I've seen this issue too. Even on Windows 7 which has the libraries to compile, the GCC headers and libraries don't have the proper definitions to get it to work.

My workaround is to recompile the Socket module as per http://vinsworldcom.blogspot.com/2012/08/ipv6-in-perl-on-windows_20.html.

Of course, this may not work for Windows XP which you're running since ws2_32.dll won't have the inet_pton() function full stop. The other alternative may be to install Socket6 and Socket6::GetAddrInfo and do a little rewrite of the Net::Works::Address module to use Socket6.

In reply to Re: inet_pton on Windows Perl by VinsWorldcom
in thread inet_pton on Windows Perl by atreyu

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