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Re: Perl/Tk with patches no long compiles with CygWin v1.3.1
During the initial build of perl itself, perl copies some information
(from the gcc specs file?) into its Config.pm. file. I *think* that
once Eric Fifer rebuilds perl-5.6.1 using the current gcc, the new
Config.pm file will have the right stuff in it. However, he's still
working on fixing the annoying text mode problems that cropped up in the
current cygwin-perl package; that thorny problem is delaying any new
release of perl for cygwin(*). AFAIK.
(*) no, it's not a simple "link with binmode/textmode/automode" issue.
Perl probably has more sticky issues with IO than any shell, and look--
we're still discussing exactly how ash should deal with text-mode IO.
--Chuck
"Victor M. Esquivel" wrote:
>
> Hey Neil,
>
> Good news, your suggested change to the Perl Config.pm file to include the
> new /usr/lib/w32api directory fixed the compile problem. That is,
> compiling Perl/Tk with gcc 2.95.3-4, binutils 20010425-1, and your patch
> does not work until the Perl Config.pm includes the /usr/lib/w32api
> directory.
>
> To confirm this, I did a brand new CygWin v1.3.1 (latest files as of
> 4/27/01) and repeated the process. Again, only after making the Config.pm
> change, Perl/Tk compiled and ran with no problems.
>
> Thank you for your time and help,
>
> -victor
>
> Neil Lunn wrote:
> >
> > This is a known problem as the updated w32api has been moved out of /usr/lib
> > and /usr/include and placed into respective w32api subdirectories.
> >
> > Chris has reposted updated releases of gcc and binutils to compensate.
> > However there still appears to be some instances where this path doesn't get
> > searched. So again as dual compensation I would suggest making an alteration
> > to Config.pm in your perl installation and change the line:
> >
> > libpth='/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib'
> > libpth='/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/w32api /usr/lib /lib'
> >
> > In the current perl distribution for cygwin, Config.pm is located at
> > /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin.
> >
> > This should ensure that all perl generated makefiles are searching this
> > directory by default. There is and should be no reason to submit any
> > additional changes to the existing patch for the Tk800.022 distribution.
> >
> > Your gcc and binutils should be the following versions, which may or may not
> > be available on all mirrors yet.
> >
> > gcc 2.95.3-4
> > binutils 20010425-1
> >
> > See the Reference in the archives
> > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-04/msg01600.html
> >
> > Neil
> <SNIP>
>
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