This is my first attempt to compile a module downloaded from the web. The instructions in the 'readme' file are:
Extract the archive. Then run the following commands. perl Makefile.PL make make install I didn't have make, so I installed a perl module called make, that runs pmake. Below are the results from my attempt. ############## C:\Temp\ARSperl-1.81>perl makefile.pl Building against perl 5.008001 Generating support.h file.. Processing AR_STRUCT_ITEM codes.. Processing AR_SERVER_STAT codes.. Processing AR_SCHEMA codes.. Processing AR_COM_PARM codes.. Processing AR_COM_METHOD codes.. Processing AR_ACTIVE_LINK_ACTION codes.. Processing AR_CHAR_MENU codes.. Processing AR_FILTER_ACTION codes.. Processing AR_MENU_REFRESH codes.. Processing AR_PERMISSIONS (Schema) codes.. Processing AR_PERMISSIONS (Field) codes.. Processing AR_DATA_TYPE codes.. Processing AR_BYTE_LIST codes.. Processing AR_NO_MATCH codes.. Processing AR_MULTI_MATCH codes.. Processing AR_RETURN codes.. Processing AR_FUNCTION codes.. Processing AR_KEYWORD codes.. Processing AR_SERVER_INFO codes.. Generating serverTypeInfoHints.h .. Converting C header files to perl modules .. Configuring with options: ARSVERSION = 4.52 ARSAPI = /remedy/api_folder/api AUTODEFINES = -D_WIN32 -DARS32 -DARS452 -DPERL_PATCHLEVEL_IS=8 -DPERL_SUBVERSION_IS=1 -DPERL_BASEREV_IS=50 Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lar Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lnsl Note (probably harmless): No library found for oldnames.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for kernel32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for user32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for gdi32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for winspool.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for comdlg32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for advapi32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for shell32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for ole32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for oleaut32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for netapi32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for uuid.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for wsock32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for mpr.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for winmm.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for version.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for odbc32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for odbccp32.lib Note (probably harmless): No library found for msvcrt.lib Writing Makefile for ARS === ARSperl 'make test' configuration. === Please enter the following information. This information will be recorded in ./t/config.cache If you want to skip the 'make test' step, just hit ENTER three times. You can configure it later by either re-running 'perl Makefile.PL' or by editting ./t/config.cache Fair warning: you probably don't want to run 'make test' against a production ARSystem server. Server Name []: mysever Admin Username []: Test Admin Password []: test Type 'make' (windows: 'nmake') to build ARSperl. Type 'make test' to test ARSperl before installing. Type 'make install' to install ARSperl. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Temp\ARSperl-1.81>pmake Reading C:/Perl/site/lib/Make.pm Reading C:\Temp\ARSperl-1.81\makefile Cannot recurse Make - no target C:\Perl\lib^ in C:/Temp/ARSperl-1.81 at C:/Perl/site/lib/Make.pm line 454. C:\Temp\ARSperl-1.81> ##################### Any ideas what the "Cannot recurse Make" error is for ? Am I doing this correctly ? Dale -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>