I'm using ActiveState Perl and the MingW C compiler as supplied with Dev-cpp.

Admin://{C} # perl -v

This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
...
Admin://{C} # gcc -dumpversion
3.4.2

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I'm trying to compile an XS module that compiles fine on another system that uses MS Visual Studio instead of MingW.

It seems like the 'nmake' is "printing" the gcc step, but not actually executing it as no '.o' file is created. If I run nmake, it bombs out, but if I then manually re-run the gcc step, the '.o' file is created and a subsequent 'nmake' works fine.

Admin://{C} # perl Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Win32::LockWorkStation

Admin://{C} # nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

cp lib/Win32/LockWorkStation.pm blib\lib\Win32\LockWorkStation.pm
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\site\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp  -typema
+p C:\Perl\
lib\ExtUtils\typemap  LockWorkStation.xs > LockWorkStation.xsc && C:\P
+erl\bin\pe
rl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e "mv" -- LockWorkStation.xsc LockWorkStat
+ion.c
        c:/Dev-Cpp/bin/gcc.exe -c    -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_
+STRICT -DH
AVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLIC
+IT_CONTEXT
 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE
+ -fno-stri
ct-aliasing -mms-bitfields -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.01\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"0
+.01\"  "-I
C:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500 LockWorkStation.c
Running Mkbootstrap for Win32::LockWorkStation ()
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e "chmod" -- 644 Loc
+kWorkStati
on.bs
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Mksymlists  -e "Mksymlists('N
+AME'=>\"Wi
n32::LockWorkStation\", 'DLBASE' => 'LockWorkStation', 'DL_FUNCS' => {
+  }, 'FUNC
LIST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  }, 'DL_VARS' => []);"
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
        dlltool --def LockWorkStation.def --output-exp dll.exp
        c:\Dev-Cpp\bin\g++.exe -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\LockWorkStation
+\LockWorkS
tation.dll -Wl,--base-file -Wl,dll.base -mdll -L"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" Loc
+kWorkStati
on.o -Wl,--image-base,0x1b000000  C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl510.lib c:\Dev-
+Cpp\lib\li
buser32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libkernel32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libuser32.a c:\D
+ev-Cpp\lib
\libgdi32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libwinspool.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libcomdlg32.a 
+c:\Dev-Cpp
\lib\libadvapi32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libshell32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libole32
+.a c:\Dev-
Cpp\lib\liboleaut32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libnetapi32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libu
+uid.a c:\D
ev-Cpp\lib\libws2_32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libmpr.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libwinmm
+.a c:\Dev-
Cpp\lib\libversion.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libodbc32.a c:\Dev-Cpp\lib\libodbc
+cp32.a c:\
Dev-Cpp\lib\libmsvcrt.a dll.exp
g++.exe: LockWorkStation.o: No such file or directory
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x1'
Stop.

Admin://{C} # ls LockWorkStation.*

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\My Documents\tmp\Win32-L
+ockWor
kStation-0.01

LockWorkStation.bs    LockWorkStation.def
LockWorkStation.c     LockWorkStation.xs
               4 File(s)          3,846 bytes

Admin://{C} #         c:/Dev-Cpp/bin/gcc.exe -c    -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D
+_CONSO
LE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPRIVLIB_LAST_IN
+_INC -DPER
L_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READ
+FIX -DHASA
TTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.01\"
+  -DXS_VER
SION=\"0.01\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500 LockWorkSta
+tion.c

Admin://{C} # ls LockWorkStation.*

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\My Documents\tmp\Win32-L
+ockWor
kStation-0.01

LockWorkStation.bs    LockWorkStation.def   LockWorkStation.xs
LockWorkStation.c     LockWorkStation.o
               5 File(s)          7,913 bytes

Admin://{C} #

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I've done a lot of Google searching but came up empty. I know the XS code is good because it compiles under MSVC++ and under MingW (if I run it 'manually' instead of via the 'nmake' Makefile). Is there something in the 'perl Makefile.PL' step I'm missing - is there something that needs to be in the Makefile?

In reply to MingW C for XS in ActiveState by VinsWorldcom

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