Nathan S. Haigh wrote: > I've tried the 'perl -MCPAN -e "install ExtUtils::MakeMaker"' install > again this morning on a fresh installation of ActiveState Perl > 5.6.1.638. With nmake 1.5 on WinXP Pro SP2. > > Below is the output I get from the install. It seems to be proceeding > quite smoothly until the 'nmake install' where it suffers a fatal error: > "fatal error U1077". Now I have seen this error before, and it was due > to a command exceeding the command line length limit in windows. > However, I can't remember if this error is specific to that fault or > not, but it might provide you with somewhere to start.
Could be. Send the Makefile. > C:\Documents and Settings\test>perl -MCPAN "install ExtUtils::MakeMaker" > Can't open perl script "install ExtUtils::MakeMaker": No such file or > directory > > C:\Documents and Settings\test>perl -MCPAN "install ExtUtil::MakeMaker" > Can't open perl script "install ExtUtil::MakeMaker": No such file or > directory > > C:\Documents and Settings\test>perl -MCPAN 'install ExtUtils::MakeMaker' > Can't open perl script "'install": No such file or directory > > C:\Documents and Settings\test>perl -MCPAN -e 'install ExtUtils::MakeMaker' > Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1. > > C:\Documents and Settings\test>perl -MCPAN -e "install ExtUtils::MakeMaker" > Can't locate object method "install" via package "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" > (perhaps > you forgot to load "ExtUtils::MakeMaker"?) at -e line 1. That last one should have worked, but your CPAN.pm is old so who knows? > C:\Documents and Settings\test>perl -MCPAN -e shell > > cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.59_54) > ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN') > > cpan> install ExtUtils::MakeMaker > CPAN: Storable loaded ok > Subroutine new redefined at C:/Perl/site/lib/LWP\UserAgent.pm line 34, > <FIN> lin > e 1. > Subroutine _request_sanity_check redefined at > C:/Perl/site/lib/LWP\UserAgent.pm > line 112, <FIN> line 1. > Subroutine send_request redefined at C:/Perl/site/lib/LWP\UserAgent.pm > line 132, > <FIN> line 1. > Subroutine prepare_request redefined at > C:/Perl/site/lib/LWP\UserAgent.pm line 2 > 38, <FIN> line 1. > Subroutine simple_request redefined at C:/Perl/site/lib/LWP\UserAgent.pm > line 26 > 1, <FIN> line 1. None of these warnings inspires confidence me about the state of your installation. > Running make install > > Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.50 > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved. > > C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp bin/instmodsh > blib\script > \instmodsh > pl2bat.bat blib\script\instmodsh > Cannot forceunlink C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\MM_Unix.pm: Permission denied at > C:/Perl > /lib/File/Find.pm line 519 I think this is the real problem. Your CPAN shell is holding MM_Unix.pm open and on Windows you can't (normally) delete a file that another process is holding open. Try 6.30_04 instead. It has an updated ExtUtils::Install that handles this sort of thing. http://search.cpan.org/~mschwern/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.30_04/
