Hello esteemed Monks, I'm installing the DBD::DB2 module on Windows 10 with Strawberry Perl v5.28.1 using cpan's install DBD::DB2 and getting a lot of strange "did you mean..." errors, e.g.:

In file included from C:/PROGRA~1/IBM/SQLLIB/include/sqlcli.h:987:0,
                 from Constants.xs:16:
C:/PROGRA~1/IBM/SQLLIB/include/sqlext.h:1748:5: error: unknown type na
+me '__in_ecount'; did you mean 'SAL__in_ecount'?
     __in_ecount(cchConnStrIn)
     ^~~~~~~~~~~
     SAL__in_ecount
C:/PROGRA~1/IBM/SQLLIB/include/sqlext.h:1751:5: error: unknown type na
+me '__out_ecount_opt'; did you mean 'SAL__out_ecount_opt'?
     __out_ecount_opt(cchConnStrOutMax)
     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SAL__out_ecount_opt
C:/PROGRA~1/IBM/SQLLIB/include/sqlext.h:1754:5: error: unknown type na
+me '__out_opt'; did you mean '_Out_opt_'?
     __out_opt
     ^~~~~~~~~

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Any clue what's going on here? Thanks as always for your advice and patience.

p.s. don't know if this is any kind of clue, but when I start the cpan shell I get this:

Unable to get Terminal Size. The Win32 GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo call
+ didn't work. The COLUMNS and LINES environment variables didn't work
+. at C:\Strawberry\perl\vendor\lib/Term/ReadLine/readline.pm line 410
+.

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v2.20)
Enter 'h' for help.

cpan>

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In reply to Strange errors installing DBD::DB2 module by slugger415

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