From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: looking for cygnus compatible perl 19 Dec 1997 06:02:10 -0800 Message-ID: <19971219125959.13260.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: sysadmin AT almus DOT com, lizt AT synopsys DOT com Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I compiled the Perl package without much ado. When the compiler complained I either #ifdef'ed or #define'd the problems. Be sure to look at the configure --help and make a determination about switches. I did not compile the utilites just perl. - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- >From: "Jon S. Jaques" >To: "B. Elizabeth Trojan" >Cc: >Subject: Re: looking for cygnus compatible perl >Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:55:43 -0500 > >>Is there a version of Perl available for win32 >that is Cygnus >>compatible? By Cygnus compatible I mean accepts >UNC paths and >>knows about cygnus mounts. > > >That would be "the" Perl; ie that is v5.004_04, >the very same that is compiled under Unix/Linux. >(http://www.perl.org/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz ) > >Is it easy? Supposedly, although I've not yet >gotten it to work, but haven't given up. > >Assuming that you've installed "cdk.exe" into the >default location, there're two updates you need: >1.) The new cygwin.dll, and 2.) Chris Faylor's >Perl patch which is specific to Cygwin32 >installation/compilation. (The cygwin.dll seems to >be distributed from a users' site, along with a >new Bash.exe, among other things, and I can't tell >if their presence, or lack thereof, affects the >perl install/compile.) > >These are the steps that were advised to me: > >>>Here is what I would try: >>> >>> mkdir /usr/src/perl >>> mount -b c:\usr\src\perl /perlsrc >>> bash >>> cd /perlsrc >>> tar xzf /wherever/perl5.004_04.tar.gz >>> mv perl5.004_04/* . >>> tar xzf /whereever/cygperl5.004_04.pat.tar.gz >>> /bin/sh cygperlpat5.004_04 >>> patch -p1 -N < cygperlpat5.004_04 >>> sh Configure > >And then, when it didn't work, we went here: > >>It is a prerequisite that you are able to compile >programs. Does your >>gcc work? Can you successfully build a simple >"hello world" program? >> >>Also, the patched README file *does not* say to >copy files anywhere. > >Note this last, which IS different from the >original Perl README. If you've already followed >those instructions, then I'd reccomend deleting >the files "gcc2" and "ld2" which you theoretically >already copied into your path. > >Personally, I can compile a simple file, >program1.cpp ("hello world") with *g++* but NOT >gcc (a friend suggested that the file was a >"plus-plus" and that gcc is not, but I don't >really know much about either... my primary reason >for this thing is just to get the new Perl >compiled on my system to open up some options in >my Perl programming... one language at a time, ple >ase! ) > >Please, if you have no luck, then lets' continue >this dialogue-- I'd really like to get this >resolved. > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".