GraphicsMagick broken after libxml2 2.13.9 upgrade (missing xmlNanoHTTPCleanup)

Marco Atzeri marco.atzeri@gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 14:11:46 GMT 2026


On 14/09/2026 13:47, Cristi Diaconu via Cygwin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The recent upgrade of libxml2 from 2.10.4 to 2.13.9 breaks applications
> relying on GraphicsMagick, such as Octave.
> 
> When launching octave, it throws the following Windows error dialog:
> "The procedure entry point xmlNanoHTTPCleanup could not be located in the
> dynamic link library C:\cygwin64\bin\cygGraphicsMagick-3.dll."
> 
> Upstream libxml2 2.13 dropped the deprecated NanoHTTP symbols. It appears
> cygGraphicsMagick-3.dll needs to be rebuilt against the new libxml2 release
> to resolve the missing entry point.
> 
> Windows version: Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2
> 
> Best regards,
> Cristian Diaconu
> 

Noted.

Thanks for reporting




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