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1 If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
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2 see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is
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3 specially designed to be readable as is.
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5 =head1 NAME
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7 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
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9 =head1 SYNOPSIS
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11 These are instructions for building Perl under Windows 2000 and later.
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13 =head1 DESCRIPTION
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15 Before you start, you should glance through the README file
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16 found in the top-level directory to which the Perl distribution
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17 was extracted. Make sure you read and understand the terms under
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18 which this software is being distributed.
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20 Also make sure you read L<BUGS AND CAVEATS> below for the
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21 known limitations of this port.
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22
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23 The INSTALL file in the perl top-level has much information that is
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24 only relevant to people building Perl on Unix-like systems. In
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25 particular, you can safely ignore any information that talks about
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26 "Configure".
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27
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28 You may also want to look at one other option for building a perl that
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29 will work on Windows: the README.cygwin file, which give a different
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30 set of rules to build a perl for Windows. This method will probably
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31 enable you to build a more Unix-compatible perl, but you will also
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32 need to download and use various other build-time and run-time support
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33 software described in that file.
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34
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35 This set of instructions is meant to describe a so-called "native"
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36 port of Perl to the Windows platform. This includes both 32-bit and
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37 64-bit Windows operating systems. The resulting Perl requires no
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38 additional software to run (other than what came with your operating
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39 system). Currently, this port is capable of using one of the
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40 following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture:
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41
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42 Microsoft Visual C++ version 6.0 or later
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43 Intel C++ Compiler (experimental)
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44 Gcc by mingw.org gcc version 3.4.5 or later
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45 Gcc by mingw-w64.org gcc version 4.4.3 or later
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46
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47 Note that the last two of these are actually competing projects both
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48 delivering complete gcc toolchain for MS Windows:
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49
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50 =over 4
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51
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52 =item L<http://mingw.org>
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53
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54 Delivers gcc toolchain targeting 32-bit Windows platform.
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55
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56 =item L<http://mingw-w64.org>
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57
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58 Delivers gcc toolchain targeting both 64-bit Windows and 32-bit Windows
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59 platforms (despite the project name "mingw-w64" they are not only 64-bit
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60 oriented). They deliver the native gcc compilers and cross-compilers
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61 that are also supported by perl's makefile.
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62
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63 =back
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64
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65 The Microsoft Visual C++ compilers are also now being given away free. They are
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66 available as "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" or "Visual C++ 2005-2013 Express
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67 Edition" (and also as part of the ".NET Framework SDK") and are the same
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68 compilers that ship with "Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional" or "Visual C++
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69 2005-2013 Professional" respectively.
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70
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71 This port can also be built on IA64/AMD64 using:
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72
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73 Microsoft Platform SDK Nov 2001 (64-bit compiler and tools)
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74 MinGW64 compiler (gcc version 4.4.3 or later)
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75
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76 The Windows SDK can be downloaded from L<http://www.microsoft.com/>.
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77 The MinGW64 compiler is available at L<http://mingw-w64.org>.
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78 The latter is actually a cross-compiler targeting Win64. There's also a trimmed
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79 down compiler (no java, or gfortran) suitable for building perl available at:
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80 L<http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/64_gcctoolchain/>
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81
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82 NOTE: If you're using a 32-bit compiler to build perl on a 64-bit Windows
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83 operating system, then you should set the WIN64 environment variable to "undef".
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84 Also, the trimmed down compiler only passes tests when USE_ITHREADS *= define
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85 (as opposed to undef) and when the CFG *= Debug line is commented out.
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86
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87 This port fully supports MakeMaker (the set of modules that
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88 is used to build extensions to perl). Therefore, you should be
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89 able to build and install most extensions found in the CPAN sites.
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90 See L<Usage Hints for Perl on Windows> below for general hints about this.
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91
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92 =head2 Setting Up Perl on Windows
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93
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94 =over 4
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95
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96 =item Make
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97
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98 You need a "make" program to build the sources. If you are using
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99 Visual C++ or the Windows SDK tools, nmake will work. Builds using
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100 the gcc need dmake.
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101
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102 dmake is a freely available make that has very nice macro features
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103 and parallelability.
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104
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105 A port of dmake for Windows is available from:
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106
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107 L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/dmake/>
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108
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109 Fetch and install dmake somewhere on your path.
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110
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111 =item Command Shell
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112
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113 Use the default "cmd" shell that comes with Windows. Some versions of the
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114 popular 4DOS/NT shell have incompatibilities that may cause you trouble.
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115 If the build fails under that shell, try building again with the cmd
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116 shell.
