in reply to MingW C for XS in ActiveState

Aren't you suppose to use dmake with mingw?

Either way, mixing ActiveState (built with MS tools) and non-MS tools isn't the best way to go.

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Re^2: MingW C for XS in ActiveState
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 19, 2010 at 07:38 UTC
    Aren't you suppose to use dmake with mingw?

    Shouldn't matter, afaik - so long as $Config{make} matches the make utility you're using, it should be fine.

    However, I too would prefer to use dmake with MinGW and nmake with MSVC++ .... just in case :-)

    I believe (untested) that you do need to use dmake if you want to build perl itself with MinGW, whereas you can build perl using either dmake or nmake with MSVC++ - and thats' something I *have* tested recently.

    Cheers,
    Rob
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      Something didn't ring through with what I was saying, which is why I asked it as a question. thanks.
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