--- Randy Kobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Random Joe wrote:
>
> > --- Randy Kobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Random Joe wrote:
> > >
> > > > Greetings,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to build mod_perl 1.99_13 on Win
> 2000
> > > (VC 6.0).
> > > >
> > > > In
> mod_perl-1.99_13\lib\ModPerl\BuildOptions.pm
> > > > around lines 110 - 111
> > > >
> > > > if (Apache::Build::WIN32()) {
> > > > # MP_AP_PREFIX may not contain spaces
> > > > require Win32;
> > > > $val = Win32::GetShortPathName($val);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Why do we need to require Win32.pm ?
> > > > Win32::GetShortPathName is in Perl Core.
> > >
> > > You're right - that require of Win32 could be
> > > removed.
> > >
> > > > I also have another doubt.
> > > >
> > > > I want to avoid using Win32.pm. I have built
> perl
> > > > 5.8.3 native on win32. I notice that mod_perl
> uses
> > > > Win32::Process in
> > > > Apache-Test\lib\Apache\TestServer.pm. If I
> ignore
> > > > this usage or workaround it - can I safetly
> avoid
> > > > using Win32::* (libwin32) w.r.t to mod_perl ?
> > >
> > > Win32::Process is used to run the tests, which
> is
> > > probably
> > > a good idea ... Was there a problem installing
> > > libwin32?
> > > Or some other reason you want to avoid it?
> >
> > Non technical reason :-) Becomes another thing I
> have
> > to document, maintain etc
>
> Fair enough :) If you don't want to run the tests,
> you could
> get away without Win32::Process, but
> Win32::GetShortPathName
> is still required to build it. So you'd either have
> to
> install libwin32 anyway to build it, or comment out
> the
> relevant Win32::* calls.
oops, i got confused. If Win32::GetShortPathName and
brothers are in Perl Core why should I need to install
libwin32 ?
perl-src/win32/win32.c defines GetShortPathName -
which seems to be calling the system's
GetShortPathName() directly.
>
> However, it's *really* recommended to run the test
> suite,
> which is pretty extensive; if you run into problems
> using
Yes, I do plan to use the test suite "as part of
nightly test runs". My question was more about whether
mod_perl required any Win32::* stuff during normal
operations. Apparently it does not.
regards
srp
> mod_perl, and ask here about it, one of the first
> questions
> asked is how well the tests fared.
>
> --
> best regards,
> randy
>
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