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117
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118 Make sure the path to the build directory does not contain spaces. The
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119 build usually works in this circumstance, but some tests will fail.
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120
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121 =item Microsoft Visual C++
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122
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123 The nmake that comes with Visual C++ will suffice for building. Visual C
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125 sucessfully run. To make a console box be able to run the C compiler, you will
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127 x86-64 C<vcvarsall.bat x64> or C<vcvarsamd64.bat>. On a typical install of a
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128 Microsoft C compiler product, these batch files will already be in your C<PATH>
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129 environment variable so you may just type them without an absolute path into
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130 your console. If you need to find the absolute path to the batch file, it is
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131 usually found somewhere like C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin.
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132 With some newer Micrsoft C products (released after ~2004), the installer will
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133 put a shortcut in the start menu to launch a new console window with the
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134 console already set up for your target architecture (x86-32 or x86-64 or IA64).
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135 With the newer compilers, you may also use the older batch files if you choose
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136 so.
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139 you set OSRELEASE to "microsft" (or whatever the directory name
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140 under which the Visual C dmake configuration lives) in your environment
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141 and edit win32/config.vc to change "make=nmake" into "make=dmake". The
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142 latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default
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143 make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
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144
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147 These free versions of Visual C++ 2008-2013 Professional contain the same
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148 compilers and linkers that ship with the full versions, and also contain
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149 everything necessary to build Perl, rather than requiring a separate download
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150 of the Windows SDK like previous versions did.
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151
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152 These packages can be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at
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153 L<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en>. (Providing exact
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155 changing so often.)
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156
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157 Install Visual C++ 2008-2013 Express, then setup your environment using, e.g.
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158
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159 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat
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161 (assuming the default installation location was chosen).
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162
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163 Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that
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164 file to set CCTYPE to one of MSVC90FREE-MSVC120FREE first.
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167
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168 This free version of Visual C++ 2005 Professional contains the same compiler
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169 and linker that ship with the full version, but doesn't contain everything
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170 necessary to build Perl.
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171
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172 You will also need to download the "Windows SDK" (the "Core SDK" and "MDAC
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175 These packages can both be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at
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176 L<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en>. (Providing exact
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179
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180 Try to obtain the latest version of the Windows SDK. Sometimes these packages
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181 contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on
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182 other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK"
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185 Install Visual C++ 2005 first, then the Platform SDK. Setup your environment
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186 as follows (assuming default installation locations were chosen):
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187
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188 SET PlatformSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK
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189
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190 SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;%PlatformSDKDir%\Bin
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191
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192 SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE;%PlatformSDKDir%\include
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193
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194 SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;%PlatformSDKDir%\lib
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195
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196 SET LIBPATH=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
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198 (The PlatformSDKDir might need to be set differently depending on which version
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199 you are using. Earlier versions installed into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK",
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200 while the latest versions install into version-specific locations such as
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201 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2".)
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203 Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that
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204 file to set
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205
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206 CCTYPE = MSVC80FREE
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207
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208 and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above.
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209
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210 =item Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003
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211
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212 This free toolkit contains the same compiler and linker that ship with
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213 Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional, but doesn't contain everything
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214 necessary to build Perl.
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215
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216 You will also need to download the "Platform SDK" (the "Core SDK" and "MDAC
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217 SDK" components are required) for header files, libraries and rc.exe, and
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218 ".NET Framework SDK" for more libraries and nmake.exe. Note that the latter
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219 (which also includes the free compiler and linker) requires the ".NET
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220 Framework Redistributable" to be installed first. This can be downloaded and
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221 installed separately, but is included in the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" anyway.
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223 These packages can all be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at
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224 L<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en>. (Providing exact
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225 links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on
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228 Try to obtain the latest version of the Windows SDK. Sometimes these packages
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229 contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on
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230 other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK"
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233 Install the Toolkit first, then the Platform SDK, then the .NET Framework SDK.
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234 Setup your environment as follows (assuming default installation locations
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237 SET PlatformSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK
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239 SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin;%PlatformSDKDir%\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin
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241 SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\include;%PlatformSDKDir%\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include
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243 SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\lib;%PlatformSDKDir%\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib
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246 you are using. Earlier versions installed into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK",
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247 while the latest versions install into version-specific locations such as
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248 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2".)
