Interesting ... I have a similar issue trying to build perl-5.10.0 from source on my Cygwin installation. (On the same Cygwin installation, perl-5.8.8 builds perfectly.)

I run ./configure -de -Duse64bitint -Dprefix=/home/Rob/perl, which runs fine, but running make terminates with:

--------------------------------
make1: Entering directory `/home/Rob/comp/perl-5.10.0/ext/DynaLoader'
../../miniperl.exe "-I../../lib" "-I../../lib" DynaLoader_pm.PL DynaLoader.pm
../../miniperl.exe "-I../../lib" "-I../../lib" XSLoader_pm.PL XSLoader.pm
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ERROR: Can't create '../../lib/auto'
Do not have write permissions on '/'
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--------------------------------

Could these problems be related ? Do you have a suggestion on some hack that I can employ to get past this issue ?

I asked about this on the Cygwin mailing list and Reini Urban provided (in a very gracious manner, I should add) fairly extensive information - and some scripts. Unfortunately I'm too dumb to make use of what he provided. I think his proposed solution involved running some scripts to fix up permissions issues. I could dig up the thread if needed.

Cheers,
Rob (who is always prepared to attempt thread hijacking)

In reply to Re: cygwin, perl5.10, INSTALLSITESCRIPT by syphilis
in thread cygwin, perl5.10, INSTALLSITESCRIPT by Boldra

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.