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Thanks for the helpful suggestions syphilis. Here is a summary of the latest things I have tried, per your suggestions. I still haven't been able isolate the source of "ccflags".

I'm closer, thanks to you, but still no cigar. :-)

Update: I believe the basic question comes down to whether the gcc compiler in Strawberry Perl 5.24.1 is capable of compiling the code for Image::Magick, and if not, is there a viable alternative that does not involve upgrading to a more recent version of Perl? For now, I must remain at 5.24.1 for a number of reasons.


I did the "Clean and rerun install" -- got the following errors with gmake test:
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cd \Users\Owner\.cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-18
C:\Users\Owner\.cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-18>gmake realclean
C:\Users\Owner\.cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-18>perl Makefile.PL CC=g++
C:\Users\Owner\.cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-18>gmake test
C:\Users\Owner\.cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-18>gmake install 

C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-10> gmake test
{Running Mkbootstrap for Magick ()}
"C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod -- 644 
+"Magick.bs"
"C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Command::MM -e cp_nonemp
+ty -- Magick.bs blib\arch\auto\Image\Magick\Magick.bs 644
"C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" "C:\Strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\\xs
+ubpp"  -typemap C:\strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap -typemap C:\S
+trawberry\cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-10\typemap  Magick.xs > Magic
+k.xsc
"C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Command -e mv -- Magick.
+xsc Magick.c
g++ -c  -I"C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\include" -s -O2
+ -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DCONSERVATIVE  -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DPERL_IMPLI
+CIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bit
+fields -s -O2   -DVERSION=\"7.1.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"7.1.1\"
"-IC:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"  -D_LARGE_FILES=1 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H Magi
+ck.c
In file included from C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\incl
+ude/MagickCore/stream.h:25:0,
                 from C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\incl
+ude/MagickCore/blob.h:49,
                 from C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\incl
+ude/MagickCore/image.h:111,
                 from C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\incl
+ude/MagickCore/draw.h:22,
                 from C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\incl
+ude/MagickCore/annotate.h:21,
                 from C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\incl
+ude/MagickCore/MagickCore.h:80,
                 from Magick.xs:56:
C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\include/MagickCore/pixel.h
+:34:16: warning: scoped enums only available with -std=c++11 or -std=
+gnu++11
 typedef enum : MagickOffsetType
                ^
"C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Mksymlists \
     -e "Mksymlists('NAME'=>\"Image::Magick\", 'DLBASE' => 'Magick', '
+DL_FUNCS' => {  }, 'FUNCLIST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  }, 'DL_VARS' => 
+[]);"
g++ Magick.def -o blib\arch\auto\Image\Magick\Magick.xs.dll -mdll -s -
+L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\strawberry\c\lib" -L"C:/Strawber
+ry/cpan/build/Image-Magick-7.1.1-10" -L"C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-
+7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\lib"  Magick.o   "C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE
\libperl524.a" "libMagickCore.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\l
+ib\libmoldname.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libkernel32
+.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libuser32.a" "C:\strawber
+ry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libgdi32.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86
_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libwinspool.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32
+\lib\libcomdlg32.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libadvapi
+32.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libshell32.a" "C:\straw
+berry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libole32.a" "C:\strawberry\c\
x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\liboleaut32.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-ming
+w32\lib\libnetapi32.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libuui
+d.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libws2_32.a" "C:\strawbe
+rry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libmpr.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_
64-w64-mingw32\lib\libwinmm.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib
+\libversion.a" "C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libodbc32.a" "
+C:\strawberry\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libodbccp32.a" "C:\strawberry\
+c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib\libcomctl32.a" -Wl,--enable-auto-im
age-base
"C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod -- 755 
+blib\arch\auto\Image\Magick\Magick.xs.dll
fileparse(): need a valid pathname at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/ExtU
+tils/Install.pm line 1187.
makefile:1067: recipe for target 'pm_to_blib' failed
gmake: *** [pm_to_blib] Error 255

C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-10> gmake install
fileparse(): need a valid pathname at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/ExtU
+tils/Install.pm line 1187.
makefile:1067: recipe for target 'pm_to_blib' failed
gmake: *** [pm_to_blib] Error 255

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I tried editing the following files and found this:
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C:\Strawberry\perl\lib\Config.pm -- No "ccflags" entries in this file.
C:\Strawberry\perl\lib\Config_heavy.pl -- I found: cc='$cc', ccflags ='$ccflags', but $ccflags is set somewhere else (this is the only reference).