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250 Several required files will still be missing:
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256 cvtres.exe is required by link.exe when using a .res file. It is actually
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257 installed by the .NET Framework SDK, but into a location such as the
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260 C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322
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262 Copy it from there to %PlatformSDKDir%\Bin
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266 lib.exe is normally used to build libraries, but link.exe with the /lib
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267 option also works, so change win32/config.vc to use it instead:
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269 Change the line reading:
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271 ar='lib'
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273 to:
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275 ar='link /lib'
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277 It may also be useful to create a batch file called lib.bat in
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278 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin containing:
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280 @echo off
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281 link /lib %*
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283 for the benefit of any naughty C extension modules that you might want to build
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284 later which explicitly reference "lib" rather than taking their value from
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285 $Config{ar}.
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287 =item *
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289 setargv.obj is required to build perlglob.exe (and perl.exe if the USE_SETARGV
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290 option is enabled). The Platform SDK supplies this object file in source form
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291 in %PlatformSDKDir%\src\crt. Copy setargv.c, cruntime.h and
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292 internal.h from there to some temporary location and build setargv.obj using
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294 cl.exe /c /I. /D_CRTBLD setargv.c
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295
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296 Then copy setargv.obj to %PlatformSDKDir%\lib
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298 Alternatively, if you don't need perlglob.exe and don't need to enable the
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299 USE_SETARGV option then you can safely just remove all mention of $(GLOBEXE)
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300 from win32/Makefile and setargv.obj won't be required anyway.
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304 Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that
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305 file to set
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307 CCTYPE = MSVC70FREE
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309 and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above.
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311 =item Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler
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313 The nmake that comes with the Platform SDK will suffice for building
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314 Perl. Make sure you are building within one of the "Build Environment"
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315 shells available after you install the Platform SDK from the Start Menu.
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317 =item MinGW release 3 with gcc
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319 Perl can be compiled with gcc from MinGW release 3 and later (using gcc 3.4.5
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320 and later). It can be downloaded here:
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321
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322 L<http://www.mingw.org/>
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323
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324 You also need dmake. See L</"Make"> above on how to get it.
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325
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326 =item Intel C++ Compiler
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327
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328 Experimental support for using Intel C++ Compiler has been added. Edit
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329 win32/Makefile and pick the correct CCTYPE for the Visual C that Intel C was
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330 installed into. Also uncomment __ICC to enable Intel C on Visual C support.
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331 To set up the build enviroment, from the Start Menu run
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332 IA-32 Visual Studio 20__ mode or Intel 64 Visual Studio 20__ mode as
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333 appropriate. Then run nmake as usually in that prompt box.
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334
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335 Only Intel C++ Compiler v12.1 has been tested. Other versions probably will
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336 work. Using Intel C++ Compiler instead of Visual C has the benefit of C99
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337 compatibility which is needed by some CPAN XS modules, while maintaining
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338 compatibility with Visual C object code and Visual C debugging infrastructure
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339 unlike GCC.
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341 =back
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342
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343 =head2 Building
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344
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345 =over 4
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347 =item *
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349 Make sure you are in the "win32" subdirectory under the perl toplevel.
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350 This directory contains a "Makefile" that will work with
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351 versions of nmake that come with Visual C++ or the Windows SDK, and
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352 a dmake "makefile.mk" that will work for all supported compilers. The
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353 defaults in the dmake makefile are setup to build using MinGW/gcc.
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355 =item *
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357 Edit the makefile.mk (or Makefile, if you're using nmake) and change
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358 the values of INST_DRV and INST_TOP. You can also enable various
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359 build flags. These are explained in the makefiles.
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361 Note that it is generally not a good idea to try to build a perl with
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362 INST_DRV and INST_TOP set to a path that already exists from a previous
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363 build. In particular, this may cause problems with the
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364 lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t test, which attempts to build a test program and
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365 may end up building against the installed perl's lib/CORE directory rather
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366 than the one being tested.
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368 You will have to make sure that CCTYPE is set correctly and that
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369 CCHOME points to wherever you installed your compiler.
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372 mingw-w64.org you'll need to uncomment the line that sets
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373 GCCCROSS in the makefile.mk. Do this only if it's the cross-compiler - ie
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374 only if the bin folder doesn't contain a gcc.exe. (The cross-compiler
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376 executables are prefixed with 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-'.)
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378 The default value for CCHOME in the makefiles for Visual C++
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379 may not be correct for some versions. Make sure the default exists
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380 and is valid.
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381
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382 You may also need to comment out the C<DELAYLOAD = ...> line in the
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383 Makefile if you're using VC++ 6.0 without the latest service pack and
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384 the linker reports an internal error.
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385
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386 If you want build some core extensions statically into perl's dll, specify
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387 them in the STATIC_EXT macro.
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388
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389 NOTE: The USE_64_BIT_INT build option is not supported with the 32-bit
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390 Visual C++ 6.0 compiler.
