Here's another one that came up on another list. A place you can pay to get pre-built open source:
http://www.thewrittenword.com/ ---- Steve Sapovits GSI Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Sapovits [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:50 PM > To: Tim Bunce; Daniel Berger > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: (Fwd) [Fwd] [perl #18355] Perl DBI > > > I should have added in my previous mail: I have sometimes encountered > problems building freeware on Solaris -- not often but once with gcc > that I can recall. There's a big Solaris freeware site that offers > pre-compiled freeware in pkgadd form. You need to have root access to > pkgadd of course ... At any rate, this site may be useful if you've > never used it. > > I also see they have Perl 5.8.0 out there. > > http://www.sunfreeware.com/ > > Now, ask Microsoft where their freeware site is. 8-) > > ---- > Steve Sapovits > GSI Commerce > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Bunce [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:13 PM > > To: Daniel Berger > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: (Fwd) [Fwd] [perl #18355] Perl DBI > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:49:45AM -0700, Daniel Berger wrote: > > > Tim, > > > > > > I apologize for emailing you directly, but I can't seem to post to > > dbi-users due to mail and/or dns issues. Can you please forward? > > > > Done. Thanks. Tim. > > > > > > > I believe the recently released Solaris-PerlGcc-1.1 may be of interest > > here. > > > > > > >From the README: > > > > > > The perl 5.005_03 and 5.6.1 shipped with Solaris 8, 9 and 10 were > built > > with > > > the Forte compilers, and therefore assume that any add-on modules will > > also be > > > built with the Forte compiler. The C<perlcc> command will allow gcc > to > > be used > > > to compile add-on modules for use with the perl versions shipped with > > Solaris. > > > > > > Available on CPAN > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > Tim Bunce wrote: > > > > > > > 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 ----- > > >
