RE: Makemaker problem with libxml-perl

[Art Mitchell]

Please take me off your e-mail list! >>> "Rob Bloodgood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/27/01 02:01PM >>> Use nmake.  It speaks a slightly different dialect than GNU make, and the activestate stuff is all built w/ VC++. > cd D:\Perl-Other\XML-RDB\perl-libxml\libxml-perl-0.07 > > $ perl Makefile.PL > > Checking if your kit is complete... > Looks good > Writing Makefile for libxml-perl > > $ make > make: makefile: line 683:  Error -- Expecting macro or rule defn, found > neither > > > In the resulting Makefile, line 683 is: > $(PM_TO_BLIB) > > > In context, this line is as follows: > .... > # --- MakeMaker pm_to_blib section: > > pm_to_blib: $(TO_INST_PM) >     @$(PERL) "-I$(INST_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(INST_LIB)" \ >     "-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" -MExtUtils::Install \ >         -e "pm_to_blib(qw[ <<pmfiles.dat ],'$(INST_LIB)\auto')" > > $(PM_TO_BLIB) > << >     @$(TOUCH) $@ > > # --- MakeMaker selfdocument section: > > # --- MakeMaker postamble section: > > # End. > > > I'm no make-guru, but these three lines don't look to me like > valid Makefile syntax, even after manually expanding the variables. > If this is valid, what does it mean? > If invalid, what is missing or wrong? > > $(PM_TO_BLIB) > << >     @$(TOUCH) $@ > > > The result looks like an INCOMPLETE Makefile, perhaps.