Hi Jan, I have seen that some modules, like Catalyst if I remember well, generate a very long list of tests, and the older version of nmake cannot handle a very long line, and that's why a newer version of nmake is required.
If using the cpan shell, it uses nmake automaticly to run the tests, and it crashes. Of course, it works if I use force install, but then I don't know if there were errors or not. Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Dubois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Octavian Rasnita'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Mathieu Longtin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:28 AM Subject: RE: compiling modules for activeperl > On Mon, 02 Apr 2007, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > Hi Octavian, > >> I have seen that the older versions of nmake cannot be use to compile >> some perl modules, so I need to use the nmake version from VS.net >> 2005. If I have VS 6 and VS.net 2005, can I use VS6 and the nmake from >> VS.net 2005? Does this create those dependencies? > > No, the dependencies on msvcr7X.dll arise from using the VC7 compiler; > the version of nmake.exe is immaterial for this. > > However, I'm curious which modules will require a newer version of > nmake.exe. The Makefile is normally generated by ExtUtils::MakeMaker, > which should generate a file compatible with nmake.exe from VC6. > > Cheers, > -Jan > _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
