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Subject: Re: Perl is installed in /lib, but Config.pm indicates it is in /usr/local/lib
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:47:44 -0600
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I believe that answers my questions and solves my problem.  I probably don't 
need "TCL" anyway.

Thanks,
Etienne.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Kiesling" <kiesling AT earthlink DOT net>
To: <noneofyourbus28 AT hotmail DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Perl is installed in /lib, but Config.pm indicates it is in 
/usr/local/lib


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>> It looks like I misspoke slightly.  I reviewed the "Config.pm" again and 
>> it
>> thinks it is installed in "/usr/lib". I don't even have a "lib" directory
>> under "usr" on a clean install of cygwin.
>>
>> One of the lines in "Config.pm" is "archlibexp =>
>> '/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin'"
>> Also "tclConfig.sh" has the line
>> "TCL_STUB_LIB_PATH='/usr/lib/libtclstub84.a'"
>>
>> Just for clarification.  I have a clean install of cygwin with the 
>> packages
>> necessary to attempt a build of rrdtool.  "rrdtool" is the only software 
>> I
>> have that did not come from the cygwin setup.  "Perl" and "TCL" can't 
>> find
>> several functions from the following packages: libartlgpl2, 
>> libpng12-devel &
>> libfreetype2-devel.  If I only disable "TCL", I get the same "undefined
>> reference" errors from "PERL".  The configure script finds the libraries
>> with no dificulty and if I attempt a build by disabling "TCL" and "PERL" 
>> it
>> works.  The only way I can get "PERL" to be included is by using the 
>> option
>> "LINKTYPE=static", but I'm not sure of the consequences of that action.
>>
>> Some of the errors are "undefined reference to `_art_vpath_add_point'",
>> "undefined reference to `_FT_Done_Glyph'" & "undefined reference to
>> `_png_create_write_struct'"
>>
>> I tried copying the contents of the "/lib" directory to "/usr/lib" and
>> "/usr/local/lib" as an attempted workaround.  This however did not solve 
>> the
>> problem.  Even if this is a problem with "rrdtool", it doesn't explain 
>> the
>> "Config.pm" and "tclConfig.sh" files.
>>
>> If I am wrong and this is a problem with "rrdtool", please let me know 
>> and I
>> will address it with them instead.  I did try this with the latest 
>> version
>> 1.2.26 and an older version 1.2.15 with the same results.
>>
>> Attached is the output of the perl command line Robert sent.
>>
>> I wish cygwin would use forums instead of a mailing list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Etienne
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert Kiesling" <kiesling AT earthlink DOT net>
>> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: Perl is installed in /lib, but Config.pm indicates it is in
>> /usr/local/lib
>>
>>
>> >[ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ]
>> >> Etienne wrote:
>> >> > I have been trying to build rrdtool and as I watched it run I 
>> >> > noticed a
>> >> > problem with Perl and TCL./TK.  Both indicated that they were 
>> >> > installed
>> >> > in /usr/local/lib.  I tried a clean install of cygwin, but it still
>> >> > installed them into /lib.  I checked Config.pm and it still 
>> >> > indicates
>> >> > that it is in /usr/local/lib.  Why is there a discrepancy?
>> >> >
>> >> > I am running the latest version of cygwin
>> >>
>> >> Neither the Cygwin TCL/TK nor the Cygwin Perl package install anything 
>> >> in
>> >> /usr/local.  See:
>> >>
>> >> <http://cygwin.com/packages/perl/perl-5.8.6-4>
>> >> <http://cygwin.com/packages/tcltk/tcltk-20060202-1>
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps looking at the output of 'cygcheck -s -r -v' would help you
>> >> find the errant installations?
>> >
>> > What is the output of Config?
>> >
>> > Here is a (long) one-liner to print the configuration lib paths
>> > (and everything else).
>> >
>> > perl -e 'use Config; foreach (keys Config) {print "$_\t$Config{$_}";}'
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
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>
> Cygwin only allows statically linked libraries, so the, "static," option 
> is
> necessary.  It is possible to build Perl with the modules (including 
> PERL!)
> into the binary, but the procedure escapes me at the moment.
>
> The alternative if you need to use dynamic loading is to build Perl for
> Windows; that is, with DLLs, but it's a procedure I've never attempted.
>
> Robert
>
>
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