I don't remember it being very difficult to build Perl with VC. I've attached 
the essentials. (Though I don't know whether/how the list handles 
attachments...)

Richard Kandarian
http://www.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/fonelink.pl/085598
My node in the Web: http://www.kandarian.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mathieu Simon [mailto:mathieu....@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 10:57 PM
> To: modperl@perl.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Building 2.0.9-dev on Windows w. httpd 2.4
> 
> (and now forwarded to the list)
> 
> Hi
> 
> Am 06.10.2014 um 18:54 schrieb Steve Hay:
> > You need to build perl yourself using VC/nmake too or else find some
> > other binary build using VC/nmake because ActivePerl actually uses
> > gcc/dmake just like Strawberry Perl these days...
> *Ouch*, I didn't realize. Building Perl from scratch ... well, an option.
> 
> I guess I now understand why XAMPP doesn't deliver mod_perl anymore
> with
> httpd 2.4-based builds on current releases while most Linux distros with
> httpd
> 2.4  deliver a 2.0.9-dev build.
> 
> XAMPP comes with Strawberry (GCC/dmake) and httpd (VC11/nmake)
> which ends
> up in catch-22 with mod_perl as it satisfies neither one nor the other
> side of the requirements.
> 
> Depending on how difficult it gets building Perl itself with nmake I'll
> have to step back and re-think plans.
> 
> Thanks - also Richard for the clarification on your not-a-download link :-)
> 
> -- Mat
> 
> 

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