>> As this looked so serious I downloaded 5.10.0 (1002) to test this and I can >> see what you see. >> This is a major problem in general, not just for Win32::GUI (my own XS >> modules fail their >> test suit due to this issue). > > Jan (ActiveState) confirmed and explained the problem (follow the > rt.perl.org link above). > >> Looks like I wont be upgrading to 5.10 any time soon:) > > Turns out there is a simple solution - add the -mms_bitfields option > to your cflags to get gcc to use the same bitfield-alignment as MSVC. > > I've submitted a patch to ActiveState, which I hope will make it into > their next build. In the meantime be *VERY* wary of any modules for > ActiveState 5.10 that are built with gcc.
Tested with the -mms_bitfields option and the problem goes away. All my XS modules now pass their tests. Good find. Cheers, jez. _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Hackers mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Hackers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-hackers http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/
