Re: [Bug-gnubg] Generate bear off db(s) for Win32

[Joern Thyssen]

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 11:01:49AM +0100, Øystein Johansen wrote
> >===== Original Message From "Nardy Pillards" <address@hidden> =====
> >I think this will do the job for Win32:
> >
> >http://users.skynet.be/bk228456/make_bear_off_db.htm#how_to
> >
> >Any comments are welcome.
> 
> Why does it need libxml2.dll?
> 
> Is linked in from some unused functions in eval.c? Can these unused functions 
> be "removed" for linking with makebearoff? Is that what the -s option in gcc 
> does? Or can you special compile a version of eval.o (without HAVE_XML2) for 
> linking agains makebearoff?
> 
> I don't see any practical reasons why libxml should be needed to build the 
> database, since it's not taking matchscore into account. Or am I wrong again?

makebearoff needs eval.o for GenerateMoves. eval.o needs matchequity.o
for match equities. matchequity.o needs libxml for parsing match equity
files.

The only way to solve this is by cutting eval.o and matchequity.o into
smaller pieces. This might be a good exercise anyway as eval.c is around
6k lines and it contains functions that really don't belong in eval.c
(e.g., PathSearch).

Jørn