I can not get a ppm package for a developer release because ActiveState or someone else does not build that automaticly. Than I use the typical 2nd way - cpan. This was the reason to run cpan using the *.tar.gz. Maybe than I do the same actions like StrawberryPerl. I do not set extra environment.
Inside of ths perl distribution are 3 binary identical files: D:\Perl\site\bin\g77.exe D:\Perl\site\bin\g++.exe D:\Perl\site\bin\gcc.exe g++.exe is than the same like gcc.exe In the directory D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\MinGW\bin are this files: addr2line.exe ar.exe as.exe c++.exe c++filt.exe cpp.exe dlltool.exe dllwrap.exe g++.exe g77.exe gcc.exe gccbug gcov.exe gprof.exe ld.exe mingw32-c++.exe mingw32-g++.exe mingw32-gcc-3.4.5 mingw32-gcc.exe mingw32-make.exe mingwm10.dll nm.exe objcopy.exe objdump.exe ranlib.exe readelf.exe size.exe strings.exe strip.exe windmc.exe windres.exe Here is g++.exe the same binary file like mingw32-g++.exe and gcc.exe is the same like mingw32-gcc.exe and mingw32-gcc-3.4.5. g++.exe is different to gcc.exe. I think that is, to allow any name. But at the end it should give the same result. You see, there is a lot off staff inside of such a binary Perl distribution. And instead of a complex environment there are a lot of copied files. I do only start cpan and run the DBI*.tar.gz. I do not select any compiler or anything else. The gear mechanism comes from Makefile.PL, CPAN, and the Perl distribution. As a Windows user you typical not look into a binary tool. It works or not. If not, use an other software. *** I'm very impressed that DBD::Oracle is alife. The last release that ActiveState has build was 1.21, maybe later a lot of conflicts they had. But I can not see the ActiveState build status, to find out why. Maybe that important pages were removed. *** It is not easy to write a distribution for Windows - I know. But ActiveState has Enterprise Perl. This is very good for stupid managers. At work we have to change from Perl to Java now. There is 1 reason only - enterprise. It seems to be better to have support for damaged software as running open source software. Regards from Steffen -- GMX DSL: Internet-, Telefon- und Handy-Flat ab 19,99 EUR/mtl. Bis zu 150 EUR Startguthaben inklusive! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
