-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Here's a relevant part of the output on Windows with verbosity on:
Checking C:\Program Files\Perl\bin\perl.exe Executing C:\Program Files\Perl\bin\perl.exe Result: `'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ' This looks like it would be fixable using the multi-argument form of system(). >>NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'C:\Program' >>Stop. >> >>I have experimented with various quoting schemes, but I haven't found >>anything that works. >Curiouser and curiouser. Is there any official nmake documentation >anywhere? It's hard to find anything on Microsoft's site (especially if you just search for it) but the following pages could be helpful: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vccore/html/_asug_overview.3a_.nmake_reference.asp?frame=true> <http://www.compaq.com/fortran/docs/vf-html/rterr/rtnmak.htm> <http://www.opussoftware.com/manual/appendices/D2.htm> <http://www.microsoft.com/JAPAN/developer/library/vcug/_asug_overview.3a_.nmake_reference.htm>, if you understand Japanese. Nmake.exe is downloadable from <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe>, for anyone who has Windows but not Visual C++. Do not confuse Microsoft's nmake with Lucent's tool of the same name. >>Another couple of bugettes are the failed 'Unable to find a perl 5' >>check performed by MakeMaker itself, I meant the error shown at the top of this message. >>and the fact that nmake complains if the name of a dependency contains >>a colon. Even if you bypass the quoting problem (for example by changing Program Files to Program_Files) nmake still complains because the filename C:\whatever contains a colon - which conflicts with makefile syntax! I'm sure there is a way around this, but I don't know what it is yet. - -- Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Finger for PGP key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8jHrIIMp73jhGogoRAmoIAJ440drgMcaiJ6SbxgiBlJECMa4TpwCfaVKI AU20ka9VVVBEW08vcC2Np8A= =8PGb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
