----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan Dubois" <j...@activestate.com>
 
> However, when you have C:\MinGW\bin in your PATH, then it would add
> C:\MinGW\lib, which is where all the libfoo.a import libraries for the
> standard Windows libraries are stored. Adding this directory gets rid of
> these warnings:
> 
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lkernel32
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -luser32
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgdi32
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lwinspool
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lcomdlg32
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -ladvapi32
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lshell32
.
.
> Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmsvcrt
> 
> At least for modules using Module::Install, like Par-Packer.  The
> warnings are harmless, but it seems better to suppress them than
> to confuse a user that something might be wrong when actually it
> isn't.

I see - I think that's a good enough reason to be doing this.

> I guess I'll need to add some more code to ActivePerl::Config
> to replace Perl\site\lib with Perl\site\lib\auto\MinGW\lib.
> 
> So any objections to appending that location to LIBRARY_PATH?

None.

> PS: MinGW-5.1.4.1 seems to be on the external PPM servers now
>    if you want to give it a try.
>

Thanks - I'll have a play with it later tonight.

Cheers,
Rob
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