64bit compiler from MS

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Re: 64bit compiler from MS by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 04, 2011 at 06:53 UTC
The actual compiler that ActiveState uses to build their 64-bit perls is the Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2 and it's still freely available. Not sure if that's the best link to getting it, and be careful that the download links don't in fact point to the updated (2008 ?) edition instead, though it's not the end of the world if you end up with the updated version. That's the only MS Compiler I use with 64-bit ActivePerl, though I think there are 64-bit versions of Visual Studio freely available. (I generally use mingw64 with 64-bit ActivePerl ... to each his own ;-) Cheers, Rob Update: Not so sure now that it is still freely available. On that webpage I see "This SDK is available as a low-cost CD". I think that wasn't there before - instead there was a "Continue" button that allowed one to proceed with the 2003 download.	[reply]
Re^2: 64bit compiler from MS by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 04, 2011 at 07:34 UTC
There doesn't seem to be any issue with installing multiple compilers and SDK, so I'll give it a whirl. Thanks!	[reply]
Re: 64bit compiler from MS by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 04, 2011 at 07:11 UTC
Aha! I had installed the Windows SDK that was suppose to include it. I thought it didn't work. It did work, it's just that it doesn't integrate into VC's `vcvarsall` as one would guess from the contents of that file. Instead, one uses `C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\SetEnv` [download] (Can be run via "Windows SDK 7.1 Command Prompt" in the Start menu.) Who would have thought that the release notes would be useful?! What a foreign concept. The next problem is that I'm getting `LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'bufferoverflowU.li +b'` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: 64bit compiler from MS by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 04, 2011 at 07:22 UTC
Seems bufferoverflowU doesn't exist anymore since it's included in the compiler. So I just removed both mentions of "bufferoverflowU.lib" from Config_heavy.pl. The only outstanding issue is the awful color to which SetEnv switches the console in order to indicate it's a compiler-ready shell.	[reply]
Re^2: 64bit compiler from MS by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 04, 2011 at 07:44 UTC
With the Platform SDK, I run: `C:\_64\Platform_SDK\SetEnv.cmd /XP64 /RETAIL` [download] I forget what, if anything, is achieved by those switches ... and I also don't know if that applies in any way to your Windows SDK. (I see you've fixed the bufferoverflowu.lib issue in the approved manner :-) Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: 64bit compiler from MS by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 04, 2011 at 07:51 UTC
With the Platform SDK, I run [...] /XP64 /RETAIL I think you mean /xp /x64 /retail It defaults to /win7 /x64 /debug (for me). /win7 should be fine since it's for local use only, but, but /retail is a good idea. (All options are listed by `setenv /?` from the aforementioned console.) (I see you've fixed the bufferoverflowu.lib issue in the approved manner :-) I hesitated, but creating a module that uses ExtUtils::FakeConfig to filter out the value felt like overkill :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: 64bit compiler from MS by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 04, 2011 at 08:47 UTC
Re^5: 64bit compiler from MS by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 04, 2011 at 16:47 UTC
Re^2: 64bit compiler from MS by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2011 at 08:32 UTC
Missing bufferoverflowU.lib	[reply]
Re: 64bit compiler from MS by Gulliver (Monk) on Mar 04, 2011 at 22:40 UTC
I wonder if you need to install the whole 1+ Gb? I have some 64bit machines behind a firewall and I don't want to transfer that much through ftp. Would be nice if I could just copy the compilier directories	[reply]