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391
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392 Be sure to read the instructions near the top of the makefiles carefully.
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393
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394 =item *
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396 Type "dmake" (or "nmake" if you are using that make).
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397
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398 This should build everything. Specifically, it will create perl.exe,
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399 perl522.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
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400 under the lib\auto directory. If the build fails for any reason, make
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401 sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
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403 If you are advanced enough with building C code, here is a suggestion to speed
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404 up building perl, and the later C<make test>. Try to keep your PATH enviromental
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405 variable with the least number of folders possible (remember to keep your C
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406 compiler's folders there). C<C:\WINDOWS\system32> or C<C:\WINNT\system32>
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407 depending on your OS version should be first folder in PATH, since "cmd.exe"
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408 is the most commonly launched program during the build and later testing.
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412 =head2 Testing Perl on Windows
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413
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414 Type "dmake test" (or "nmake test"). This will run most of the tests from
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415 the testsuite (many tests will be skipped).
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417 There should be no test failures.
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419 If you build with Visual C++ 2013 then three tests currently may fail with
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420 Daylight Saving Time related problems: F<t/io/fs.t>,
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421 F<cpan/HTTP-Tiny/t/110_mirror.t> and F<lib/File.Copy.t>. The failures are
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422 caused by bugs in the CRT in VC++ 2013 which will be fixed in future releases
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423 of VC++, as explained by Microsoft here:
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424 L<https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/811534/utime-sometimes-fails-to-set-the-correct-file-times-in-visual-c-2013>. In the meantime,
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425 if you need fixed C<stat> and C<utime> functions then have a look at the
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426 CPAN distribution Win32::UTCFileTime.
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428 If you build with certain versions (e.g. 4.8.1) of gcc from www.mingw.org then
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429 F<ext/POSIX/t/time.t> may fail test 17 due to a known bug in those gcc builds:
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430 see L<http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/bugs/2152/>.
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432 Some test failures may occur if you use a command shell other than the
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433 native "cmd.exe", or if you are building from a path that contains
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434 spaces. So don't do that.
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435
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436 If you are running the tests from a emacs shell window, you may see
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437 failures in op/stat.t. Run "dmake test-notty" in that case.
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439 Furthermore, you should make sure that during C<make test> you do not
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440 have any GNU tool packages in your path: some toolkits like Unixutils
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441 include some tools (C<type> for instance) which override the Windows
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442 ones and makes tests fail. Remove them from your path while testing to
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443 avoid these errors.
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444
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445 Please report any other failures as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
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447 =head2 Installation of Perl on Windows
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448
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449 Type "dmake install" (or "nmake install"). This will put the newly
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450 built perl and the libraries under whatever C<INST_TOP> points to in the
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451 Makefile. It will also install the pod documentation under
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452 C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\lib\pod> and HTML versions of the same under
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453 C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\lib\pod\html>.
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455 To use the Perl you just installed you will need to add a new entry to
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456 your PATH environment variable: C<$INST_TOP\bin>, e.g.
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457
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458 set PATH=c:\perl\bin;%PATH%
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459
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460 If you opted to uncomment C<INST_VER> and C<INST_ARCH> in the makefile
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461 then the installation structure is a little more complicated and you will
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462 need to add two new PATH components instead: C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\bin> and
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463 C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\bin\$ARCHNAME>, e.g.
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464
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465 set PATH=c:\perl\5.6.0\bin;c:\perl\5.6.0\bin\MSWin32-x86;%PATH%
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466
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467 =head2 Usage Hints for Perl on Windows
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468
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469 =over 4
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470
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471 =item Environment Variables
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472
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473 The installation paths that you set during the build get compiled
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474 into perl, so you don't have to do anything additional to start
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475 using that perl (except add its location to your PATH variable).
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477 If you put extensions in unusual places, you can set PERL5LIB
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478 to a list of paths separated by semicolons where you want perl
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479 to look for libraries. Look for descriptions of other environment
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480 variables you can set in L<perlrun>.
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481
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482 You can also control the shell that perl uses to run system() and
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483 backtick commands via PERL5SHELL. See L<perlrun>.
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484
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485 Perl does not depend on the registry, but it can look up certain default
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486 values if you choose to put them there. Perl attempts to read entries from
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487 C<HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Perl> and C<HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perl>.
