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From: Uri Guttman on 5 Sep 2006 14:11
>>>>> "S" == Sisyphus <sisyphus1(a)nomail.afraid.org> writes:

S> "Henry McGuinness" <henry.mcguinness(a)dphpc.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
S> news:edjkcc$j21$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk...
>> Ok you seem to be using ActivePerl for windows (you didn't say :)). This
S> is
>> compiled using Visual C++ version 6, and you have to use the same compiler
>> to build Perl modules that contain any functions written in C.

S> That's not strictly true any more - though you won't go wrong if you follow
S> that advice.

S> Some time back ExtUtils::FakeConfig appeared, which enables you to use the
S> freely available MinGW (gcc) compiler with ActivePerl. It provides good
S> milage, too.

S> Then, starting with build 817 (I think), ActivePerl started working
S> seamlessly with the MinGW compiler (though ActivePerl is still built with
S> MSVC++6.0). They haven't got it quite right, however - and it doesn't
S> provide the milage you get with ExtUtils::FakeConfig. However, for many
S> extensions (modules), it works fine.


and for the future there is a project going on called 'vanilla perl'
which will bundle a gcc build kit with a precompiled perl for
winblows. this will allow use of the cpan module and classic tarball
installation of any perl module, with or without xs/c. then the issue of
ppm modules being out of date will also go away (as soon as this gets
released and disseminated. like most winblows updates, who knows when it
will be downloaded? :).

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=158775
http://camelpack.sourceforge.net/index.php/VanillaPerl

maybe any of you would want to help with testing or whatever.

uri

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