All, I decided to check how easy it is to setup mingw32 to build PAR::Packer.
The steps followed were: Download mingw32 installer ( 1 file ). Run it and accept default options to install mingw32. Download and extract dmake from CPAN Create a batch file to setup build environment (PATH, LIB, INCLUDE) Create libperl58.a (not sure I actually needed this) from command prompt opened via batch file perl makefile.PL dmake dmake test dmake install and I have a working PAR::Packer. I'm using ActivePerl build 822. I think 820 would need ExtUtils::FakeConfig too. (I've not tested if it would actually work on that build though). Maybe its time for a HOWTO and to mention this as the preferred way to get PAR::Packer. It seemed quite simple. May as well take advantage of the effort ActiveState have put in for mingw32 compatibility. The binary installs do seem to cause a lot of grief over versions. I'll author the HOWTO if wanted. Regards Mark
