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Subject: Re:  Need help with Perl/Tk
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:51:23 +1100
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kairys" <kairys AT comcast DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:26 PM
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>
> Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' for 
> module Tk:
> No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/DynaLoader.pm line 
> 230.
>
> However /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll is in fact 
> there:

Yes ... but note that the error message doesn't actually say that 
'/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' could not be found. 
In fact, it says that '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' 
could not be *loaded* ... which implies that 
'/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin/auto/Tk/Tk.dll' *was* found .... but 
... ummm ... couldn't be *loaded*.

Why couldn't it be loaded ? Perhaps because it tried to load a file 
(usually, in my experience, a dll) that couldn't be found at 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/DynaLoader.pm line 230.

(When it comes to DynaLoader you gotta learn to read the fine print and make 
intuitive leaps :-)
.
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>
> However when I asked in that thread "Is it correct that Cygwin Perl/Tk 
> requires a running X server?" I got:
>
>> That is one of the stranger assertions to pass by here in a while.
>

I must confess that my reaction would have been pretty much the same. On 
native Win32, Tk simply "works" ... and no X Server.

In the final analysis, I can't answer your question(s), but I do look 
forward to learning just what the correct solution is :-)

Cheers,
Rob 


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