Re^2: Compiling XS modules on Windoze

TFT, Rob.

Sadly, we are currently committed to Open Watcom ... for logistic reasons - we need a solution yesterday and there's a huge (upto 3 month) delay before new software can be installed on the network, hence we've installed Open Watcom locally. We're gambling on the M$VC compatibility of Open Watcom to provide compiled code that will work with ActiveState perl.

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Re^3: Compiling XS modules on Windoze by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 18, 2007 at 12:39 UTC
If you're already panicking and denigrating your OS of choice, why not have a look at Strawberry Perl? It includes a supposedly ActiveState compatible Perl and a fitting C compiler. All you need is some fiddling with `Config-heavy.pl` if you want to install it in a different path than `c:\strawberry-perl` as is the default.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Compiling XS modules on Windoze by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Jul 18, 2007 at 12:49 UTC
Whilst it is the OS of choice, it isn't my choice (*NIX) but that of the current client. Thanx for the tip WRT Strawberry perl ... downloading as I write :-)	[reply]
Re^3: Compiling XS modules on Windoze by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 18, 2007 at 12:58 UTC
We're gambling on the M$VC compatibility of Open Watcom to provide compiled code that will work with ActiveState perl. I think that's quite a gamble. The freely available MinGW compiler works well with ActiveState perl. Neither its direct.h nor the direct.h in any of the MSVC compilers that I have define 'DIR'. My best instincts tell me that you should dispense with Open Watcom and grab a compiler (preferably either MSVC++ 6.0 or MinGW) that's known to work with ActivePerl and is well supported (wrt ActivePerl). I take it you have your own XS modules that you need to compile ? Otherwise you could just make use of the PPM utility to install pre-compiled builds of the CPAN modules. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Compiling XS modules on Windoze by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Jul 18, 2007 at 13:23 UTC
I think that's quite a gamble. The freely available MinGW compiler works well with ActiveState perl. Neither its direct.h nor the direct.h in any of the MSVC compilers that I have define 'DIR'. My best instincts tell me that you should dispense with Open Watcom and grab a compiler (preferably either MSVC++ 6.0 or MinGW) that's known to work with ActivePerl and is well supported (wrt ActivePerl). Given what you say WRT the DIR macro, there's a better than even chance that you're right. I take it you have your own XS modules that you need to compile ? Otherwise you could just make use of the PPM utility to install pre-compiled builds of the CPAN modules. Yep - we've got 2 tools both of which are provided with a C++ API ... I've searched high & low for perl wrappers for the APIs ... to no avail :-( hence the question.	[reply]