Reini's fix got me past that first error (thanks Reini!). As you've said Roderich, something is still amiss because I am seeing another error down the line (and yes, par.exe does not exist, only par.dll):
Creating library file: libpar.dll.a /usr/bin/perl.exe -e1 /usr/bin/perl.exe ./file2c.pl ./par.exe my_par.c load_me_1 1 30000 Usage: ./file2c.pl file.pl file.c c_variable make: *** [my_par.c] Error 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- perl -V: $ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: Platform: osname=cygwin, osvers=1.5.24(0.15642), archname=cygwin-thread-multi-64int uname='cygwin_nt-5.1 reini 1.5.24(0.15642) 2007-01-31 10:57 i686 cygwin ' config_args='-de -Dmksymlinks -Duse64bitint -Dusethreads -Uusemymalloc -Doptimize=-O3 -Dman3ext=3pm -Dusesitecustomize -Dusedevel hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=define use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement', optimize='-O3', cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement' ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='ld2', ldflags =' -s -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat perllibs=-ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.a gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' -s' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API USE_SITECUSTOMIZE Locally applied patches: CYG01 - hints.cygwin.sh ldflags -s CYG02 - lib-ExtUtils-Embed insensitive against leading \s CYG03 - lib-Test-Harness-Straps $ENV{PERL5LIB} = '' CYG04 - major.version.cygwin.sh cygperl-5_8.dll and not cygperl-5_8_x.dll CYG05 - add Win32CORE to core CYG07 - File-Spec-Cygwin-TMPDIR.patch Bug#38628 - allow legacy Cwd->cwd() Bug#40103 - File-Spec-case_tolerant.patch from 5.9.5 Built under cygwin Compiled at Jul 8 2007 19:12:08 %ENV: CYGWIN="" @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- This is the Makefile, after removing the "./" from "./par.exe" as Reini indicated. # AUTOGENERATED, DO NOT EDIT, RERUN Makefile.PL RM=rm -f MV=mv PERL=/usr/bin/perl.exe LD=ld2 CC=gcc CFLAGS= -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE LDFLAGS= -s -L/usr/local/lib PERL_LDFLAGS=-s -s -s -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/auto/Win32CORE/Win 32CORE.a -L/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE -lperl -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat STATIC_LDFLAGS=-s -s -s -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/auto/Win32CORE/W in32CORE.a -L/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat NOOP=$(PERL) -e1 OBJECTS=main.o my_par_pl.o win32.coff .c.o: $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< all: ../script/parl.exe ../script/parldyn.exe strippedparl strippedparldyn main.o: main.c perlxsi.c mktmpdir.c internals.c mktmpdir.h utils.c sha1.c main.c: perlxsi.c mktmpdir.c internals.c mktmpdir.c: mktmpdir.h mktmpdir.h: utils.c sha1.c clean: -$(RM) my_*.c -$(RM) main.o my_par_pl.o static.o -$(RM) sha1.o sha1.c -$(RM) *.opt *.pdb perlxsi.c -$(RM) usernamefrompwuid.h $(MV) Makefile Makefile.old realclean: clean -$(RM) ./par.exe -$(RM) ../script/parl.exe -$(RM) ./static.exe -$(RM) Makefile Makefile.old distclean: clean -$(RM) ./par.exe -$(RM) ../script/parl.exe -$(RM) ./static.exe -$(RM) Makefile Makefile.old ./par.exe: sha1.o $(OBJECTS) my_par_pl.o $(LD) $(OBJECTS) $(PERL_LDFLAGS) -o par.exe -$(NOOP) my_par_pl.c: ../script/par.pl $(PERL) ./file2c.pl ../script/par.pl $@ load_me_2 1 ../script/parl.exe: ./static.exe ./static.exe -I"/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/5.8" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cygwin" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/site_per l/5.8" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/vendo r_perl/5.8" -I"." -I../myldr/.. -I../blib/lib -q -B -O$@ disttest: -$(NOOP) test: -$(NOOP) .DEFAULT: -$(NOOP) .SUFFIXES: .o sha1.c: sha1.c.PL $(PERL) sha1.c.PL sha1.c ../script/parldyn.exe: ./par.exe ./par.exe -I../myldr/.. -I../blib/lib -I"/usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/5.8" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cygwin" - I"/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cygwin" -I"/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8 " -I"/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8" -I"." -q -B -O$@ static.o: my_perl.c my_par.c mktmpdir.c ./static.exe: sha1.o static.o $(LD) static.o $(STATIC_LDFLAGS) win32.coff -o ./static.exe -$(NOOP) $(PERL) parlsig.pl ./static.exe ./par.exe 1 30000 my_perl.c: $(PERL) ./file2c.pl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cygwin/CORE/libperl.dll.a $@ load_me_0 1 30000 my_par.c: ./par.exe $(PERL) ./file2c.pl ./par.exe $@ load_me_1 1 30000 strippedparl: ./static.exe $(PERL) -e "chmod(oct('0600'), '../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Static.pm');" $(PERL) encode_append.pl ./static.exe ../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Static.pm $(PERL) -e "chmod(oct('0444'), '../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Static.pm');" strippedparldyn: ./par.exe $(PERL) -e "chmod(oct('0600'), '../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Dynamic.pm');" $(PERL) encode_append.pl ./par.exe ../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Dynamic.pm $(PERL) -e "chmod(oct('0444'), '../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Dynamic.pm');" --Jen