Re: nmake win32

If you're using Cygwin, and the Cygwin Perl, you need to also use the (Cygwin build of) GNU make. nmake by Microsoft is only useful if you're using an ActiveState build of Perl or another Perl configured to use nmake.exe. Mixing Cygwin tools and native Win32 tools will give you lots of pain because Cygwin has a very different idea of how files should be named than the rest of Win32 has.

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Re^2: nmake win32 by expo (Initiate) on Oct 26, 2006 at 14:16 UTC
THis is a big help. I will try to find a cygwin version of make for cygwin Perl. The challenge I see initially is that my setup.exe seems to "skip" some of the offered make utilities. I have scanned a few of the mirrors but no gnu make utility seems to be available. If you know of a mirror or a site for this let me know!!! :-) Thanks a bunch.	[reply]
Re^3: nmake win32 by planetscape (Chancellor) on Oct 26, 2006 at 18:21 UTC
Yes, I do know of a site for this: Cygwin Or: the hard way. Or, run setup.exe. `make` is found under "Devel" in the tree. Toggle the "New" column until it says something useful like "3.81-1" and there is an "X" in the "Bin?" checkbox. HTH, planetscape	[reply] [d/l]