From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Wilson To: Sebastien Barre Cc: Cygwin Mailing List Subject: Re: Compiling Perl under b20.1 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <36E3670E.E9C1EAAA@ece.gatech.edu> References: <4.1.19990305163422.01952c40@mail.club-internet.fr> <4.1.19990306090805.018cd620@mail.club-internet.fr> <4.1.19990307151654.016ccf10@mail.club-internet.fr> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00214.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.wZgBtnrh8vZCpC6my9yYDSAgOIWPy7k0xUmAe9qzGns@z> Sebastien Barre wrote: > At 13:27 06/03/99 -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > > >BTW, did you apply the patch to a > >pristine copy of the source, or had you already applied the changes from Teun > >Burgers (below)? > > No, from the pristine copy of course :) My perl is working quite right I > guess, I just wanted to help you controlling your build package, so I > started from the beginning, following your statements. I was fairly sure that was the case, but it's best to eliminate the simple things first. > > Therefore, I guess that this information > *definitely* need a place in your build instructions : egcs 1.1.1 might be > handy. > Okay. I'll update the build-kit soon. > > >However, I > >don't see how including Mr. Burgers' fixes will hurt anything, so I'll go > ahead an > >add them to the "patch", unless anyone can think of a good reason not to. > > I tried, but was unable to find the relevant part to patch. > I found the relevant part, and have changed the build-kit to include this patch. Even though it probably doesn't matter if you're using egcs-1.1.1. > > >> *) Furthermore, I'd just add that I had some problems while building perl > >> if source files were extracted in a binary mounted partition. BUT I also > >> read some testimony regarding the contrary (i.e. you need to mount it as > >> binary) ! Therefore, It's just a hint, but if you experience some problems > >> (sadly, I forgot to save the error messages), try different mount mode. > > >I extracted into a binary mounted partition. My *guess* is that you might have > >used WinZip or somesuch to extract the source. If WinZip converted all > >newlines to \013\010, AND the partition was mounted binary, then that > would cause problems. > > Nope, I'm aware of the Winzip problem, and I'm taking care of that, by > systematically using tar / gzip :) Well, then I'm stumped. I don't know what the *build* problem is (or even if there is one, after applying all these patches) under text / binary mounts. *make test* problems are a whole different kettle of fish....continued in next message. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com