I think I'm on a different page :-)

I have a number of perls (some 32-bit, some 64-bit) all of which use the same (32-bit) dmake.
I have no problems with that, except for when it comes to building Win32::API.

For all other modules, it works fine.
With the 32-bit perls, running perl Makefile.PL generates a Makefile that specifies:
AR = ar.exe
CC = gcc.exe
That is correct, and as it should be.

With the 64-bit perls (which, obviously, use a different compiler), running perl Makefile.PL generates a Makefile that specifies:
AR = x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar.exe
CC = x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe
That is correct, and as it should be.

However, when building Win32::API, the assembler (as.exe) gets invoked.
No problem on the 32-bit perls - the assembler gets correctly invoked as 'as.exe'.
But on the 64-bit perls, it also gets invoked as 'as.exe' - which is incorrect as it ought to be invoked as 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-as.exe'.

Obviously there's some process somewhere that handles the correct setting of AR.
I would like to apply that same process to AS so that it, too, gets set correctly for the 64-bit perls.
But I don't know what/where that "process" actually is.
Any ideas ?

UPDATE: Seems that "ar", like "cc", is set in %Config.
But there is no %Config setting for "as" ... so I think I'm probably faced with hacking the dmake files (or copying 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-as.exe' to 'as.exe').
Ought there be a %Config setting for the assembler ?

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^2: [Win32] Overriding dmake's $(AS) by syphilis
in thread [Win32] Overriding dmake's $(AS) by syphilis

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