It's, as stated, typically a problem you have with Module::Build in ActivePerl with the non-original C compiler — thus: MinGW. What happens is that Module::Build for some obscure reason uses -lperl58 as a libary to link against, which is short for perl58.lib in any searched directory, but the directory C:\Perl\lib\CORE, where perl58.lib actually resides, isn't in the search path.

The problem is so bad that I can't even install Module::Build 0.2805, because the tests fail for the exact same reason.

The solution that works for me, is find a way to specify that directory into the command line for the linker. Open the file C:\Perl\site\lib\ActivePerl\Config.pm, and replace the line 108, 

        _override("lddlflags", "-mdll");

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which is one of the parameters passed to the linker, with 
        _override("lddlflags", "-mdll -LC:/Perl/lib/CORE");

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Now, Module::Build passes all tests. And, after installing Module::Build, so does Devel::Caller.

In reply to Re: Help building Devel::Caller by bart
in thread Help building Devel::Caller by Limbic~Region

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