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488 Entries in the former override entries in the latter. One or more of the
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489 following entries (of type REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ) may be set:
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492 lib standard library path to add to @INC
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493 sitelib-$] version-specific site library path to add to @INC
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494 sitelib site library path to add to @INC
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495 vendorlib-$] version-specific vendor library path to add to @INC
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496 vendorlib vendor library path to add to @INC
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497 PERL* fallback for all %ENV lookups that begin with "PERL"
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498
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499 Note the C<$]> in the above is not literal. Substitute whatever version
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500 of perl you want to honor that entry, e.g. C<5.6.0>. Paths must be
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501 separated with semicolons, as usual on Windows.
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502
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503 =item File Globbing
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504
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505 By default, perl handles file globbing using the File::Glob extension,
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506 which provides portable globbing.
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507
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508 If you want perl to use globbing that emulates the quirks of DOS
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509 filename conventions, you might want to consider using File::DosGlob
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510 to override the internal glob() implementation. See L<File::DosGlob> for
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511 details.
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512
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513 =item Using perl from the command line
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514
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515 If you are accustomed to using perl from various command-line
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516 shells found in UNIX environments, you will be less than pleased
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517 with what Windows offers by way of a command shell.
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518
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519 The crucial thing to understand about the Windows environment is that
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520 the command line you type in is processed twice before Perl sees it.
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521 First, your command shell (usually CMD.EXE) preprocesses the command
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522 line, to handle redirection, environment variable expansion, and
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523 location of the executable to run. Then, the perl executable splits
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524 the remaining command line into individual arguments, using the
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525 C runtime library upon which Perl was built.
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526
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527 It is particularly important to note that neither the shell nor the C
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528 runtime do any wildcard expansions of command-line arguments (so
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529 wildcards need not be quoted). Also, the quoting behaviours of the
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530 shell and the C runtime are rudimentary at best (and may, if you are
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531 using a non-standard shell, be inconsistent). The only (useful) quote
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532 character is the double quote ("). It can be used to protect spaces
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533 and other special characters in arguments.
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534
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535 The Windows documentation describes the shell parsing rules here:
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536 L<http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/cmd.mspx?mfr=true>
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537 and the C runtime parsing rules here:
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538 L<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/17w5ykft%28v=VS.100%29.aspx>.
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539
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540 Here are some further observations based on experiments: The C runtime
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541 breaks arguments at spaces and passes them to programs in argc/argv.
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542 Double quotes can be used to prevent arguments with spaces in them from
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543 being split up. You can put a double quote in an argument by escaping
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544 it with a backslash and enclosing the whole argument within double quotes.
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545 The backslash and the pair of double quotes surrounding the argument will
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546 be stripped by the C runtime.
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547
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548 The file redirection characters "E<lt>", "E<gt>", and "|" can be quoted by
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549 double quotes (although there are suggestions that this may not always
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550 be true). Single quotes are not treated as quotes by the shell or
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551 the C runtime, they don't get stripped by the shell (just to make
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552 this type of quoting completely useless). The caret "^" has also
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553 been observed to behave as a quoting character, but this appears
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554 to be a shell feature, and the caret is not stripped from the command
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555 line, so Perl still sees it (and the C runtime phase does not treat
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556 the caret as a quote character).
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557
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558 Here are some examples of usage of the "cmd" shell:
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559
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560 This prints two doublequotes:
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561
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562 perl -e "print '\"\"' "
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563
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564 This does the same:
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565
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566 perl -e "print \"\\\"\\\"\" "
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567
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568 This prints "bar" and writes "foo" to the file "blurch":
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569
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570 perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" > blurch
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571
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572 This prints "foo" ("bar" disappears into nowhereland):
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573
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574 perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2> nul
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575
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576 This prints "bar" and writes "foo" into the file "blurch":
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577
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578 perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 1> blurch
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579
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580 This pipes "foo" to the "less" pager and prints "bar" on the console:
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581
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582 perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" | less
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583
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584 This pipes "foo\nbar\n" to the less pager:
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585
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586 perl -le "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2>&1 | less
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587
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588 This pipes "foo" to the pager and writes "bar" in the file "blurch":
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589
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590 perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2> blurch | less
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591
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592
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593 Discovering the usefulness of the "command.com" shell on Windows 9x
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594 is left as an exercise to the reader :)
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595
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596 One particularly pernicious problem with the 4NT command shell for
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597 Windows is that it (nearly) always treats a % character as indicating
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598 that environment variable expansion is needed. Under this shell, it is
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599 therefore important to always double any % characters which you want
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600 Perl to see (for example, for hash variables), even when they are
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601 quoted.
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602
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603 =item Building Extensions
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604
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605 The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) offers a wealth
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606 of extensions, some of which require a C compiler to build.
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607 Look in L<http://www.cpan.org/> for more information on CPAN.
