Hey!

Well, since this may be of more interest to more, I ask it here. What do I have to do minimum to get this start.c to compile properly? I've downloaded the source from Activestate and setup Dev-C++ to find the headers and libs. Now, when I compile I get this: 
gcc.exe "C:\test\start.c" -o "C:\test\start.exe"    -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\incl
+ude"  -I"C:\perl-5.8.8"   -L"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib" -L"C:\perl-5.8.8\lib" 
In file included from C:\test\start.c:21:

C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:37:23: config.h: No such file or directory
In file included from C:\test\start.c:21:
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:1367: error: syntax error before "IV"
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:1367: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:1368: error: syntax error before "UV"
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:1368: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:1585: error: syntax error before "NV"
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:1585: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2065: error: syntax error before "STRLEN"
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2065: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class

In file included from C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2120,
                 from C:\test\start.c:21:
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:147: error: syntax error before "I8"
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:147: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class

C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:148: error: syntax error before "U8"
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:148: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:149: error: syntax error before "I16"
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:149: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:150: error: syntax error before "U16"
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:150: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:151: error: syntax error before "I32"
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:151: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:152: error: syntax error before "U32"
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:152: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:536: error: syntax error before "line_t"
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:536: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class

C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2435:21: win32.h: No such file or directory
In file included from C:\test\start.c:21:
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2695: error: syntax error before "I32"
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2695: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or u
+nion
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2696: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2701: error: syntax error before '}' token
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2710: error: syntax error before '*' token
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2710: error: `I32' declared as function returning
+ a function
C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2710: error: 'I32' redeclared as different kind o
+f symbol
C:/perl-5.8.8/handy.h:151: error: previous declaration of 'I32' was he
+re

In file included from C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2733,
                 from C:\test\start.c:21:
C:/perl-5.8.8/iperlsys.h:54: error: syntax error before '*' token
C:/perl-5.8.8/iperlsys.h:54: error: `Signal_t' declared as function re
+turning a function

In file included from C:/perl-5.8.8/perl.h:2746,
                 from C:\test\start.c:21:
C:/perl-5.8.8/regexp.h:20: error: syntax error before "U8"
C:/perl-5.8.8/regexp.h:20: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or u
+nion
C:/perl-5.8.8/regexp.h:21: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
C:/perl-5.8.8/regexp.h:22: error: syntax error before "next_off"
C:/perl-5.8.8/regexp.h:22: warning: data definition has no type or sto
+rage class
....
And so forth...

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I was hoping I wouldn't have to install M$ Visual Studio X. It seems that I have to do "configure" (to create the config.h file that is missing), but how to do this in windows? Would be damn cool if I could compile this start.c, since this little project seems really cool to me :) And besides, I need to add a pause in there to make it pause, and not close the terminal window when some tk script Im runing doesnt work. :) I get some error, but the window closes and I cant see the error. (Probably some module missing in this package that I use). Oh, and maybe somehow to get rid of the terminal window aswell when the tk script actually works!

But, I suppose the Perl interpreter is boundled into this start.c, and thus I need to be able to compile the whole Perl source aswell?

Thanks,
Ace

In reply to Re^3: problem with par as other user by Ace128
in thread problem with par as other user by Anonymous Monk

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