----- Original Message ----- From: "Veli-Pekka Tätilä" . . > > How difficult would it be to compile my own Perl using VC6 and include the > modules, too? I've only been installing Perl modules using PPM so far > although do know C. >
With either VC6.0, VC7.x or MinGW/dmake, building perl 5.8.8 is *very* easy. (It might also be just as easy with VC8 ... not sure.) Just follow the instructions in 'README.win32' in the perl source tarball. With VC compilers it's pretty much just a matter of: 1) unpack the perl5.8.8 source. 2) cd to the 'win32' folder 3) edit 'Makefile' so that 'INST_DRV' and 'INST_TOP' point to the location where you want perl to be installed. 4) run 'nmake' 5) check that all is ok by running 'nmake test' 6) run 'nmake install' That will give you an ActiveState-type build of perl. There are other changes you can make to the Makefile if you like (eg to disable multi-threading, or to build a debug version of perl) - the configurable section of that file is largely self-documenting. However, there's not necessarily much to gain by building your own perl (as opposed to installing AS perl) and there can even be some disadvantages - such as no PPM (though you can install an old version of PPM from CPAN), and none of the non-CORE modules that PPM uses. Cheers, Rob _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
