On Fri Apr 27 19:44:35 2007, ptc wrote: > On 28/04/07, James Keenan via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon Apr 16 16:36:56 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I ran Makefile.PL on a random windows box which hasn't had its > > > compiler > > > installed correctly yet. Rather than emitting an error message about > > > how it couldn't find my compiler, it apparently passed the test, and > > > then crashed multiple times later on: > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > Checking > > > MANIFEST.....................................................done. > > > Setting up Configure's default > > > values.................................done. > > > Setting up installation > > > paths.........................................done. > > > Tweaking settings for > > > miniparrot...................................skipped. > > > Loading platform and local hints > > > files................................done. > > > Determining nongenerated header > > > files.................................done. > > > Determining what C compiler and linker to > > > use.........................done. > > > > Is this the test which you say "apparently passed"? > > Yes. >
And (I should have asked this earlier) in what sense was the compiler not yet installed correctly? Was it, e.g., a standard Win32 box with no compiler at all? Thanks.
