I'm trying to build Perl with threading turned off in a Cygwin environment, but it's failing as shown here:

cp op.c opmini.c
`sh  cflags "optimize='-O2'" opmini.o`  -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB opmini.c
      CCCMD =  gcc -DPERL_CORE -c -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_AN
+SI__ -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe  -std=c89 -O2 -Wall -ansi   -W -Wextr
+a -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels 
PATH=/home/Administrator/perl/perl-5.10.0:.:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/b
+in:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/Perl64/site/bin:/cygdrive/c/Perl64/bin:
+/cygdrive/c/Windows/system32:/cygdrive/c/Windows:/cygdrive/c/Windows/
+System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Microsoft\ SQL\ Serve
+r/100/Tools/Binn/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ SQL\ Server/1
+00/Tools/Binn/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ SQL\ Server/100/
+DTS/Binn/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Microsoft\ SQL\ Server/10
+0/Tools/Binn/VSShell/Common7/IDE/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ (x86)/M
+icrosoft\ SQL\ Server/100/DTS/Binn/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ (x86)
+/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio\ 9.0/Common7/IDE/PrivateAssemblies/:/cygdr
+ive/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/usr/lib/lapack:/usr/l
+ocal:/etc:/usr/lib:/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/libexec gcc -L/home/Admi
+nistrator/perl/perl-5.10.0  -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all
+-symbols -Wl,--stack,8388608 -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -Wl,--enabl
+e-auto-import -L/usr/local/lib -o miniperl miniperlmain.o opmini.o li
+bperl.a -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat 

/bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('

/bin/sh: -c: line 0: `PATH=/home/Administrator/perl/perl-5.10.0:.:/usr
+/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/Perl64/site/bin:/
+cygdrive/c/Perl64/bin:/cygdrive/c/Windows/system32:/cygdrive/c/Window
+s:/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ (x86)
+/Microsoft\ SQL\ Server/100/Tools/Binn/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Mi
+crosoft\ SQL\ Server/100/Tools/Binn/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Micro
+soft\ SQL\ Server/100/DTS/Binn/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Mic
+rosoft\ SQL\ Server/100/Tools/Binn/VSShell/Common7/IDE/:/cygdrive/c/P
+rogram\ Files\ (x86)/Microsoft\ SQL\ Server/100/DTS/Binn/:/cygdrive/c
+/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio\ 9.0/Common7/IDE/Pri
+vateAssemblies/:/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:
+/usr/lib/lapack:/usr/local:/etc:/usr/lib:/lib:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/li
+bexec gcc -L/home/Administrator/perl/perl-5.10.0  -Wl,--enable-auto-i
+mport -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--stack,8388608 -Wl,--enable-auto-
+image-base -Wl,--enable-auto-import -L/usr/local/lib -o miniperl mini
+perlmain.o opmini.o libperl.a -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat '

make: *** [miniperl.exe] Error 2
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Any pointers on where to fix the syntax?

As always, thanks for your support!

Scott...

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