libxml2 and cygwin

[Paul Forgey]

cygwin gives me libxml2-2.6.13-1.  There is no devel- package for it; it 
provides both the runtime and development files needed. 
gnustep-base-1.10.0's configure locates the xml2-config program, however it 
fails to test the library without error:

checking for xml2-config... /usr/bin/xml2-config
checking for libxml - version >= 2.3.0... no
*** Could not run libxml test program, checking why...

So I tried using libxml2-2.4.24 as provided from a download mirror instead, 
but that won't build as a shared library (it completely screws up the export 
symbols and the import stub won't build).  And, even if I bulid it as a 
static library, the configure script still won't test it properly.

The only activity on this list I can find on the subject goes back two 
years, where the only available advise was to disable xml support.  I need 
to read Mac-OS property lists.  Am I just screwed?