in reply to Re^2: Which Version of Prolog
in thread Which version of Prolog

Yeah, I had never tried this under Windows and was going on the authors claim that it was working with Windows.

According to the README:
To install this module the SWI-Prolog executable "pl" has to be in the
+ PATH or alternatively the PL environment variable can be used to sel
+ect another executable name and location.

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for windows understand 'pl' to mean 'plcon.exe' and
This module has been minimal tested under windows, it seems to work, a
+nd I plan to support it, but the primary development platform continu
+es to be Linux/Unix.

To make it work, the "bin" directory for your SWI-Prolog installation 
+will have to be included in your PATH also at runtime (If you get an 
+error telling about the lippl.dll being missing, try using 8 chars na
+mes in the PATH, i.e. C:\PROGRA~1\SWI-PR~1\BIN).

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Re^4: Which Version of Prolog
by Steve_BZ (Chaplain) on Aug 26, 2009 at 13:10 UTC

    Hi James,

    Absolutely right. I tried both path names and they both worked (with warnings), however, when I ran nmake (the windows version of make) everything went widly wrong. Here's the Makefile.PL

    C:\Perl\Language-Prolog-Yaswi-0.18>perl Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw special)
retrieving SWI-Prolog configuration:
  running 'plcon.exe -dump-runtime-variables'
    PLBASE: c:/program files/prolog
    PLARCH: i386-win32
    PLLIBS:
    PLLIB: libpl.lib
    PLCFLAGS: /MD /GX
    PLLDFLAGS:
    PLSOEXT: dll
    PLVERSION: 50664
    PLSHARED: yes
    PLTHREADS: yes

checking thread support in Perl and SWI-Prolog:
  thread support enabled

creating plconfig.c
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lpl
Writing Makefile for Language::Prolog::Yaswi::Low
Writing Makefile for Language::Prolog::Yaswi

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    But then here's the nmake dump (make sure you grease your scrollbar)

    C:\Perl\Language-Prolog-Yaswi-0.18>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

        nmake -f Makefile all -nologo
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   Low.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   callback.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   callperl.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   hook.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   perl2swi.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   swi2perl.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   plconfig.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   argv.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   query.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   vars.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   context.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   engines.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   opaque.c
Running Mkbootstrap for Language::Prolog::Yaswi::Low ()
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 Low.bs
        dlltool --def Low.def --output-exp dll.exp
        g++ -o ..\blib\arch\auto\Language\Prolog\Yaswi\Low\Low.dll -Wl
+,--base-fi
le -Wl,dll.base -mdll -L"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" Low.o callback.o callperl.o
+ hook.o pe
rl2swi.o swi2perl.o plconfig.o argv.o query.o vars.o context.o engines
+.o opaque.
o -Wl,--image-base,0x28030000  C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib C:\msys\min
+gw\lib\lib
kernel32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libuser32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libgdi32.a 
+C:\msys\mi
ngw\lib\libwinspool.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libcomdlg32.a C:\msys\mingw\li
+b\libadvap
i32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libshell32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libole32.a C:\m
+sys\mingw\
lib\liboleaut32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libnetapi32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\li
+buuid.a C:
\msys\mingw\lib\libws2_32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libmpr.a C:\msys\mingw\l
+ib\libwinm
m.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libversion.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libodbc32.a C:\ms
+ys\mingw\l
ib\libodbccp32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libmsvcrt.a dll.exp
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x2b6): undefined reference to `_PL_is_initialised'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x4a0): undefined reference to `_PL_toplevel'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x793): undefined reference to `_PL_new_term_ref'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x7ff): undefined reference to `_PL_get_functor'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x812): undefined reference to `_PL_functor_arity'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x81c): undefined reference to `_PL_new_term_refs'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x847): undefined reference to `_PL_unify_arg'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x875): undefined reference to `_PL_pred'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0x895): undefined reference to `_PL_open_query'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0xb7e): undefined reference to `_PL_next_solution'
Low.o:Low.c:(.text+0xbaa): undefined reference to `_PL_exception'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x24): undefined reference to `_PL_regist
+er_extensi
ons'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x1c1): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x1f8): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_term'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x200): undefined reference to `_PL_raise
+_exception
'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x2bf): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x2c6): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x327): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_term'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x3ba): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x3c8): undefined reference to `_PL_copy_
+term_ref'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x3fb): undefined reference to `_PL_get_n
+il'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x412): undefined reference to `_PL_get_l
+ist'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x462): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x4a9): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_term'
callperl.o:callperl.c:(.text+0x4b1): undefined reference to `_PL_raise
+_exception
'
hook.o:hook.c:(.text+0x1b): undefined reference to `_PL_atom_chars'
hook.o:hook.c:(.text+0x9f): undefined reference to `_PL_atom_nchars'
hook.o:hook.c:(.text+0x149): undefined reference to `_PL_agc_hook'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x2bf): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x2dd): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_chars'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x31b): undefined reference to `_PL_new_a
+tom_nchars
'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x325): undefined reference to `_PL_new_m
+odule'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x32f): undefined reference to `_PL_unreg
+ister_atom
'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x366): undefined reference to `_PL_get_m
+odule'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x3b3): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x3d1): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_chars'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x3f3): undefined reference to `_PL_new_a
+tom_nchars
'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x448): undefined reference to `_PL_get_a
+tom'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x456): undefined reference to `_PL_regis
+ter_atom'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x4e7): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_chars'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x53f): undefined reference to `_PL_copy_
+term_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x5a4): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_nil'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x5e7): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x5fd): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_integer'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x630): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_atom_ncha
rs'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x64e): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_float'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x7da): undefined reference to `_PL_new_f
+unctor'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x7e6): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_functor'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x7f9): undefined reference to `_PL_unreg
+ister_atom
'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x80d): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x823): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_arg'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x882): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_nil'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x901): undefined reference to `_PL_unreg
+ister_atom
'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x980): undefined reference to `_PL_copy_
+term_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0x988): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xa37): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_list'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xb95): undefined reference to `_PL_new_f
+unctor'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xba1): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_functor'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xbb4): undefined reference to `_PL_unreg
+ister_atom
'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xc49): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xc5e): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_arg'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xdee): undefined reference to `_PL_copy_
+term_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xdf5): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xe3f): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_list'
perl2swi.o:perl2swi.c:(.text+0xecb): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_nil'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x180): undefined reference to `_PL_atom_
+nchars'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x1b8): undefined reference to `_PL_atom_
+wchars'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x21d): undefined reference to `_PL_get_a
+tom'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x263): undefined reference to `_PL_get_n
+chars'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x29b): undefined reference to `_PL_get_n
+chars'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x2fd): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x341): undefined reference to `_PL_unify
+_term'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x349): undefined reference to `_PL_raise
+_exception
'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x370): undefined reference to `_PL_term_
+type'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x3aa): undefined reference to `_PL_is_li
+st'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x3e7): undefined reference to `_PL_get_n
+il'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x3fb): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_refs'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x413): undefined reference to `_PL_get_l
+ist'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x44d): undefined reference to `_PL_is_li
+st'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x522): undefined reference to `_PL_compa
+re'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x596): undefined reference to `_PL_get_f
+loat'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x5de): undefined reference to `_PL_get_l
+ong'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x630): undefined reference to `_PL_get_n
+ame_arity'

swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x6e1): undefined reference to `_PL_new_t
+erm_ref'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x6f6): undefined reference to `_PL_get_a
+rg'
swi2perl.o:swi2perl.c:(.text+0x73f): undefined reference to `_PL_atom_
+chars'
query.o:query.c:(.text+0x1eb): undefined reference to `_PL_open_foreig
+n_frame'
query.o:query.c:(.text+0x259): undefined reference to `_PL_discard_for
+eign_frame
'
query.o:query.c:(.text+0x2a9): undefined reference to `_PL_discard_for
+eign_frame
'
query.o:query.c:(.text+0x2e0): undefined reference to `_PL_close_query
+'
query.o:query.c:(.text+0x38d): undefined reference to `_PL_rewind_fore
+ign_frame'

engines.o:engines.c:(.text+0x31): undefined reference to `_PL_is_initi
+alised'
engines.o:engines.c:(.text+0x3a): undefined reference to `_PL_thread_s
+elf'
engines.o:engines.c:(.text+0x69): undefined reference to `_PL_initiali
+se'
engines.o:engines.c:(.text+0x8e): undefined reference to `_PL_thread_a
+ttach_engi
ne'
engines.o:engines.c:(.text+0xf1): undefined reference to `_PL_thread_d
+estroy_eng
ine'
engines.o:engines.c:(.text+0x1f1): undefined reference to `_PL_thread_
+at_exit'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x28): undefined reference to `_PL_blob_data'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x69): undefined reference to `_PL_blob_data'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0xb8): undefined reference to `_PL_blob_data'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0xd0): undefined reference to `_Sfprintf'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x10f): undefined reference to `_PL_new_term_
+ref'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x1b1): undefined reference to `_PL_unify_blo
+b'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x1fa): undefined reference to `_PL_unify_ter
+m'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x25d): undefined reference to `_PL_new_atom'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x269): undefined reference to `_PL_new_funct
+or'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x2f8): undefined reference to `_PL_new_term_
+ref'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x311): undefined reference to `_PL_get_arg'
opaque.o:opaque.c:(.text+0x33a): undefined reference to `_PL_get_blob'
C:\msys\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.
+exe: BFD (
GNU Binutils) 2.18.50.20080109 assertion fail ../../binutils-2.18.50/b
+fd/cofflin
k.c:2270
C:\msys\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.
+exe: C:\ms
ys\mingw\lib\libmsvcrt.a(dsjhs00137.o): bad reloc address 0x154 in sec
+tion `.tex
t'
C:\msys\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.
+exe: final
 link failed: Invalid operation
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.

