Yippee! I have now done the happy dance.
At 9:09 am -0500 12/02/01, Chris Nandor wrote:
> >Attached is 'MacPerlConfig.mk' as I am using it -- doubtless it is
>>nonsense. I really would welcome some guidance.
>
>Yours is not attached. However, you could get the original back, and then
>just remove instances of "68K" and "PPC". Leave in all instances of "SC"
>and "MrC".
Oh! -- I wonder why? -- attachment usually works. Never mind.
I've kind of lost the original but the last try worked with no
hitches at all. Basically I had misunderstood how 'MacPerlConfig.mk'
should be written. The 'macos' build took 30' 02'' and the 'macperl'
8' 32''.
It really is remarkable that a newcomer like me, knowing next to
nothing about MPW builds, can get a beasty of this complexity and
intricacy to work with only a few false starts. It's a great tribute
to the joint authors, I think, who deserve much congratulation. It
really is a formidable piece of work.
All three versions MacPerl, MacPerl.SC and MacPerl.PPC all run on
this 8600/MacOS 9.0. Two things however to report are:
i) Hooks.pm is missed out in the build
ii) Offscreen graphics doesn't work -- I guess the 5.2.1a1 mods. haven't
carried over into 5.6.0d1?
>The "all" target is in the Makefile.mk file, usually. For more info on
>dmake syntax, see the "dmake.nc" file in the dmake distribution.
>
>>What does one read to climb up this 'learning curve' and where is it
> >to be found?
>
>Hehe. Seriously, I don't know that this stuff is that important. I think
>you just need to start over with the original MacPerlConfig.mk file and
>remove 68K and PPC from it, and try to build again.
Well, for my own peace of mind I kind of feel I want to get to grips
with it. Aside from anything else I would like a quicker 'macperl'
build for the editor project. Just PPC might halve the time perhaps.
Thanks (Chris and Paul) very much for help over the last two days.
Alan Fry
