On 5 Jul 2004 at 12:08, the.noonings wrote: > Actually, I am not trying to compile at all. I am in the normal windows > command prompt. > > I believe the directions to install are > . Download the PAR.tar.gz file to some temp directory > . Unzip and untar the PAR.tar.gz file > . Download the prebuilt binary, in this case > PAR-0.85-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.4.par > into the same directory as the Makefile.PL file. > . unzip the prebuilt binary > . perl Makefile.PL > . nmake > . nmake test > . nmake install > > It was my understanding that nmake would not try to recompile from scratch > if the prebuilt binary was present.
According to the readme, regarding pre-built binaries: "This process is completely automatic -- no actions are required on your part." because the binary should download and unzip automatically, if no C compiler is present. If you download manually, the unzip of the binary is still automatic. The readme doesn't really say that having a C compiler overrides having the pre-built. We probably need an install query if both are present. Autrijus?? Alan Stewart
