Problem with loading and compiling the Perl module, Date::Calc

I downloaded the perl module, Date::Calc from cpan.org. The tarball is Date-Calc-5.3.tar.gz. I am using Cygwin on my PC (It has Windows 2000). Cygwin also has the gcc C compiler with it.

As per the Install notes, I did 'perl Makefile.PL".

I got this result.

$ perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Warning: prerequisite Bit::Vector failed to load: Can't locate Bit/Vec
+tor.pm in
@INC (@INC contains: c:/Perl/lib c:/Perl/site/lib .) at (eval 4) line 
+3.
Writing Makefile for Date::Calc
Writing patchlevel.h for c:\Perl\bin\perl.exe (5.006001)
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Next, I did "make" and I got:


$ make
Makefile:814: *** missing separator.  Stop.
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Has anyone come across this problem? Shall appreciate help on this.
-Andy

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Re: Problem with loading and compiling the Perl module, Date::Calc by fglock (Vicar) on Jun 20, 2003 at 19:11 UTC
`Warning: prerequisite Bit::Vector failed to load: Can't locate Bit/Vector.pm in @INC` You have to fix this problem before doing make. Download and install Bit::Vector first.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Problem with loading and compiling the Perl module, Date::Calc by Andy61 (Initiate) on Jun 20, 2003 at 19:54 UTC
I saw these details in the INSTALL.txt of the Date::Calc module. Prerequisites: -------------- Perl version 5.000 or higher, and an ANSI C compiler. (!) ^^^^^^ If you plan to use the modules "Date::Calendar" or "Date::Calendar::Year" from this package, you will also need the module "Bit::Vector" version 5.7 or newer (which also needs an ANSI C compiler!). Otherwise you may safely ignore the warning message "Warning: prerequisite Bit::Vector 5.7 not found at ..." when running "perl Makefile.PL". You can install "Bit::Vector" at any time later if you change your mind. I do not plan to use the Calender & Year modules	[reply]
Re: Problem with loading and compiling the Perl module, Date::Calc by fglock (Vicar) on Jun 20, 2003 at 21:21 UTC
I found out there is a bug in some Perl 5.8.0 distributions, in which it makes wrong makefiles: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87682 `Opened by rhn@taner.net (Taner Halicioglu) on 2003-04-01 02:48 Description of problem: The perl (5.8.0) that is included w/ RH 9 is severely broken in the sense that it cannot correctly build Makefiles.` [download] I see you are using 5.006001. I don't know if this applies to you. Update: Ok, I found it - looks like it might be a Cygwin MakeMaker bug: http://archive.develooper.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/msg83496.html	[reply] [d/l]