At 0:44 Uhr +0000 21.03.2002, p kent wrote: >>At 03:51 -0600 2002.03.20, CNANDOR said: >>The official build is CW Pro 5, but an app built with MrC should be >>compatible with the MWCPPC-built shared libraries in the distribution. >>Good luck, > >So I can build XS libraries using MPW & MrC and they'll work with your >released binary build of MacPerl 5.6.1?
Yes it works. A XS library is a shared lib, and both CW and MPW builds can load it. (Well, in theory: There's a known issue with the MPW tool when built with MrC. See macperldelta.pod.) > >I ask this because I've built some (very simple) XS with MPW and a lot of >cutting and pasting from >http://www.macperl.com/depts/Tutorials/XS/mpxstut.html (which looks like >about the best resource I can find) and I'd like to keep doing so. > >2 questions: >1) Is there a more up-to-date 'how to do XS with MacPerl5.6.1' resource, and Version 1.2 (tutorial without tools, but with sample CW projects) may be found here http://www2.watanabe.arch.waseda.ac.jp/hw/1992/kim/MacPerl/MP_XS_TUT_v1.2.0.sit , with contributions from Takeshi Kimura and me. If that URL doesn't work, let me know and I'll send you a copy. Usually, building an extension module for MP 5.6.1 under MPW is as simple as perl Makefile.PL buildprogram dynamic (or buildprogram install_dynamic) However, a few modules will require more or less porting, since Mac OS Classic is not Unix, and this can be tricky (sometimes impossible?). When there's a library involved, you have to build it first, of course. This can be easy or not. You might want to look at my XML::Parser 2.30 for MP 5.6.1 distribution, available from $CPAN/authors/id/T/TW/TWEGNER/ , to get an idea what I've done to build the expat library and the Expat.xs Perl glue. Included are all Makefiles and a MPW Worksheet with build instructions for the expat library. >2) Has anyone compiled GD for 5.6.1 yet? I looked on cpan and the macperl >porters page but I can only see 5.004 builds, which doesn't work with 5.6.1 >AIUI.[1] I've built GD on Unixish systems a fair few times, but I think >building it (and libgd) on MacOS might be beyond me for now. I mean, I'm >happy to have an attempt but I don't know how successful I'd be. > I'm not aware of a port for MP 5.6.1. > >[1] Or rather, I understand the API changed, so that things need to be >rebuilt for 5.6.1, and indeed GD 1.19 from macperl porters gave this error: > ># Can't load 'Programs:Programming:Perl5.6.1:site_perl:MacPPC:auto:GD:GD' >for module GD: DynaLoader error [-2807, Perl--Perl_markstack_max]. >File 'Programs:Programming:Perl5.6.1:lib:DynaLoader.pm'; Line 206 ># Compilation failed in require. >File 'Untitled'; Line 4 ># BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. >File 'Untitled'; Line 4 > >which is to be expected. Right, the 5.004 and 5.6.1 versions are not binary compatible. Best regards, --Thomas _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
