Is the situation calling for an update to the Perl version?

Thank you, James and AM.

Now James: studying your link, the solution over there instructs one to make sure that setup.h from wxWidgets-2.9.4_Headers exists in

WxWidgets\include\msvc\wx.

In my case, setup.h is there, so this apparently is not the problem.

AM: studying the bug reports you quote, they discuss mingw32-make.exe. My DWIM Perl installation (v 5.14.2) does not contain mingw32-make.exe. And indeed the error messages do not mention mingw32-make.exe. Instead, the relevant error messages are, in my opinion:

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make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
gmake: [gcc_mswudll] Error 2 (ignored)
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make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
gmake: *** [..\..\lib\gcc_dll] Error 2
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So it seems that it's looking for the files: gcc_mswudll and gcc_dll (or gcc_mswu.dll and gcc.dll?), which don't exist at my installation.

Now I happened to hit this on the NET:
www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.wxperl.users/2013/02/msg8839.html , where Mark Dootson says:

5.14.2.1 (November 2011) as included with DWIM Perl contains a gcc tool chain that is not compatible with Wx / wxWidgets 2.9.x builds

So is the situation calling for an update to the Perl version? (to Strawberry Perl 5.16.x)?

Many thanks for your dedication; and TIA - Helen

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Re: Is the situation calling for an update to the Perl version? by jmlynesjr (Deacon) on May 08, 2013 at 00:56 UTC
That or try to install CitrusPerl, that we know works. James There's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over...	[reply]
Re^2: I have upgraded to Perl 5.16.3, same problem by HelenCr (Monk) on May 10, 2013 at 21:59 UTC
Dear esteemed PerlMonks I have installed Strawberry Perl 5.16.3, (in order to have it agree with wxWidgets 2.9.4), but, trying to run Build, I'm getting the same error messages as in: Is the situation calling for an update to the Perl version? above: Read more... (1269 Bytes) I'll be thankful to you if you could suggest solution. Many TIA - Helen	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: I have upgraded to Perl 5.16.3, same problem by Anonymous Monk on May 11, 2013 at 00:34 UTC
I'll be thankful to you if you could suggest solution. use ppm?	[reply]
Re^2:Tiny, temporary progress, then an error again by HelenCr (Monk) on May 11, 2013 at 17:01 UTC
Update: See Update 2 in OP above: Build of Alien::wxWidgets failing: help Following extensive Googling, one of the pieces of advice I've noticed, was to clean the PATH environment variable, and leave there only the Strawberry Perl (and Windows) lib and bin directories. I've tried that, and then Build made it past the errors reported before, but then gmake failed again, (apparently complaining that the installation is suitable for MS VC++ ?). Here is the output, I'll be thankful to you if you could offer advice. Read more... (4 kB) Many TIA - Helen	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Tiny, temporary progress, then an error again by Anonymous Monk on May 12, 2013 at 00:48 UTC
Here is the output, I'll be thankful to you if you could offer advice. Um, you can use ppm, you don't need to compile software yourself	[reply]
Re^2: Is the situation calling for an update to the Perl version? by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2013 at 02:06 UTC
That or try to install CitrusPerl, that we know works. Or ppm	[reply]
Re: Is the situation calling for an update to the Perl version? by Anonymous Monk on May 16, 2013 at 04:12 UTC
AM: studying the bug reports you quote, they discuss mingw32-make.exe. My DWIM Perl installation (v 5.14.2) does not contain mingw32-make.exe. And indeed the error messages do not mention mingw32-make.exe. Instead, the relevant error messages are, in my opinion: Do you have a make.exe and a sh.exe in your %PATH%? I get that error message when I have those two files in path. I remove those two files from path, and it builds without problems This is a bug in wxWidgets makefile/bakefile...	[reply]
Re^2: Is the situation calling for an update to the Perl version? by Anonymous Monk on May 20, 2014 at 19:03 UTC
This advice fixed a problem that I would have never have been able to found on my own. I had a QNX development system set up on my machine with sh.exe and make.exe. Once the path was removed, I could proceed. Thank you.	[reply]