From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: Compiling PERL5.003 with B18 20 May 1997 22:43:12 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: <338194D2.15FB@bnp-eng.remcomp.com> Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.26 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article <338194D2.15FB@bnp-eng.remcomp.com>, Eric Nicolas wrote: >Hi, > >I just installed BETA18. Everything seems to work just fine. Even >the 'ls -l' is a lot faster than before. "Bravo" ! > >I'm now trying to compile Perl 5.003 with B18. I read a lot of >mails about perl mixing its 'configure' and 'Configure' files, >etc. I've just finished building perl 5.004 for B18. It has a cygwin32 hint file that gets you most of the way there. I had to patch two files to get it working correctly. Environment variable clearing was screwed up and loading of .dll's from mounted directories wasn't working correctly. If you're interested in perl 5.004, I can send you the patches. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".