Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:12:53 +0200
From: "H.Merijn Brand" <h DOT m DOT brand AT hccnet DOT nl>
To: Laszlo Molnar <laszlo DOT molnar AT eth DOT ericsson DOT se>
Subject: Re: Win2k + djgpp
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On Mon 10 Sep 2001 10:09, Laszlo Molnar <laszlo DOT molnar AT eth DOT ericsson DOT se> wrote:
> > > Browsing through Makefile.SH, I noticed that at the end it removes
> > > $firstmakefile, being "makefile" (no caps). Since Win2k is still case
> > > insensitive it removes the created Makefile :(
> > It's been a while since I configured Perl, but isn't $firstmakefile
> > supposed to be GNUmakefile when using GNU make?
> 
> That's right. GNUmakefile is the makefile that is used.

but that is set from the hints file, and since I'm running from Win2k with
alpha djgpp it did not recognize the combination and thus did not use those
hints :(

> > > + Do I have to scan the Configure path (including the *.SH)
> > > for possible case conflicts?
> > That's always a good idea, but I thought Perl was already pretty
> > good with respect to 8+3 compatibility, so there shouldn't be many
> > such issues.
> 
> It was possible to build perl on 8.3 systems (I usually built it under
> linux + dosemu with short file names). Unfortunately with the addition
> of the Encode module it's no longer possible to build perl without long
> file names. [Well, it was not possible 2 months ago when I last
> checked.]

Just for the record, I'm trying to build with *long* names on Win2k with alpha
djgpp-2.04

I've managed over the weekend to build miniperl after several hoops to jump
through, but make minitest fails fast.

I got rid of some core dumps and other inconveniences. One major show stopper
is that Configure can't read from input (every letter typed is immediately
returned as answer), so I have to put all my answers in the Policy.sh

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