----- Original Message ----- From: "jis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hi Rob, 1. I have Visual C++ 5.0,Visual Basic 6.0 ,Active Perl 5.8.8 Build 820.
I'm not too sure about the wisdom of using VC 5.0 with ActivePerl. (Looks like you'll need that sevice pack for a start.) I do know that VC 6.0 is ideal for use with ActivePerl, as that's the compiler that was used to build ActivePerl. Next best thing, in my opinion, is to use MinGW and dmake (both freely available) which now work seamlessly with ActivePerl. The easiest and quickest way to install MinGW and dmake is to install Strawberry Perl from http://vanillaperl.com - but that will also give you another build of perl, which you may not want. See http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=614808 (which also tells you where to get dmake and MinGW separately) if you want to go this way. (Take note of the "Bugs and their fixes" section - I think there's only the one bug that affects build 820 and it's easy to fix, but it does need to be fixed.)
2. I downloaded Nmake 1.5 downloaded from internet separately.
If the version of Nmake in VC 5.0 is a later than 1.5, then I would use it instead of 1.5.
3. Looks like all modules with xs are not working for me and it gives the sam error" insufficient disk space"
Running 'nmake test' for Inline-0.44 should also have presented the same error - as some xs files get compiled during the running of 'nmake test'.
4. I have free space of 50 gb.
Should be sufficient, one would hope :-) Cheers, Rob
