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Apparently there is something wrong with my new version of the Compress module

What happens if, in the cpan shell, you run: 
install Math::FFT

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For me, that runs flawlessly, and I think I have the same build of Strawberry as you - according to perl -V my Strawberry Perl was "Compiled at Oct 19 2008 15:47:04" (near the end of the output). Do you have the same ?

Note that I usually download and build modules manually - I rarely use CPAN.pm, don't know much about its workings, and have no interest in troubleshooting it on Strawberry or anywhere else - but I am prepared to try and assist with matters relating to the general configuration and workability of Strawberry Perl. Normally, however, "the general configuration and workability of Strawberry Perl" is taken care of automatically when Strawberry Perl is installed (so it's rather unusual that any assistance with this is ever required).

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^3: Tk Package Fails to Make - Next Crisis
by BJ_Covert_Action (Beadle) on Apr 09, 2009 at 15:39 UTC
    Hmmmm, there's definitely something wrong here. 
    perl -v</code) outputs:
<p><p>
<code>
This is perl, v5.10.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.

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    ...with no discussion of compilation. Attempting  install Match::FFT yields:

    Read more... (7 kB)

    By the way, much thanks for helping me with all of this so far. I'm learning a lot.

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      perl -V and perl -v do two different things. (note the capitalization on the V)

      Here's what capital V does on my main Strawberry 5.10.0.4 installation:

      Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration
+:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.1, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=und
+ef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags =' -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT  -DPERL_IMPL
+ICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_M
SVCRT_READFIX',
    optimize='-s -O2',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.5', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='long lo
+ng', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='g++', ldflags ='-s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\straw
+berry\c\lib"'
    libpth=C:\strawberry\c\lib
    libs= -lmsvcrt -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -
+lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -
luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32
    perllibs= -lmsvcrt -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspo
+ol -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi
32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32
    libc=-lmsvcrt, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl510.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-mdll -s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE
+" -L"C:\strawberry\c\lib"'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_ITHREADS
                        USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Jan 29 2009 20:56:38
  @INC:
    C:/strawberry/perl/lib
    C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib
    .

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      Hmmmm, there's definitely something wrong here

      Yes, something is definitely wrong with MinGW. Which Windows OS do you have ?

      Save the following script as try.c: 
      int main (void) {
    return 0;
}

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      Then cd to the directory that contains 'try.c' and run: 
      gcc -o try.exe try.c -v

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      What output do you get ?
      (I'm still interested to see the perl -V output too, btw.)

      Cheers,
      Rob
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        Oh, cap 'V,' yep didn't pick up on that. Alright, perl -V gives me: 

        Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration
+:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.1, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=und
+ef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags =' -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT  -DPERL_IMPL
+ICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_MSVCRT_R
+EADFIX',
    optimize='-s -O2',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.5', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='long lo
+ng', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='g++', ldflags ='-s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\straw
+berry\c\lib"'
    libpth=C:\strawberry\c\lib
    libs= -lmsvcrt -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -
+lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -
+lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32
    perllibs= -lmsvcrt -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspo
+ol -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luu
+id -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32
    libc=-lmsvcrt, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl510.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-mdll -s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE
+" -L"C:\strawberry\c\lib"'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_ITHREADS
                        USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Jan 29 2009 20:56:38
  @INC:
    C:/strawberry/perl/lib
    C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib
    .

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        I am running on windows XP and I am pretty sure our office is up to using SP3. I can double check on that though if you need those details. Running the gcc command on try.c, as you described, yields: 

        Reading specs from C:\GNAT\lib\gcc-lib\pentium-mingw32msv\2.8.1\specs
gcc version 2.8.1
 C:\GNAT\lib\gcc-lib\pentium-mingw32msv\2.8.1\cpp.exe -lang-c -v -unde
+f -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=8 -Di386 -D_WIN32 -DWIN32 -D__WIN32__
+ -D__MINGW32__ -DWINNT -D_X86_=1 -D__STDC__=1 -D__stdcall=__a
ttribute__((__stdcall__)) -D__cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D__i38
+6__ -D_WIN32 -D__WIN32__ -D__WIN32__ -D__MINGW32__ -D__WINNT__ -D_X86
+_=1 -D__STDC__=1 -D__stdcall=__attribute__((__stdcall__)) -D_
_cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__)) -D__i386 -D__WIN32 -D__WINNT -Asyste
+m(winnt) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -remap -Di386 -Di586 -Asystem(un
+ix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -D__i386__ -D__i586__ -Asyste
m(unix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) try.c C:\DOCUME~1\BJACKS~1.SLC\LOC
+ALS~1\Temp\cca00264.i
GNU CPP version 2.8.1 (80386, BSD syntax)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 C:\GNAT\lib\gcc-lib\pentium-mingw32msv\2.8.1\include
End of search list.
 C:\GNAT\lib\gcc-lib\pentium-mingw32msv\2.8.1\cc1.exe C:\DOCUME~1\BJAC
+KS~1.SLC\LOCALS~1\Temp\cca00264.i -quiet -dumpbase try.c -version -o 
+C:\DOCUME~1\BJACKS~1.SLC\LOCALS~1\Temp\cca00264.s
GNU C version 2.8.1 (pentium-mingw32msv) compiled by GNU C version 2.8
+.1.
 as -o C:\DOCUME~1\BJACKS~1.SLC\LOCALS~1\Temp\cca002641.o C:\DOCUME~1\
+BJACKS~1.SLC\LOCALS~1\Temp\cca00264.s
 ld -o try.exe C:\GNAT\lib\gcc-lib\pentium-mingw32msv\2.8.1\crt2.o -LC
+:\GNAT\lib\gcc-lib\pentium-mingw32msv\2.8.1 -LC:\GNAT\lib -LC:\GNAT\l
+ib C:\DOCUME~1\BJACKS~1.SLC\LOCALS~1\Temp\cca002641.o -lmingw
32 -lgcc -lmoldname -lmsvcrt -lkernel32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lmingw32
+ -lgcc -lmoldname -lmsvcrt

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        It looks like I have a version of gcc installed from my GNAT development environment that might be conflicting with the one installed with strawberry perl. Does that sound right? Does that even matter?

        Thank you again for all the help =)

        Cheers.

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