml_la_LDFLAGS) $(libxml_la_OBJECTS) $(libxml_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
+	cd .libs && PREFIX=$(prefix) sh ../mkdll.sh $@ $(liblibxml_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS) -lz
 
 mostlyclean-noinstPROGRAMS:
 
diff -Naurp libxml-1.8.17/configure libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/configure
--- libxml-1.8.17/configure	Wed Jan 23 22:49:17 2002
+++ libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/configure	Thu Jan 31 12:33:49 2002
@@ -3249,7 +3249,8 @@ EOF
       else $CC -o impgen impgen.c ; fi)~
       $output_objdir/impgen $dir/$soroot > $output_objdir/$soname-def'
 
-    old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds='$DLLTOOL --as=$AS --dllname $soname --def $output_objdir/$soname-def --output-lib $output_objdir/$newlib'
+#    old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds='$DLLTOOL --as=$AS --dllname $soname --def $output_objdir/$soname-def --output-lib $output_objdir/$newlib'
+old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=
 
     # cygwin and mingw dlls have different entry points and sets of symbols
     # to exclude.
@@ -4946,7 +4947,8 @@ old_postuninstall_cmds=$lt_old_postunins
 old_archive_from_new_cmds=$lt_old_archive_from_new_cmds
 
 # Create a temporary old-style archive to link instead of a shared archive.
-old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=$lt_old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds
+# old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=$lt_old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds
+old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=
 
 # Commands used to build and install a shared archive.
 archive_cmds=$lt_archive_cmds
diff -Naurp libxml-1.8.17/mkdll.sh libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/mkdll.sh
--- libxml-1.8.17/mkdll.sh	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/mkdll.sh	Thu Jan 31 12:33:49 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# script to generate dll from libtool-generated static archive (.la file)
+# invoke in .libs directory with:
+# mkdll.sh <archive.la> <dependency libs>
+# eg:
+# mkdll.sh libtest.la -L/usr/local/lib -llocal
+
+# defaults to using gcc for libraries written in C.
+# set the CC env var to use a different compiler driver: eg
+# export CC=g++ 
+# for C++ libraries
+
+# defaults to using /usr/local as the installation PREFIX
+# override this by setting the PREFIX env var: eg
+# export PREFIX=/opt/gnome
+
+archive=$1
+module=$(echo $(basename $archive) | sed -e 's,^lib\(.*\).la$,\1,')
+
+shift
+dependency_libs="$@"
+
+test -n "$CC" || CC=gcc
+test -n "$PREFIX" || prefix=/usr/local
+
+# get the static library name
+old_lib=$(sed -ne '/^old_library=/ s,^old_library='\''\(.*\)'\''.*$,\1,p' $archive)
+
+# update the archive with the dll and import lib name.
+if sed -e 's,^dlname='\'\'',dlname='\'cyg${module}.dll\'',;s,^library_names='\'\'',library_names='\'lib${module}.dll.a\'',' $archive > ${archive}.tmp
+then cat ${archive}.tmp > ${archive}
+fi
+rm -f ${archive}.tmp
+
+# update the install archive if it exists
+if [ -f ${archive}i ] ; then
+	if sed -e 's,^dlname='\'\'',dlname='\'../bin/cyg${module}.dll\'',;s,^library_names='\'\'',library_names='\'lib${module}.dll.a\'',' ${archive}i > ${archive}i.tmp
+	then cat ${archive}i.tmp > ${archive}i
+	fi
+	rm -f ${archive}i.tmp
+fi
+
+# update the archive with the install dir if not already set
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+if sed -e '/^libdir=/ s,='\'\'',='\'$libdir\'',' $archive > ${archive}.tmp
+then cat ${archive}.tmp > $archive
+fi
+rm -f ${archive}.tmp
+
+
+# report the link command to stdout
+eval echo $CC -shared -o cyg${module}.dll -Wl,--out-implib=lib${module}.dll.a \
+-Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--whole-archive $old_lib -Wl,--no-whole-archive ${dependency_libs}
+
+# do the link command
+eval $CC -shared -o cyg${module}.dll -Wl,--out-implib=lib${module}.dll.a -Wl,--export-all-symbols \
+-Wl,--whole-archive $old_lib -Wl,--no-whole-archive ${dependency_libs}
+
diff -Naurp libxml-1.8.17/parser.h libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/parser.h
--- libxml-1.8.17/parser.h	Sun Mar 25 00:14:16 2001
+++ libxml-1.8.17-cygwin/parser.h	Thu Jan 31 12:33:49 2002
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 #include "xmlIO.h"
 #include "entities.h"
 
+/* CYGWIN auto-import fix for multiword data exports */
+/* Note: auto-export is assumed (no __declspec(dllexport)) */
+#undef LIBXML_IMPORT
+#if (defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)) && !(defined(LIBXML_BUILD_DLL) || defined(LIBXML_STATIC))
+#define LIBXML_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport)
+#else
+#define LIBXML_IMPORT
+#endif
+
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -302,9 +311,9 @@ typedef xmlParserInputPtr (*xmlExternalE
  */
 extern const char *xmlParserVersion;
 
-extern xmlSAXLocator xmlDefaultSAXLocator;
-extern xmlSAXHandler xmlDefaultSAXHandler;
-extern xmlSAXHandler htmlDefaultSAXHandler;
+extern LIBXML_IMPORT xmlSAXLocator xmlDefaultSAXLocator;
+extern LIBXML_IMPORT xmlSAXHandler xmlDefaultSAXHandler;
+extern LIBXML_IMPORT xmlSAXHandler htmlDefaultSAXHandler;
 
 /**
  * entity substitution default behaviour.