"ranrodrig" <> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to compile some perl pgms on my windows2k Sp3 so I installed
> the following in order to do it:
>
> ActivePerl 5.8.8.819
> Cygwin 2.510.2.2 (without Perl)
ActivePerl doesn't need Cygwin.
> Parse::Binary module 0.10
>
> When I run:
>
> perl Makefile.pl, all is OK
>
> when I run:
>
> nmake, I got the error described previously (U1073).
Where did you get nmake ?
There's an old version (1.5, I think) of it available at Microsoft. It's not
recommended.
With ActivePerl build 819, you're better off (imo) using dmake (
http://search.cpan.org/author/SHAY/d...20061120-SHAY/ ) and the MinGW
compiler (
www.mingw.org ). They're free, and they work seamlessly with
build 817 onwards.
>
> If I edit the Makefile, I found the following variables:
>
> LDDLFLAGS = -s -L/usr/local/lib
> LDFLAGS = -s -L/usr/local/lib
> LIBC = /usr/lib/libc.a
> LIB_EXT = .a
> OBJ_EXT = .o
> OSNAME = cygwin
> OSVERS = 1.5.18\(0.13242\)
> RANLIB = :
> SITELIBEXP = /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8
> SITEARCHEXP = /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cygwin
> SO = dll
> EXE_EXT = .exe
> FULL_AR = /usr/bin/ar
> VENDORARCHEXP = /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin
> VENDORLIBEXP = /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8
>
This is not a Makefile that ActivePerl would generate. Looks like your
Cygwin *does* contain a perl afterall - and probably a perl that doesn't
contain Config.pm. A complete installation of perl on Cygwin *would* contain
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/Config.pm - and the make program would then have
nothing to complain about (on that score at least).
I'm surprised that 'nmake' was able to make any sense of that Makefile - as
it was apparently generated by Cygwin's perl and would have been written for
'make', not 'nmake'. Did you actually run 'nmake' ? Or did you run 'make' ?
(If you want to run 'nmake.exe' you have to enter 'nmake'. If you enter
'make' then you'll run 'make.exe'.)
First thing you need to do is decide which perl you want to run - Cygwin or
ActivePerl. If you decide to run Cygwin's perl then the first thing to do is
to install the bits of perl that are missing. There's probably a perl devel
package that needs to be installed.
As another option, you might consider installing Strawberry Perl (
http://vanillaperl.com/ ). This is the best option (imo) as it will give you
perl-5.8.8, dmake, and the MinGW compiler all in one hit - and save you from
having to download and configure anything. Don't be too concerned about the
'alpha' status. It's the *package* that's alpha. The individual components
within that package are tried and true - certainly not 'alpha'.
Cheers,
Rob
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