Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/08/16/21:12:33
>From: "Fifer, Eric" <EFifer AT sanwaint DOT com>
>To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
>CC: "'corrosion AT connect DOT to'" <corrosion AT connect DOT to>
>Subject: RE: Compiling Perl
>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:09:55 +0100
>
>
> >All patches are applied in the perl-current. And perl-current builds
>without
> >a hitch (well almost but, yknow!).
>
>I sent in some patches against perl AT 6620 yesterday, just to make
>sure cygwin will work well with the imminent perl-5.7.0 (which
>will soon reappear as 5.6.1). Since you didn't fail lib/b.t
>I guess you must have picked them up. Also, to be clear, 5.7.0
>is a development only release.
Yes I found the reference to patch on p5p. It's also been applied to
perl-current as of now.
Just a little proof for the perl people on cygwin that any issues are being
addressed.
>
> >Summary from harness test:
>
>If you turn on ntea or ntsec, most of those will disappear.
>The glob-basic and pwent failures are related to your /etc/passwd.
I know, just lazy!
>The op/sprintf.t problem is with printf("%.0f", 0.1) => "0."
>and I should have a fix for newlib in a couple minutes.
Good to know.
>If you're on Win9x ftmp-mktemp and ftmp-posix have some
>problems that I'm still looking into.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Eric Fifer
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