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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:14:52 -0800 (PST)
From: "Larry W. Virden" <lvirden AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Cygwin 1.7 perl build problems.
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Hello. I am using the Cygwin 1.7 (beta) environment. Within Cygwin, there is a version of perl 5.10.0.

I fetch the Tk module source, extract it, cd into the Tk-804.028 directory and type the following:

$ perl Makefile.PL
Cannot find '/usr/lib/perl5/5.10/i686-cygwin/CORE/perl.h' have you installed /usr/bin/perl?
Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 37.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 39.

lwv27 AT PC89067 ~/.cpan/build/Tk-804.028-n8BLky
$ ls '/usr/lib/perl5/5.10/i686-cygwin/CORE/perl.h'
/usr/lib/perl5/5.10/i686-cygwin/CORE/perl.h

Is this a problem that anyone recognizes and has identified a solution?

I checked the Makefile.PL file, and it has normal Cygwin line endings.

I have tried one other install - that of a newer version of the CPAN module, used to fetch source from the perl community module repository.
It too fails, but in a rather more peculiar manner:
$ /bin/perl Makefile.PL
Unable to find a perl 5 (by these names: /usr/bin/perl.exe perl.exe perl5.exe perl5.10.0.exe miniperl.exe, in these dirs: /home/lwv27/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/X11R6/bin /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Perl/bin/ /cygdrive/c/NTSA/Bin /cygdrive/c/NTSA/4NT /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Activestate Tcl/8.4.10.1/bin/ /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32 /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem /cygdrive/c/i386 /cygdrive/c/Program Files/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE/ /cygdrive/c/NTSA/Bin/ /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Rational/common /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Rational/ClearCase/bin /cygdrive/c/casnc/oracle/product/10.2.0/client_1/BIN/ /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Hummingbird/Connectivity/Accessories/ /cygdrive/c/Program Files/QuickTime/QTSystem/ /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Intel/DMIX /cygdrive/c/Products/apache-maven-2.2.1/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin)
Writing Makefile for CPAN

$ /bin/perl --version

This is perl, v5.10.0 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
(with 6 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.


So in one case, perl says it cannot find itself, and in the other case, perl says it cannot find one of its headers that is present.


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