Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:20:54 -0400, Kartik Thakore <thakore.kar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Andreas which version of SDL perl did you try for windows? If you > would have gotten v2.2.2.5 (sorry for the stupid version names), it > would have required Alien::SDL v0.02 which should have gotten the bare > minimum of deps needed on windows.
The newest SDL clearly states it doesn't work with Windows at all, and Alien::SDL doesn't even download: CPAN.pm: Going to build K/KT/KTHAKORE/Alien-SDL-0.02.tar.gz Fetch failed! HTTP response: 403 Forbidden [403 Forbidden] at inc/Utility.pm lin e 78 Use of uninitialized value $where in concatenation (.) or string at inc/Utility. pm line 79. Got archive Key 'archive' () is of invalid type for 'Archive::Extract::new' provided by inc: :Utility::get_SDL_deps at inc/Utility.pm line 80 Can't call method "extract" on an undefined value at inc/Utility.pm line 81. Warning: No success on command[C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe Build.PL ] KTHAKORE/Alien-SDL-0.02.tar.gz C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe Build.PL -- NOT OK So, I have been trying every now and then to collect the deps required to build an older version of SDL-Perl, 1.20.3 I was able to build SDL once, back in 2006. Even got a 3D engine working http://floyd.atc.no/Programming/Perl/Offworld/screenshots/ At one time I tried to upgrade, the build failed and I was never able to get it working again. > > Until these hurdles are solved, the number of people both willing > > and able to > > TEST SDL-Perl on Windows will remain stable at near zero, and the > > irregular > > attempts to resurrect the project are almost guaranteed to fail. > Thanks for the vote of confidence. I did not mean to offend anyone. I realize that this is not actually a SDL-Perl problem but rather a fundamental issue with SDL itself. The most obvious solution would be to make the dependencies available for download directly from sdl.perl.org I would not get frustrated if I didn't care :-/ -- Andreas Lund (fl...@atc.no) Tel: +47 90077162 #include <disclaimer.h> "Look at you hacker, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect immortal machine?" -- SHODAN, System Shock