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      The ExtUtils::MakeMaker that comes with Strawberry Perl doesn't like libraries ending in .lib instead of in .a and I can not find any way to change this behaviour as it is hard-coded deep inside the ExtUtils::MakeMaker code.

      But there is an easy workaround: just go to SWI-Prolog lib directory (C:/Program files/pl/lib by default) and run... 

      > copy *.lib *.a

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      Then configure the Perl module again (perl Makefile.PL) and compile it (dmake) and everything should work this time!
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        OK, thanks for that. It cleared up the warning in the Makefile.pl, but the make (and I'm using NMAKE, do you think DMAKE would make any difference?) still crashed with more lines of output than I could count! Actually, while the dump is fairly daunting, if you just scroll down, it just seems like a whole load of normal compiler commands until you hit:

        C:\msys\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.
+exe: C:\msys\mingw\lib\libmsvcrt.a(dsjhs00137.o): bad reloc address 0
+x154 in section `.tex
t'.

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        Sadly, I'm not familiar enough with c-compilers to know what this means.

        Here is the Makefile dump

        C:\Perl\Language-Prolog-Yaswi-0.18>perl Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw special)
retrieving SWI-Prolog configuration:
  running 'plcon.exe -dump-runtime-variables'
    PLBASE: c:/program files/prolog
    PLARCH: i386-win32
    PLLIBS:
    PLLIB: libpl.lib
    PLCFLAGS: /MD /GX
    PLLDFLAGS:
    PLSOEXT: dll
    PLVERSION: 50664
    PLSHARED: yes
    PLTHREADS: yes

checking thread support in Perl and SWI-Prolog:
  thread support enabled

creating plconfig.c
Writing Makefile for Language::Prolog::Yaswi::Low
Writing Makefile for Language::Prolog::Yaswi

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        Here is the nmake dump. 

        C:\Perl\Language-Prolog-Yaswi-0.18>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

        nmake -f Makefile all -nologo
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   Low.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   callback.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   callperl.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   hook.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   perl2swi.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   swi2perl.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   plconfig.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   argv.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   query.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   vars.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   context.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   engines.c
        gcc -c  -I. -I"c:/program files/prolog/include"  -DNDEBUG -DWI
+N32 -D_CON
SOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPRIVLIB_
LAST_IN_INC -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -
+DPERL_MSVC
RT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.18
+\"  -DXS_V
ERSION=\"0.18\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   opaque.c
Running Mkbootstrap for Language::Prolog::Yaswi::Low ()
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 Low.bs
        dlltool --def Low.def --output-exp dll.exp
        g++ -o ..\blib\arch\auto\Language\Prolog\Yaswi\Low\Low.dll -Wl
+,--base-fi
le -Wl,dll.base -mdll -L"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" Low.o callback.o callperl.o
+ hook.o pe
rl2swi.o swi2perl.o plconfig.o argv.o query.o vars.o context.o engines
+.o opaque.
o -Wl,--image-base,0x28030000  C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib "c:\program
+ files\pro
log\lib\libpl.a" C:\msys\mingw\lib\libkernel32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\lib
+user32.a C
:\msys\mingw\lib\libgdi32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libwinspool.a C:\msys\mi
+ngw\lib\li
bcomdlg32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libadvapi32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libshell
+32.a C:\ms
ys\mingw\lib\libole32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\liboleaut32.a C:\msys\mingw\
+lib\libnet
api32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libuuid.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libws2_32.a C:\m
+sys\mingw\
lib\libmpr.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libwinmm.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libversion
+.a C:\msys
\mingw\lib\libodbc32.a C:\msys\mingw\lib\libodbccp32.a C:\msys\mingw\l
+ib\libmsvc
rt.a dll.exp
C:\msys\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.
+exe: C:\ms
ys\mingw\lib\libmsvcrt.a(dsjhs00137.o): bad reloc address 0x154 in sec
+tion `.tex
t'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0x2'
Stop.

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Re^4: Which Version of Prolog
by tmaly (Monk) on Aug 26, 2009 at 13:26 UTC
    I tried installing Language::Prolog::Yaswi several months ago under strawberry perl. There were numerous errors. I filed a bug then.
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