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608
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609 Note that not all of the extensions available from CPAN may work
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610 in the Windows environment; you should check the information at
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611 L<http://www.cpantesters.org/> before investing too much effort into
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612 porting modules that don't readily build.
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613
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615 be built, tested and installed with the standard mantra:
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617 perl Makefile.PL
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618 $MAKE
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619 $MAKE test
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620 $MAKE install
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621
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622 where $MAKE is whatever 'make' program you have configured perl to
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623 use. Use "perl -V:make" to find out what this is. Some extensions
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624 may not provide a testsuite (so "$MAKE test" may not do anything or
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625 fail), but most serious ones do.
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626
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627 It is important that you use a supported 'make' program, and
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628 ensure Config.pm knows about it. If you don't have nmake, you can
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629 either get dmake from the location mentioned earlier or get an
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630 old version of nmake reportedly available from:
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631
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632 L<http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/nmake15.exe>
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633
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634 Another option is to use the make written in Perl, available from
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635 CPAN.
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636
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637 L<http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Make/>
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638
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639 You may also use dmake. See L</"Make"> above on how to get it.
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640
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641 Note that MakeMaker actually emits makefiles with different syntax
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642 depending on what 'make' it thinks you are using. Therefore, it is
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643 important that one of the following values appears in Config.pm:
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644
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645 make='nmake' # MakeMaker emits nmake syntax
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646 make='dmake' # MakeMaker emits dmake syntax
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647 any other value # MakeMaker emits generic make syntax
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648 (e.g GNU make, or Perl make)
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649
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650 If the value doesn't match the 'make' program you want to use,
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651 edit Config.pm to fix it.
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652
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653 If a module implements XSUBs, you will need one of the supported
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654 C compilers. You must make sure you have set up the environment for
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655 the compiler for command-line compilation before running C<perl Makefile.PL>
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656 or any invocation of make.
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657
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658 If a module does not build for some reason, look carefully for
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659 why it failed, and report problems to the module author. If
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660 it looks like the extension building support is at fault, report
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661 that with full details of how the build failed using the perlbug
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662 utility.
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663
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664 =item Command-line Wildcard Expansion
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665
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666 The default command shells on DOS descendant operating systems (such
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667 as they are) usually do not expand wildcard arguments supplied to
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668 programs. They consider it the application's job to handle that.
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669 This is commonly achieved by linking the application (in our case,
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670 perl) with startup code that the C runtime libraries usually provide.
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671 However, doing that results in incompatible perl versions (since the
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672 behavior of the argv expansion code differs depending on the
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673 compiler, and it is even buggy on some compilers). Besides, it may
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674 be a source of frustration if you use such a perl binary with an
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675 alternate shell that *does* expand wildcards.
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676
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677 Instead, the following solution works rather well. The nice things
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678 about it are 1) you can start using it right away; 2) it is more
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679 powerful, because it will do the right thing with a pattern like
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680 */*/*.c; 3) you can decide whether you do/don't want to use it; and
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681 4) you can extend the method to add any customizations (or even
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682 entirely different kinds of wildcard expansion).
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683
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684 C:\> copy con c:\perl\lib\Wild.pm
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685 # Wild.pm - emulate shell @ARGV expansion on shells that don't
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686 use File::DosGlob;
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687 @ARGV = map {
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688 my @g = File::DosGlob::glob($_) if /[*?]/;
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689 @g ? @g : $_;
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690 } @ARGV;
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691 1;
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692 ^Z
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693 C:\> set PERL5OPT=-MWild
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694 C:\> perl -le "for (@ARGV) { print }" */*/perl*.c
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695 p4view/perl/perl.c
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696 p4view/perl/perlio.c
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697 p4view/perl/perly.c
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698 perl5.005/win32/perlglob.c
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699 perl5.005/win32/perllib.c
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700 perl5.005/win32/perlglob.c
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701 perl5.005/win32/perllib.c
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702 perl5.005/win32/perlglob.c
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703 perl5.005/win32/perllib.c
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705 Note there are two distinct steps there: 1) You'll have to create
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706 Wild.pm and put it in your perl lib directory. 2) You'll need to
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707 set the PERL5OPT environment variable. If you want argv expansion
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708 to be the default, just set PERL5OPT in your default startup
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709 environment.
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710
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711 If you are using the Visual C compiler, you can get the C runtime's
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712 command line wildcard expansion built into perl binary. The resulting
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713 binary will always expand unquoted command lines, which may not be
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714 what you want if you use a shell that does that for you. The expansion
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715 done is also somewhat less powerful than the approach suggested above.
