Lyle wrote: > Ron Blaschke wrote: >> On 06.04.2009 04:17, Bruce Gray wrote: >> >>> On Apr 5, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Lyle wrote: >>> >>>> --snip-- >>>> There is a problem with the Rakudo Makefile? Help would be very much >>>> appreciated... >>>> http://perl.bristolbath.org/blog/lyle/2009/04/first-perl-6-experiences.html >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, there is a problem. I have duplicated it under MinGW/Win2K, but >>> have not fully analyzed it yet. >>> >>> Workaround: >>> Line 330 of the Makefile reads something like: >>> CRITIC_FILES=Configure.pl t\harness build\ tools\ >>> Change all three of line 330's backslashes to forward-slashes, and then >>> `mingw32-make` will work. i.e.: >>> CRITIC_FILES=Configure.pl t/harness build/ tools/ >>> >> >> A backslash followed by a line terminator tells make (including variants >> like nmake) to continue reading on the next line (line-continuation). >> That way, the Makefile doesn't make sense any more. >> >> The easiest workaround to avoid the line-continuation is to add a space >> at the end, i.e. >> CRITIC_FILES=Configure.pl t\harness build\ tools\ >> > > François Perrad wrote: > > Makefile is generated, so this modification will be lost. > > > > in build/Makefile.in, just insert a empty line between : > > CRITIC_FILES=Configure.pl t/harness build/ tools/ > > perlcritic:
I've inserted the newline in the hope that it'll help, although I don't quite understand the generation process. Is this fixed now in an up-to-date Rakudo? > > All of those solutions worked. Thank you. I'm hoping that we'll start > hosting regular Perl 6 hackathons, and we may be able to help > development in the future. Are their set guidelines for doing this kind > of thing? Maybe http://rakudo.org/developers-guide might be of some help? If you have more specific questions, don't hesitate to ask! Cheers, Moritz -- Moritz Lenz http://perlgeek.de/ | http://perl-6.de/ | http://sudokugarden.de/