Re^5: Change make/compiler

Also appears to be possible to override via http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.20/lib/ActivePerl/Config.html#Windows-overrides

Looks outdated to me.
It says "The value of $Config{cc} will be cl by default" but perl -V:cc says "undef" on my ActivePerl-5.20.0.
There's also the claim that $Config{make} "will be nmake by default", whereas it's actually "dmake".
And the focus of that documentation is on replacing 'cl' values with 'gcc' ones, instead of the other way round (as per the op's requirements).

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^6: Change make/compiler by Anonymous Monk on Oct 07, 2015 at 02:00 UTC
Looks outdated to me ..defaults.. The info on the defaults is probably outdated, but I doubt the ability to override config using env vars is gone update: its still there in ActivePerl-5.20.2.2001-MSWin32-x86-64int-298913	[reply]
Re^7: Change make/compiler by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 07, 2015 at 02:34 UTC
I doubt the ability to override config using env vars is gone Oh yes - that's still there. I just don't know how easy it is to get things set correctly for the switch from 'gcc' to 'cl'. (The switch in the reverse direction used to be trivial - happened automatically.) IMO, the jury is out until someone comes along and actually does what the OP wants to do, by overriding the ActivePerl-5.20 defaults. Then we get to find out how trivial (or otherwise) it is. Cheers, Rob	[reply]