E:\new\DBD-mysql-2.1026>perl makefile.pl --help Usage: perl makefile.pl [options] Possible options are: --cflags= Use for running the C compiler; defaults to the value of "mysql_config --cflags" --libs= Use for running the linker; defaults to the value of "mysql_config --libs" --testdb= Use the database for running the test suite; defaults to test --testuser= Use the username for running the test suite; defaults to no username --testpassword= Use the password for running the test suite; defaults to no password --testhost= Use as a database server for running the test suite; defaults to localhost. --testport= Use as the port number of the database; by default the port number is choosen from the mysqlclient library --nocatchstderr Supress using the "myld" script that redirects STDERR while running the linker. --help Print this message and exit All options may be configured on the command line. If they are not present on the command line, then mysql_config is called: mysql_config --cflags mysql_config --libs mysql_config --testdb and so on. See the INSTALL.html file for details. E:\new\DBD-mysql-2.1026>