I ran the following to display the contents of $Config{ccflags}:
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perl -MConfig -e "print $Config{ccflags}
-s -O2 -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DCONSERVATIVE -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields


I fixed the missing "Generic.tiff" file:
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cd C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-10
copy demo\Generic.ttf t\

"It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."

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Re^6: Errors While Installing Image::Magick
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 15, 2024 at 23:23 UTC
    fileparse(): need a valid pathname at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 1187.

    I've installed SP-5.24.1.1 - same version as yours, but I can't reproduce the problem.
    I've grabbed the "portable" version, not the "msi installer" - but that should make no difference.
    I do see the "scoped enums only available with -std=c++11 or -std=gnu++11" warning, but the build succeeds anyway.

    So I think we're looking at a problem with ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
    What version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker do you have ?
    Strawberry 5.24.1 shipped with version 7.24, and that's the version I've used.
    On Strawberry 5.24.4 (which I already had), version 7.34 is installed - and there was no problem with it, either.

    Also, what does line 1187 of Install.pm state ? (We might be able to fix your issue by patching that file.)

    Update:
    C:\Strawberry\perl\lib\Config.pm -- No "ccflags" entries in this file.
    C:\Strawberry\perl\lib\Config_heavy.pl -- I found: cc='$cc', ccflags ='$ccflags', but $ccflags is set somewhere else (this is the only reference).

    Sorry - skimmed past that.
    Yes - wrt altering of $Config{ccflags}, it's only Config_heavy.pl that needs patching.
    If you keep searching further through that file you'll come to the line that needs to be altered. Search for ccflags=
    I think you can also temporarily override ccflags the same way as I did for cc: 
    perl Makefile.PL CC=g++ CCFLAGS="full space-delimited list of all the 
+flags that you want"

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    • I have ExtUtils::MakeMaker (version 7.24).

    • The temporary override "perl Makefile.PL CC=g++" works ok.

    • I researched the error message "fileparse(): need a valid pathname" at line 1187 and found that it is issued by module "File::Basename qw(dirname)".

      This is as far as I've gotten trying to track down the source of the error in C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\ExtUtils\Install.pm.

      7 use File::Basename qw(dirname);
      1165 while(my($from, $to) = each %$fromto) {
      1187 my $dirname = dirname($to);

      It appears the "$to" variable in line 1187 which comes from the "%$fromto" hash in line 1165 is empty, but I feel like I'm on the verge of descending into a rabbit hole here. :-)

      Update: I took my research one step further and found that the subroutine "pm_to_blib" in C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\ExtUtils\Install.pm is referenced in the following makefile:
      C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Image-Magick-7.1.1-10\Makefile

      ... and that's where my expertise in this area ends. :-(

      "It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."

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        This is as far as I've gotten trying to track down the source of the error in C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\ExtUtils\Install.pm.

        Duh ... I need to learn how to read more carefully.
        For me, there is no perl\site\lib\ExtUtils\Install.pm, only perl\lib\ExtUtils\Install.pm

        I think we just need to have the EU::MM that's in perl\lib found - not the one in perl\site\lib.
        Try renaming perl\site\lib\ExtUtils to perl\site\lib\Extutils_hide, and then retry building and installing Image-Magick.
        There's absolutely nothing in my perl-5.24.1 site/lib/folder, so hiding it's ExtUtils folder shouldn't matter for this exercise.
        You'll probably want to make it visible again after you've run "dmake install"- so that it can lurk about and mysteriously screw up other stuff at a future date ;-)

        Cheers,
        Rob
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