You might try first building gcc. The tradeoff here is free -- where you typically have to built it yourself -- versus paying someone like Microsoft. There's a place for both in this large world IMO. For what it's worth, I use both open source and bought software and the support I get from open source is always better and faster. But open source is not for everyone.
---- Steve Sapovits GSI Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Bunce [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (Fwd) [Fwd] [perl #18355] Perl DBI > > Be gentle. > > ----- Forwarded message from "[EMAIL PROTECTED] via RT" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Date: 13 Nov 2002 15:43:42 -0000 > To: "AdminCc of perl Ticket #18355": ; > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [perl #18355] Perl DBI > > > Wed Nov 13 07:43:42 2002: Request 18355 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Queue: cpansearch > Subject: Perl DBI > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Status: new > Ticket <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=18355 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dear Sir, I am very dissapointed at the way Perl community presents Perl > DBI installation. Instead of simply give the binary for Solaris and let > the engineer continue with work, no you insist on compiling the perl > source code without considering side effects (no wonder Microsoft is > winning the game). Let me tell you the problem: > When I try to compile perl DBI, I get a message that (Optional Language > Package not installed). I tried all various forms of Solaris installation > and it keeps failing simply because Sun believes that it should charge > poeple for giving a simple "cc" compiler. So I can not install Perl DBI on > Solaris, because I do not have cc be default installaed on Sun > workstations. Is it possible for you to give me the binary version of Perl > DBI and relief me from compiling it? > > Regards > > ----- End forwarded message -----
