On Mon, 16 May 2005, Foo Ji-Haw wrote: > Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I have tried to compile mod_perl 2.0.0-DEV under Windows > >2000, using Visual Studio 6. I have done: > > > >>perl Makefile.pl > >>nmake > >>nmake test > > > >The result was: > > > >Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- > >t\api\access2.t 6 3 50.00% 2 5-6 > >8 tests and 24 subtests skipped. > > > Why don't you simply install precompiled mp2 via PPM? It's > a lot faster and requires less of you.
That's very true about ppm being faster, and requiring less effort. Also, for those without a C compiler, it may be the only way to use such packages. However, if one does have a C compiler (compatible with the one used to compile Perl and Apache), as a matter of principle, it's probably better to compile things yourself, just so as to be sure of binary compatibility. Also, though, from a mod_perl development perspective, there's only a handful of people who regularly build and test mod_perl on Windows. The more there are, the easier and faster it will be to pick up and resolve bugs. For example, I didn't get the above failure, but Teddy did - it's certainly worth tracking down the difference. -- best regards, randy
