On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Juergen Boemmels wrote:
> Pete Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> > I've only just installed perl. Running Configure.pl on a windows box,
> > I got 'bad command or file name' because line 12 of
> > config\init\hints.pl is:
> > my $hints = "config/init/hints/" . lc($^O) . ".pl";
> > I had to change it to:
> > my $hints = "perl config/init/hints/" . lc($^O) . ".pl";
> >
> > I'll carry on editing lines by hand, just though I should mention it.
>
> This is very strange. Last time I tested it Configure.pl runs under
> windows without any changes.
And for me as well, though it's been a little while.
FWIW, with these changes rather than using the literal "perl" use $^X
instead. That picks up the perl being used rather than whatever comes
first in the search path, which may not be the perl being used for
configure.
Dan
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