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716
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717 =item Notes on 64-bit Windows
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718
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719 Windows .NET Server supports the LLP64 data model on the Intel Itanium
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720 architecture.
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721
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722 The LLP64 data model is different from the LP64 data model that is the
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723 norm on 64-bit Unix platforms. In the former, C<int> and C<long> are
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724 both 32-bit data types, while pointers are 64 bits wide. In addition,
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725 there is a separate 64-bit wide integral type, C<__int64>. In contrast,
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726 the LP64 data model that is pervasive on Unix platforms provides C<int>
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727 as the 32-bit type, while both the C<long> type and pointers are of
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728 64-bit precision. Note that both models provide for 64-bits of
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729 addressability.
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730
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731 64-bit Windows running on Itanium is capable of running 32-bit x86
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732 binaries transparently. This means that you could use a 32-bit build
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733 of Perl on a 64-bit system. Given this, why would one want to build
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734 a 64-bit build of Perl? Here are some reasons why you would bother:
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736 =over
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738 =item *
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739
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740 A 64-bit native application will run much more efficiently on
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741 Itanium hardware.
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742
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743 =item *
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744
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745 There is no 2GB limit on process size.
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746
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747 =item *
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748
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749 Perl automatically provides large file support when built under
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750 64-bit Windows.
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751
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752 =item *
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753
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754 Embedding Perl inside a 64-bit application.
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755
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756 =back
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757
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758 =back
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759
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760 =head2 Running Perl Scripts
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761
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762 Perl scripts on UNIX use the "#!" (a.k.a "shebang") line to
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763 indicate to the OS that it should execute the file using perl.
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764 Windows has no comparable means to indicate arbitrary files are
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765 executables.
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766
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767 Instead, all available methods to execute plain text files on
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768 Windows rely on the file "extension". There are three methods
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769 to use this to execute perl scripts:
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770
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771 =over 8
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772
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773 =item 1
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774
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775 There is a facility called "file extension associations". This can be
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776 manipulated via the two commands "assoc" and "ftype" that come
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777 standard with Windows. Type "ftype /?" for a complete example of how
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778 to set this up for perl scripts (Say what? You thought Windows
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779 wasn't perl-ready? :).
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780
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781 =item 2
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782
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783 Since file associations don't work everywhere, and there are
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784 reportedly bugs with file associations where it does work, the
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785 old method of wrapping the perl script to make it look like a
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786 regular batch file to the OS, may be used. The install process
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787 makes available the "pl2bat.bat" script which can be used to wrap
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788 perl scripts into batch files. For example:
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789
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790 pl2bat foo.pl
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791
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792 will create the file "FOO.BAT". Note "pl2bat" strips any
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793 .pl suffix and adds a .bat suffix to the generated file.
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794
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795 If you use the 4DOS/NT or similar command shell, note that
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796 "pl2bat" uses the "%*" variable in the generated batch file to
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797 refer to all the command line arguments, so you may need to make
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798 sure that construct works in batch files. As of this writing,
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799 4DOS/NT users will need a "ParameterChar = *" statement in their
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800 4NT.INI file or will need to execute "setdos /p*" in the 4DOS/NT
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801 startup file to enable this to work.
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802
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803 =item 3
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804
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805 Using "pl2bat" has a few problems: the file name gets changed,
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806 so scripts that rely on C<$0> to find what they must do may not
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807 run properly; running "pl2bat" replicates the contents of the
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808 original script, and so this process can be maintenance intensive
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809 if the originals get updated often. A different approach that
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810 avoids both problems is possible.
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811
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812 A script called "runperl.bat" is available that can be copied
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813 to any filename (along with the .bat suffix). For example,
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814 if you call it "foo.bat", it will run the file "foo" when it is
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815 executed. Since you can run batch files on Windows platforms simply
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816 by typing the name (without the extension), this effectively
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817 runs the file "foo", when you type either "foo" or "foo.bat".
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818 With this method, "foo.bat" can even be in a different location
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819 than the file "foo", as long as "foo" is available somewhere on
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820 the PATH. If your scripts are on a filesystem that allows symbolic
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821 links, you can even avoid copying "runperl.bat".
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822
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823 Here's a diversion: copy "runperl.bat" to "runperl", and type
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824 "runperl". Explain the observed behavior, or lack thereof. :)
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825 Hint: .gnidnats llits er'uoy fi ,"lrepnur" eteled :tniH
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826
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827 =back
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828
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829 =head2 Miscellaneous Things
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830
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831 A full set of HTML documentation is installed, so you should be
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832 able to use it if you have a web browser installed on your
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833 system.
