Hiya John.
Not too long ago I used to be in the same boat (or very similar at least).
I had may problems caused by that c:\program files or c:\progra~1 thing. Some were caused due to ExtUtils::MM_Win32, which I had patched a few times (got it from the perl5 mailing list), but which I believe was included in builds after 5.60 (I'm not really sure).
Since I reinstalled ActivePerl under c:\perl, things have been going much smoother, observe (I just installed XML::Twig).
. <DIR> 11-03-01 11:31p .
.. <DIR> 11-03-01 11:31p ..
T <DIR> 11-03-01 11:31p t
README 11,663 10-28-01 11:52p README
SPEEDUP 1,750 08-09-01 2:38a speedup
MAKEFILE PL 458 08-14-01 3:00p Makefile.PL
TWIGPM~1 SLO 209,661 10-28-01 11:51p Twig.pm.slow
TWIG PM 211,470 10-28-01 1:59a Twig.pm
MANIFEST 232 08-03-01 6:57p MANIFEST
6 file(s) 435,234 bytes
3 dir(s) 550,436,864 bytes free
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for XML::Twig
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>dmake
DMAKE.EXE: makefile: line 648: Error -- Expecting macro or rule def
+n, found n
either
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>nmake
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.
perl speedup Twig.pm.slow > Twig.pm
perl version is 5.006001 XML::Parser version is 2.27
cp Twig.pm blib\lib\XML\Twig.pm
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>nmake test
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.
C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe -Mblib -IC:\Perl\lib -IC:\Perl\lib -e "us
+e Test::Ha
rness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;" t\is_field.
+t t\test1.
t t\test2.t t\test3.t t\test4.t t\test5.t
Using F:/dev/xmltwig/XML-Twig-3.00/blib
t\is_field..........ok
t\test1.............ok
t\test2.............ok
t\test3.............ok
t\test4.............ok
t\test5.............ok
All tests successful.
Files=6, Tests=274, 51 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr + 0.00 csys = 0.00
+ CPU)
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>nmake install
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.
Installing C:\Perl\site\lib\XML\Twig.pm
Writing C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\XML\Twig\.packlist
Appending installation info to C:\Perl\lib/perllocal.pod
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>perl -v
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 6 subversion 1) configuration:
Platform:
osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
uname=''
config_args='undef'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultip
+licity=define
useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
Compiler:
cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DN
+O_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_S
+YS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX',
optimize='-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG',
cppflags='-DWIN32'
ccversion='', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
+ lseeksize=4
alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -release -libpath:"C:\
+Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86'
libpth="C:\Perl\lib\CORE"
libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
+ comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib netap
+i32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.li
+b odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib
perllibs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool
+.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib n
+etapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc3
+2.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.lib
libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl56.lib
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -release -l
+ibpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" -machine:x86'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEX
+T PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
Locally applied patches:
ActivePerl Build 628
Built under MSWin32
Compiled at Jul 4 2001 15:41:05
@INC:
C:/Perl/lib
C:/Perl/site/lib
.
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>perl -we"use strict;use XML::Twig;"
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>perl -we"use strict;use XML::Twig;print k
+eys %::"
AutoLoader::STDOUTLWP::~_<C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/HTML/Parser/Parser.dl
+l_<IO.c_<C
:/Perl/site/lib/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.dllWeakRef::STDIXML::DB::
+Data::HTTP
::¤Config::_<perllib.c_<dl_win32.c¶DynaLoader::fields::constant::PC
+DATAARNI
NG_BITSSIGExporter::_<C:/Perl/lib/auto/IO/IO.dllWin32::warnings::BEGIN
+!"Symbol::
_<.\win32.c$%stdoutHTML::strict::,-./XSLoader::0123VMS::_<..\universal
+.c4CDATA56
STDERR:=@Dos::Time::ARGVbase::attributes::_<..\xsutils.coverload::Cwd:
+:UNIVERSAL
::<none>::SelectSaver::\stderr]INC^_URI::IO::ENV_<Parser.cvars::Text::
+stdinCarp:
:EPOC::File::CORE::Unicode::_<Expat.cMIME::main::|
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>perl -we"use strict;use XML::Twig;print
new XML::Twig"
XML::Twig=HASH(0x17b9cb8)
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>echo Hiya John!
Hiya John!
F:\dev\xmltwig\XML-Twig-3.00>
Hopefully you will take the plunge and reinstall to c:\perl cause it can litelarlly make life easier (and I too really hate putting crap under my root, stupid unix-like crap)
update: dmake is an alternative to nmake. You can find a link in outside links.
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