O wise Monks

I need to get Net::SFTP working on a NT system using cygwin's Perl.
One of the required modules for this is Crypt::IDEA but when I
attempt to install this module (I have to use the perl Makefile.PL &&
make && make test way of installing
since the machine I am installing on does not have internet access)
I get gcc compiler error endian.h: No such file ...

Well to make a long story short I went to look for a patch here
The good news is that there appears to be a "patch".
The bad news is how do I install this "patch".
The "patch" I am speaking of appears to
be a output of diffs ???

Do I have to hand edit the files that are diffed or is there an easier way?

Also I would like to sneak in a second question:

I eventaully have to have my Net::SFTP script working
on Solaris 2.8 and the CPAN test results don't look good.
Should I just settle for a shell script to accomplish this task?

Thank you O Wise and Helpful Monks!

In reply to Crypt::IDEA & Cygwin woes by LameNerd

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