These are commands that are run when trying to build Devel::Cover. Note the last line.

c:\Perl\packages\Devel-Cover-0.55>nmake /n

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.00.9466
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

         rem
         rem
         rem
         rem
         rem
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Install -e "pm_to_blib({@ARG
+V}, 'blib\
  lib/Devel/Cover/Report/Text.pm blib\lib\Devel\Cover\Report\Text.pm  
+lib/Devel/
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Install -e "pm_to_blib({@ARG
+V}, 'blib\
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e touch pm_to_blib
         rem
        cl -c    -nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_
+STRICT -DH
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -l -e "print qq{@ARGV}" "Running Mkboots
+trap for D
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe  "-MExtUtils::Mkbootstrap"  -e "Mkbootst
+rap('Cover
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e touch Cover.bs
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 Cover.bs
        link -out:blib\arch\auto\Devel\Cover\Cover.dll -dll -nologo -n
+odefaultli
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 755 blib\arc
+h\auto\Dev
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf blib\arch\a
+uto\Devel\
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp Cover.bs blib\a
+rch\auto\D
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 blib\arc
+h\auto\Dev
         rem
         rem
         rem
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_f blib\script\
+cover
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp cover blib\scri
+pt\cover
        pl2bat.bat blib\script\cover
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 755 blib\sc
+ript\cover
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_f blib\script\
+gcov2perl
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp gcov2perl blib\
+script\gco
        pl2bat.bat blib\script\gcov2perl
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 755 blib\sc
+ript\gcov2
         rem
         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MActivePerl::DocTools" -e "Pod2HTML(in
+stalldirs => "site")"
         rem
         rem
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Having reverted to 5.8.6, this builds clean, but under builds of 5.8.7, (813 & 815), that last command fails.

I got the same thing with the makefiles for Inline::C++, Lexical::Alias and several others.

However, from the reports I have from several other people both in the thread and via /msg, it seems to be a problem confined to my system. My conclusion is that one of the aborted attempts to install has left something lying around somewhere that continues to prevent a successful installation.

Time to back everything up to CD, erase all perl related stuff from my system and start from scratch :(

BrowserUK:

C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MActivePerl::DocTools" -e "Pod2HTML(installdirs
+ => "site")"
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At the moment, I'm not on Windows, so I can't test this out. But is there a problem with nested pairs of double quotes in the line of code quoted above?

jimk

(Somewhat OT): Until I saw this post, I didn't know a PPM was available for Devel::Cover 0.55. The latest one I had previously was 0.47. But I now see that kobesearch has 0.55. Cool!

jimk

Yes. I saw the recent Re: Devel::Cover in PPM? (0.55 now available on uwinnipeg), but I wouldn't want to be without the ability to build packages myself.

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