Hi Rob et. al.

Actually it was Visual Studio 6 which is the C compiler. When I run the the scripts from the command line I get the same errors that I get inside Komodo. I did install the Inline::C with ppm and it was 0.44 and seemed to go fine but I will download it and install it manually just to be sure. I will write to you with the <code> tags.

Angel

Hi,

I did the download and the manual perl Makefile.pl that
seemed fine, thenI did the nmake test and was mostly errors.
To many to list here so I placed the text file at:

http://volcanbaru.com/OSOP/monks/
the txt file is the output of the perl Makefile.pl
and the nmake test.
I have also zipped the entire folder in case it helps.
I read that errors messages and the were mostly quite cryptic.
What should I try next?

Angel

Hey!! I can be trained!!

(quoting from the build log you linked to)

        link -out:blib\arch\auto\xsmode\xsmode.dll -dll -nologo -nodef
+aultlib -d
ebug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86 xsmode.ob
+j   C:\Per
l\lib\CORE\perl58.lib oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib w
+inspool.li
b  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netap
+i32.lib uu
id.lib ws2_32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.l
+ib msvcrt.
lib -def:xsmode.def
link: invalid option -- o
Try `link --help' for more information.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x1'
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I can't help getting the impression that it's not the linker belonging to the compiler suite that's being called here, but rather some Windows port of the Unix command 'link'  - at least, if I type the respective command on my Debian box, I get a rather similarly looking output:

$ link -out:...
link: invalid option -- o
Try `link --help' for more information.
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I wouldn't be too surprised, if you got

$ link --help  
Usage: link FILE1 FILE2
  or:  link OPTION
Call the link function to create a link named FILE2 to an existing FIL
+E1.

      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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if you typed link --help  :)

In that case, make sure this command is no longer found along the search path, while trying to build stuff...   Just a thought.

By gosh by golly

You are right on. I think that it was seeing the cygwin "link"
I removed that from the path and now it sees the correct linker
but it still fails with this error.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib\msvcrt.lib : fatal error LNK1113: invalid machine type
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x459'

I have posted the nmake test output it since it is so long at:
http://volcanbaru.com/OSOP/monks/Monks2.txt
I have also posted the belarc for the computer it was run on
2.00 gigahertz AMD Mobile Sempron
I would have thought that it was x86 but now I am not so sure
I am going to reinstall everything on yet another computer
and try it.

I am open to any and all suggestions.

angel