I just always use non-Cygwin tools first before Cygwin ports. Thus, for Perl, I use the ActiveState Perl in my path ahead of the Cygwin perl. I also do the same for other things like Apache.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of linda w > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cygwin port of Perl broken on Win32? Or does Cygwin > not run on win32? > > > I was told this is a problem specific to Cygwin -- that > Cygwin believes it isn't runing on a Win platform. Is this > true? I knowt he goal is to > provide > posix compatibility, but that doesn't mean it has to strive > for windows incompatibility unless it breaks posix > compatibility ...no? yes? maybe? > > -linda > > linda w wrote: > > > I'm trying to run a program that needs Registry.pm. I > pull it down > > as part of Win32::Registry, but when I try to 'make' it, it fails: > > > > ... > > Writing Makefile for Win32::ODBC > > Checking if your kit is complete... > > Looks good > > Processing hints file hints/cygwin.pl > > Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lole32 > > Note (probably harmless): No library found for -loleaut32 Note > > (probably harmless): No library found for -luuid Note (probably > > harmless): No library found for -lmsvcrt40 Writing Makefile for > > Win32::OLE Checking if your kit is complete... > > Looks good > > Writing Makefile for Win32::PerfLib > > Checking if your kit is complete... > > Looks good > > Writing Makefile for Win32::Pipe > > ERROR from evaluation of > > //ishtar/share/CPAN/build-win/libwin32-0.191/Process/Ma > > kefile.PL: Undefined subroutine &Win32::IsWinNT called at > > ./Makefile.PL line 4. > > > > Anyone have any ideas on why this is breaking or how to make this > > work? Is > > it something broken in the cygwin "port", of perl, on Win32? > > > > Thanks! > > Linda W. > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
