Geoffrey Young wrote: > > I'm happy to work on this, and I can sense your frustration. if I understand > you correctly, what you want to do is this: > > $ perl Makefile.PL -apxs /apache/2.0.48/worker/perl-5.8.3/bin/apxs > $ t/TEST -conf > > and then copy all the resulting configurations, .so files, etc to a box that > doesn't have make and still run the perl-framework. yes?
close, but not quite. the apache.exe and apxs(.*) file may be in a different location on each machine tested. so what i want to be able to do, on a non-msvc-enabled win32 system, is 1. perl Makefile.PL -apxs wherever-or-omit -httpd c:/path/to/apache.exe 2. [restore the perl-framework/c-modules/.../*.so files from a zip] 3. perl -whatever-options-are-needed-but-won't-zap-the-.so-files 4. perl t/TEST modules/env whether the [restore] happens before or after #3 above i don't care -- i just want to be able to configure the frameworks according to the layout on the box being tested, then put the correct .so files in place, and then be able to run the tests. WITHOUT it trying to be smart and rebuild what doesn't need to be rebuilt, using tools that aren't available. frustrated? o yeah.. i can't trace and follow all the byways of how it figures out what it wants to do, not in the time available. i've spent a couple of weeks fighting with this now, and frustration is about all i've gotten out of it. :-( stas, can we get together on irc on this one? i really need to bring this to a state i can use asap. i'm rous on irc.freenode.net.. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Ken.Coar.Org/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!"