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834
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835 C<perldoc> is also a useful tool for browsing information contained
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836 in the documentation, especially in conjunction with a pager
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837 like C<less> (recent versions of which have Windows support). You may
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838 have to set the PAGER environment variable to use a specific pager.
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839 "perldoc -f foo" will print information about the perl operator
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840 "foo".
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841
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842 One common mistake when using this port with a GUI library like C<Tk>
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843 is assuming that Perl's normal behavior of opening a command-line
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844 window will go away. This isn't the case. If you want to start a copy
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845 of C<perl> without opening a command-line window, use the C<wperl>
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846 executable built during the installation process. Usage is exactly
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847 the same as normal C<perl> on Windows, except that options like C<-h>
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848 don't work (since they need a command-line window to print to).
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849
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850 If you find bugs in perl, you can run C<perlbug> to create a
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851 bug report (you may have to send it manually if C<perlbug> cannot
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852 find a mailer on your system).
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853
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854 =head1 BUGS AND CAVEATS
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855
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856 Norton AntiVirus interferes with the build process, particularly if
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857 set to "AutoProtect, All Files, when Opened". Unlike large applications
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858 the perl build process opens and modifies a lot of files. Having the
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859 the AntiVirus scan each and every one slows build the process significantly.
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860 Worse, with PERLIO=stdio the build process fails with peculiar messages
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861 as the virus checker interacts badly with miniperl.exe writing configure
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862 files (it seems to either catch file part written and treat it as suspicious,
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863 or virus checker may have it "locked" in a way which inhibits miniperl
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864 updating it). The build does complete with
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865
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866 set PERLIO=perlio
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867
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868 but that may be just luck. Other AntiVirus software may have similar issues.
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869
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870 A git GUI shell extension for Windows such as TortoiseGit will cause the build
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871 and later C<make test> to run much slower since every file is checked for its
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872 git status as soon as it is created and/or modified. TortoiseGit doesn't cause
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873 any test failures or build problems unlike the antivirus software described
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874 above, but it does cause similar slowness. It is suggested to use Task Manager
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875 to look for background processes which use high CPU amounts during the building
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876 process.
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877
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878 Some of the built-in functions do not act exactly as documented in
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879 L<perlfunc>, and a few are not implemented at all. To avoid
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880 surprises, particularly if you have had prior exposure to Perl
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881 in other operating environments or if you intend to write code
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882 that will be portable to other environments, see L<perlport>
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883 for a reasonably definitive list of these differences.
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884
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885 Not all extensions available from CPAN may build or work properly
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886 in the Windows environment. See L</"Building Extensions">.
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887
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888 Most C<socket()> related calls are supported, but they may not
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889 behave as on Unix platforms. See L<perlport> for the full list.
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890
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891 Signal handling may not behave as on Unix platforms (where it
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892 doesn't exactly "behave", either :). For instance, calling C<die()>
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893 or C<exit()> from signal handlers will cause an exception, since most
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894 implementations of C<signal()> on Windows are severely crippled.
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895 Thus, signals may work only for simple things like setting a flag
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896 variable in the handler. Using signals under this port should
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897 currently be considered unsupported.
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898
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899 Please send detailed descriptions of any problems and solutions that
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900 you may find to E<lt>F<perlbug@perl.org>E<gt>, along with the output
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901 produced by C<perl -V>.
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902
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903 =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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904
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905 The use of a camel with the topic of Perl is a trademark
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906 of O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. Used with permission.
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907
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908 =head1 AUTHORS
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909
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910 =over 4
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911
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912 =item Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>
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913
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914 =item Gurusamy Sarathy E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>
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915
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916 =item Nick Ing-Simmons E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
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917
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918 =item Jan Dubois E<lt>jand@activestate.comE<gt>
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919
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920 =item Steve Hay E<lt>steve.m.hay@googlemail.comE<gt>
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921
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922 =back
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923
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924 This document is maintained by Jan Dubois.
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925
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926 =head1 SEE ALSO
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927
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928 L<perl>
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929
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930 =head1 HISTORY
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931
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932 This port was originally contributed by Gary Ng around 5.003_24,
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933 and borrowed from the Hip Communications port that was available
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934 at the time. Various people have made numerous and sundry hacks
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935 since then.
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936
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937 GCC/mingw32 support was added in 5.005 (Nick Ing-Simmons).
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938
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939 Support for PERL_OBJECT was added in 5.005 (ActiveState Tool Corp).
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940
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941 Support for fork() emulation was added in 5.6 (ActiveState Tool Corp).
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942
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943 Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl).
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944
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945 Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
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946
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947 Last updated: 07 October 2014
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948
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949 =cut