Hi, I just took a look at this. After downloading and unbundling Class-Datge-1.1.7.tar.gz I found the Date.xs file that you mentioned. There was no INSTALL file so I did the following:
perl Makefile.PL # builds Makefile in which Date.xs is referenced make make install # no "test" target in this Makefile The make ran the following command that shows Date.xs is used to build Date.c out the following that gives a clue about Date.xs: /usr/bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/typemap Date.xs > Date.xsc && mv Date.xsc Date.c Please specify prototyping behavior for Date.xs (see perlxs manual) After this, Date.c is compiled into Date.o by gcc: gcc -c -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3 -DVERSION=\"1.1.7\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.1.7\" "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/CORE" Date.c Then Date.o is loaded into Date.dll: LD_RUN_PATH="" ld2 -s -L/usr/local/lib Date.o -o blib/arch/auto/Class/Date/Date.dll /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/CORE/libperl.dll.a And converted into a shared ar archive name libDate.dll.a: gcc -shared -o Date.dll -Wl,--out-implib=libDate.dll.a -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--stack,8388608 -s -L/usr/local/lib Date.o /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/CORE/libperl.dll.a Running "make install" installs Date.dll and libDate.dll.a into /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/auto/Class/Date/ And /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/auto/Class/ Running "man perlxs" says that XS is an interface format for creating extensions of perl in C and C libraries. Based on this and looking inside Date.xs, it seem that the latter is where the data types and structures and functions of Class::Date are defined in a format that is used to generate C code that is compiled into dynamic libs that are loaded into perl at runtime to implement the funtionality of this module. -tristram -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help w/Class::Date Date.xs Can someone help me with where to put the Date.xs file? I just downloaded the Class-Date-1.1.7.tar.gz. I figured out where to put the 2 files in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/Class: - Class::Date.pm - Class::Date::Const.pm - Date.xs -where shoud it go? I ran th test in the t directory which look like a couple of test script. It says ok but can't find the xs part: "Cannot find the XS part of Class::Date, using strftime, tzset and tzname from POSIX module." thanks, -rkl ----------------------------------------- eMail solutions by http://www.swanmail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
