Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Message-ID: <12F176DD950ED411B68E0050DA14ED103389B9@jupiter.gunzphoto.com.au>
From: Neil Lunn <neillunn AT gunz DOT com DOT au>
To: "'nasser abbasi'" <nabbasi AT pacbell DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: what is the story of PERL on cygwin?
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:56:27 +1000
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0)
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="ks_c_5601-1987"

>-----Original Message-----
>From: nasser abbasi [mailto:nabbasi AT pacbell DOT net]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:28 AM
>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>Subject: what is the story of PERL on cygwin?
>
>
> hi;
>
>What is the suitation of perl on cygwin?
>
>currently I was active perl, installed on c:\Perl, and I found 
>some sort of
>perl wrapper that sits in /usr/local/bin/perl (downloaded from 
>cygwin utils
>web site), which calls the windows perl.exe
>
>windows perl is Active perl, downloaded from www.perl.org.

Sorry but it isn't. ActivePerl is a 'windows native build' of perl and is
also anything but the standard distribution. The build releases are always
patched post standard release.

>
>Is there a fully perl distro for cygwin? i.e. all build under cygwin?
>Is this how everyone else uses perl under cygwin?

Yes from the standard perl distribution. Builds OOTB. It's also included in
the standard cygwin packages. Use setup.
As for how everyone uses perl under cygwin, that's a broad seeping
statement. Just like the reasons cygwin exists, the perl build for cygwin
is intended to be more like it's Unix variant cousins than a native windows
build.

--Neil


>
>thanks,
>Nasser
>
>
>
>--
>Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
>Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
>Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
>FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
>

__________________________________________________________________________
Please Note :
Only  the intended recipient is authorised to access or use this e-mail.
If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify
the sender immediately. The contents of this e-mail are the writer's 
opinion and are not necessarily endorsed by the Gunz Companies
unless expressly stated.

We use virus scanning software but exclude all liability for viruses or
similar in any attachment.



--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/