So I re-did the dmake test and unfortunately got the same error.

Did it try to rebuild par.exe and throw the same error ? Or, this time, was it trying to build static.exe ? If it was trying to build static.exe, just apply the same workaround - ie 'cd' to myldr folder, run C:\Perl\site\bin\g++.exe static.o -L"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl510.lib  -o static.exe then 'cd ..' and rerun 'dmake test'.

The only difference between the commands as I've written them, and the way they were originally run, is that I've removed the links to the standard libraries (as those links are unnecessary in this situation anyway). While I don't see that they should cause the breakage, their removal has apparently helped wrt building of par.exe.

In the meantime I'll try to work out why linking to those libraries causes the breakage. When I build PAR-Packer-1.002, the building of par.exe and static.exe doesn't link to those standard libraries - which might be the only reason it's working for me. (I'll see if I can make the build process link to those libraries - maybe then I'll get to see the same failure as you.)

What version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker are you running ? perl -MExtUtils::MakeMaker -e "print $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION" will tell you.

Cheers
Rob

In reply to Re^14: trying to build PAR-Packer-1.002 by syphilis
in thread trying to build PAR-Packer-1.002 by rich_d_thomas

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