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UPDATE: Thank you all, I was able to compile, and will send this thread to the author as a bug report

Hi All,
Trying to use Archive::Zip on windows 7 using strawbery perl.
Archive::Zip installs just fine and seems to run just fine creating a zip file. Unfortunately, the created file in not compressed and seems to have other issues.
Thanks in advance! 

cpan> install Compress::Raw::Zlib
Database was generated on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:52:46 GMT
Running install for module 'Compress::Raw::Zlib'
Running make for P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.050.tar.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-
+2.050.tar.gz
Checksum for C:\Strawberry\cpan\sources\authors\id\P\PM\PMQS\Compress-
+Raw-Zlib-2.050.tar.gz ok
Scanning cache C:\Strawberry\cpan\build for sizes
......................................................................
+......DONE

  CPAN.pm: Going to build P/PM/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.050.tar.gz

Parsing config.in...
Building Zlib enabled
Auto Detect Gzip OS Code..
Setting Gzip OS Code to 14 [VFAT file system (Win95, NT)]
Looks Good.
Up/Downgrade not needed.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Compress::Raw::Zlib
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
cp lib/Compress/Raw/Zlib.pm blib\lib\Compress\Raw\Zlib.pm
AutoSplitting blib\lib\Compress\Raw\Zlib.pm (blib\lib\auto\Compress\Ra
+w\Zlib)
C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe C:\strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp
+  -typemap C:\Strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap
 -typemap typemap  Zlib.xs > Zlib.xsc && C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.e
+xe -MExtUtils::Command -e mv -- Zlib.xsc Zlib.c
gcc -c  -I./zlib-src    -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUS
+TOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
 -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -s -O2     
+    -DVERSION=\"2.050\"   -DXS_VERSION=\"2.050\"
"-IC:\Strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"  -DNO_VIZ -DZ_SOLO   -DGZIP_OS_CODE=14
+ -DUSE_PPPORT_H Zlib.c
gcc -c  -I./zlib-src    -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUS
+TOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
 -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -s -O2     
+    -DVERSION=\"2.050\"   -DXS_VERSION=\"2.050\"
"-IC:\Strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"  -DNO_VIZ -DZ_SOLO   -DGZIP_OS_CODE=14
+ -DUSE_PPPORT_H adler32.c
adler32.c:12: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before '
+__int64'
adler32.c: In function 'adler32_combine_':
adler32.c:139: error: expected declaration specifiers before '__int64'
adler32.c:140: error: number of arguments doesn't match prototype
adler32.c:12: error: prototype declaration
adler32.c: In function 'adler32_combine':
adler32.c:170: error: too many arguments to function 'adler32_combine_
+'
adler32.c: In function 'adler32_combine64':
adler32.c:176: error: expected declaration specifiers before '__int64'
adler32.c:178: error: too many arguments to function 'adler32_combine_
+'
dmake.EXE:  Error code 129, while making 'adler32.o'
  PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.050.tar.gz
  C:\Strawberry\c\bin\dmake.EXE -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.050.tar.gz          : make NO

cpan>

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PS C:\strawberry\cpan\build\Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.049-U9YT3Z> perl -v

This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 3 (v5.12.3) built for MSWin32-x
+86-multi-thread

Copyright 1987-2010, 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.

PS C:\strawberry\cpan\build\Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.049-U9YT3Z>

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Re: install of Compress::Raw::Zlib on windows7 strawbery perl
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 22, 2012 at 03:30 UTC 
    gcc -c  -I./zlib-src ... adler32.c
 adler32.c:12: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 
+'__int64'

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    __int64 is the MSVC extension typespecifier for 64-bit integers, otherwise known by the (rather daft) nomenclature: long long

    The code is (wrongly) using the compiler-predefined #define, _WIN32 to imply MSVC:

    #if !defined(_WIN32) && (defined(_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE) && _LFS64_LARGEF
+ILE-0)
#  define z_off64_t off64_t
#else
#  if defined(_WIN32)
#    define z_off64_t __int64
#  else
#  define z_off64_t z_off_t
#endif
#endif

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    Which falls in a heap when you are uing gcc under windows.

    A (minimal) fix would be to change that to be:

    #if !defined(_WIN32) && (defined(_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE) && _LFS64_LARGEF
+ILE-0)
#  define z_off64_t off64_t
#else
#  if defined(_MSC_VER)              ### this line changed.
#    define z_off64_t __int64
#  else
#  define z_off64_t z_off_t
#endif
#endif

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    You might also like to feed that back to the author.

    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

    The start of some sanity?
[reply]
[d/l]
[select]

      Thanks BrowerUk,

      That worked, well at least to the next error :). 

      PS C:\strawberry\cpan\build\Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.050-j5KdF2>  C:\Strawb
+erry\c\bin\dmake.EXE
gcc -c  -I./zlib-src    -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUS
+TOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
 -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -s -O2     
+    -DVERSION=\"2.050\"   -DXS_VERSION=\"2.050\"
"-IC:\Strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"  -DNO_VIZ -DZ_SOLO   -DGZIP_OS_CODE=14
+ -DUSE_PPPORT_H adler32.c
gcc -c  -I./zlib-src    -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUS
+TOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
 -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -s -O2     
+    -DVERSION=\"2.050\"   -DXS_VERSION=\"2.050\"
"-IC:\Strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"  -DNO_VIZ -DZ_SOLO   -DGZIP_OS_CODE=14
+ -DUSE_PPPORT_H crc32.c
In file included from c:\strawberry\c\bin\../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/
+4.4.3/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/include/limits.
h:6,
                 from c:\strawberry\c\bin\../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/
+4.4.3/include-fixed/limits.h:122,
                 from c:\strawberry\c\bin\../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/
+4.4.3/include-fixed/syslimits.h:7,
                 from c:\strawberry\c\bin\../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/
+4.4.3/include-fixed/limits.h:11,
                 from crc32.c:38:
c:\strawberry\c\bin\../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.4.3/../../../../i686
+-w64-mingw32/include/_mingw.h:343: error: conflict
ing types for 'ptrdiff_t'
./zlib-src/zutil.h:33: note: previous declaration of 'ptrdiff_t' was h
+ere
dmake.EXE:  Error code 129, while making 'crc32.o'
PS C:\strawberry\cpan\build\Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.050-j5KdF2>

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[reply]
[d/l]

        Try commenting out the following lines at zutil.h:31 

        #ifdef Z_SOLO
   typedef long ptrdiff_t;  /* guess -- will be caught if guess is wro
+ng */
#endif

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        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

        The start of some sanity?
[reply]
[d/l]
Re: install of Compress::Raw::Zlib on windows7 strawbery perl
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Feb 22, 2012 at 05:09 UTC
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