C:\Downloads\RasDial\Win32-RASE-1.01>perl makefile.pl
Warning: prerequisite enum 1.014 not found at C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/Mak
+eMaker.pm
line 340.
Bad command or file name
Bad command or file name
Unable to find a perl 5 (by these names: C:\WINDOWS\Perl.exe miniperl 
+perl perl5
 perl5.6.0, in these dirs: C:\ C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND C:\PERL\B
+IN C:\PERL
\BIN\LIB C:\PERL\BIN\LIB\EXTUTILS C:\JDK C:\JDK\BIN C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN
+~1 C:\WIND
OWS\SYSTEM\WBEM C:\VXIPNP\WIN95\BIN C:\Perl\bin)
Writing Makefile for Win32::RASE
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If you can't find a ppm of the above, you could also try win32::serialport. I know there is a ppm of that available on activestates site, and from reading the write-up in the spring 1999 tpj issue, it appears as though example demo5.plx bundled with this module provides a good starting point for dialing up an ISP..

I think you'll get this trying to install any CPAN modules under Win9x. I'd love for someone to tell me that I'm wrong.

Look for a PPM version of this module. Sorry I don't have time to provide a more useful answer at this time.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

I am not sure about this. I have managed to install quite a few modules from CPAN on Win98. I have only had one or two problems with CPAN modules.

However, that reference to miniperl is interesting - I remember something about miniperl in this month's TPJ. I think that miniperl is something to do with building Perl, but I can't rememeber - the article was quite technical and I have never built Perl before!

Could you please tell us the output of perl -V on your platform? It is very hard to tell what is going on given your information (e.g., where is your perl really?).

You could try looking up the necessary keys in the registry, and try to change that. Also, in the ExtUtils::MakeMaker documentation they mention some variables that can be used to customize which libraries and executables are used to build a module.

I suspect that inside the Makefile.PL there is code that calls an external command via the shell (and this won't necessarily have the right environment variables set, since it might not execute your autoexec.bat). I don't know much about Win98, since I am nearly always working on WinNT - are there ways to set environment variables for the whole system, and not just for the current user - ways that don't rely on execution of an autoexec.bat file? Then I'd suggest to try that.

Christian Lemburg
Brainbench MVP for Perl
http://www.brainbench.com

Perl -V

perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultip
ine
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usesocks=u
  Compiler:
    cc='cl', optimize='-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG', gccversion=
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccflags ='-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_D
 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
=4
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -release  -libpath:"C:\
ORE"  -machine:x86'
    libpth="C:\Perl\lib\CORE"
    libs=  oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uui
k32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.
    libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl56.lib
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -release  -l
\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEX
LICIT_SYS
  Locally applied patches:
        ActivePerl Build 613
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Mar 24 2000 12:36:25
  @INC:
    C:/Perl/lib
    C:/Perl/site/lib
    .
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makefile.pl for Win32::RASE

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

# Win32->UNIX CRLF converter for MakeMaker
# then usual 'make dist' will convert all ascii files to UNIX format
# (I suppose only .dll files might be binary here)
$PREOP =<<'EOP';
$(FULLPERL) -I$(PERL_ARCHLIB) -I$(PERL_LIB) \
  -e "$$dir = $$ARGV[0];use File::Find;" \
  -e "find(\&process, $$dir); sub process { return if -d || /\.dll$$/i
+;" \
  -e "open(I,$$_) || die \"to_unix: can't read file `$$_'\n\";" \
  -e "@file = <I>; close I;chmod 0666, $$_;" \
  -e "open(O,\">$$_\") || die \"to_unix: can't write file `$$_'\n\";" 
+\
  -e "binmode O;print O map { s/\r\n/\n/;$$_ } @file; close O; }" $*
EOP


WriteMakefile(
    "NAME"        => "Win32::RASE",
    "VERSION_FROM"    => "RASE.pm",
    "PREREQ_PM"        => { "Win32::API" => 0, "enum" => "1.014" },
    ($] < 5.005 ? () :
      (
    "ABSTRACT"    => "Managing dialup entries and network connections 
+on Win32",
    "AUTHOR"    => "Mike Blazer <blazer\@mail.nevalink.ru>",
    )),
    "dist"        => { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9frN', SUFFIX => 'gz',
    ($^O eq "MSWin32" ? (PREOP => $PREOP) : ())},
    "clean"        => { FILES => "./tests pod2* *.html" },
);

sub MY::postamble {
    my $postamble =<<'END';

html: RASE.pm
    pod2html --netscape --noindex RASE.pm > RASE.pm.html
END

    $postamble;
}
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RASE Module Loaded

1. First I upgraded from ActiveState Perl build 513 to build 520. The makefiles started to work but nmake failed with a warning about ENUM.

2. Loaded ENUM.PM

3. nmake now works correctly and I was able to load Win32::RASE

Thank You for your help