Here is the Alien::wxWidgets 0.52 failure when using ActivePerl 5.12.3 and ActiveState provided gcc. Please note that not all ActivePerl platforms are supported for MinGW and dmake PPMs.
http://code.activestate.com/ppm/MinGW/ http://code.activestate.com/ppm/dmake/ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.4007 on perl 5.012003 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread Work directory is /.cpanm/work/1308034634.3520 You have make C:\Perl\site\bin\dmake.exe You have LWP 5.837 Falling back to Archive::Tar 1.76 Searching Alien::wxWidgets on cpanmetadb ... --> Working on Alien::wxWidgets Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MD/MDOOTSON/Alien-wxWidgets-0.52.tar.gz -> OK Unpacking Alien-wxWidgets-0.52.tar.gz Entering Alien-wxWidgets-0.52 Checking configure dependencies from META.yml Checking if you have Module::Build 0.28 ... Yes (0.3607) Configuring Alien-wxWidgets-0.52 Running Build.PL Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results Creating new 'Build' script for 'Alien-wxWidgets' version '0.52' -> OK Checking dependencies from MYMETA.yml ... Checking if you have Module::Pluggable 2.6 ... Yes (3.9) Checking if you have File::Spec 1.50 ... Yes (3.33) Checking if you have Module::Build 0.28 ... Yes (0.3607) Checking if you have ExtUtils::CBuilder 0.24 ... Yes (0.280201) Building and testing Alien-wxWidgets-0.52 Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3) Could not find or check module 'IPC::Run' [THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM!] at C:/Perl/lib/IPC/Cmd.pm line 126 Building Alien-wxWidgets Fetching wxWidgets... fetching from: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxwindows/wxWidgets-2.8.12.tar.gz Extracting wxWidgets... Error listing contents of archive 'C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\wxWidgets-2.8.12.tar.gz': at inc/My/Build/Base.pm line 322 Patching wxWidgets... Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.0-setup_u.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.0-setup_u.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file include/wx/msw/setup.h Hunk #6 succeeded at 1003 (offset 13 lines). Hunk #7 succeeded at 1064 (offset 13 lines). Hunk #8 succeeded at 1185 (offset 13 lines). Hunk #9 succeeded at 1233 (offset 13 lines). Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.10-config.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.10-config.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file build/msw/config.gcc Hunk #1 succeeded at 83 with fuzz 1 (offset 6 lines). Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.11-makefiles.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.11-makefiles.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file build/msw/makefile.gcc patching file contrib/build/stc/makefile.gcc Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.10-w64-mslu.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.10-w64-mslu.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file src/msw/mslu.cpp Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.10-w64-winhash.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.10-w64-winhash.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file src/msw/window.cpp Hunk #1 succeeded at 3434 (offset 3 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 3465 (offset 10 lines). patching file src/msw/app.cpp Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.12-w64.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.12-w64.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file src/aui/framemanager.cpp Hunk #1 succeeded at 974 (offset 1 line). patching file src/common/utilscmn.cpp patching file src/msw/dcprint.cpp patching file src/msw/window.cpp Hunk #2 succeeded at 3464 with fuzz 1 (offset 9 lines). patching file src/msw/toplevel.cpp patching file src/msw/menuitem.cpp patching file src/msw/mdi.cpp patching file src/msw/tooltip.cpp patching file src/msw/menu.cpp patching file src/msw/tbar95.cpp patching file src/msw/thread.cpp patching file src/msw/frame.cpp Hunk #2 succeeded at 1086 (offset 5 lines). patching file src/msw/pen.cpp patching file src/msw/helpwin.cpp patching file src/msw/printdlg.cpp patching file src/msw/textctrl.cpp patching file include/wx/defs.h Hunk #2 succeeded at 959 (offset 5 lines). Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.12-w64-stc.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.12-w64-stc.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file contrib/src/stc/scintilla/include/Scintilla.h Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.11-filefn.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxMSW-2.8.11-filefn.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file include/wx/filefn.h Applying patch: C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxWidgets-2.8.0-magic.patch perl -pe "" -- C:\.cpanm\work\1308034634.3520\Alien-wxWidgets-0.52\patches\wxWidgets-2.8.0-magic.patch | ..\inc\bin\patch.exe -N -p0 -u -b -z .bak patching file src/generic/grid.cpp Hunk #1 succeeded at 8317 (offset 272 lines). if not exist gcc_mswudll mkdir gcc_mswudll if not exist ..\..\lib\gcc_dll mkdir ..\..\lib\gcc_dll if not exist ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu mkdir ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu if not exist ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx mkdir ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx if not exist ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx\setup.h copy ..\..\include\wx\msw\setup.h ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx\setup.h 1 file(s) copied. if not exist ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx\msw mkdir ..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx\msw gcc -E "..\..\include\wx\msw\genrcdefs.h" > "..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx\msw\rcdefs.h" gcc -c -o gcc_mswudll\wxregex_regcomp.o -O2 -mthreads -DHAVE_W32API_H -I..\..\include -I..\..\lib\gcc_dll\mswu -D__WXMSW__ -D_UNICODE -MTgcc_mswudll\wxregex_regcomp.o -MFgcc_mswudll\wxregex_regcomp.o.d -MD -MP ../../src/regex/regcomp.c gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory mingw32-make: *** [gcc_mswudll\wxregex_regcomp.o] Error 1 system: mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc all UNICODE=1 MSLU=0 BUILD=release SHARED=1: 512 at inc/My/Build/Win32.pm line 269 -> FAIL Installing Alien::wxWidgets failed. 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