Can't build Inline::C on Cygwin

[syphilis]

Hi,
Here's what I get when I try to build Inline-0.44 on one of my Cygwin installations:

Rob@desktop1 ~/pbld/Inline-0.44
$ perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good

Inline::C is packaged with Inline.pm because it is the most commonly u
+sed
Inline Language Support Module (ILSM).

See also: Inline::ASM, ::Awk, ::BC, ::Basic, ::Befunge, ::CPP (C++), :
+:CPR,
          ::Foo, ::Guile, ::Java, ::Octave, ::PERL, ::Python, ::Ruby, 
+::TT,
          ::Tcl and ::WebChat.

Config.pm indicates that your version of Perl was built with this C co
+mpiler:

    gcc.exe

I have located this compiler on your system:

Do you want to install Inline::C? [y] y
Writing Makefile for Inline::C
Writing Makefile for Inline

Rob@desktop1 ~/pbld/Inline-0.44
$ make test
cp Inline.pod blib/lib/Inline.pod
cp lib/Inline/MakeMaker/Changes blib/lib/Inline/MakeMaker/Changes
cp lib/Inline/denter.pm blib/lib/Inline/denter.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/Inline/denter.pm (blib/lib/auto/Inline/denter)
cp Inline.pm blib/lib/Inline.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/Inline.pm (blib/lib/auto/Inline)
cp lib/Inline/Foo.pm blib/lib/Inline/Foo.pm
cp Inline-API.pod blib/lib/Inline-API.pod
cp lib/Inline/MakeMaker.pm blib/lib/Inline/MakeMaker.pm
cp Inline-FAQ.pod blib/lib/Inline-FAQ.pod
cp Inline-Support.pod blib/lib/Inline-Support.pod
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
make: *** [subdirs] Error 2

Ummm ... I don't have a clue what that error is about - though I have this nagging feeling that I've come across it before. Anyone here know what needs to be done ?

Cheers,
Rob

[Thelonius]

The Google Omniscient Device sees all: MakeMaker on Cygwin when environment variables end in backslash. That's one possibility, at least.

[syphilis]

Yes !! That was it. Inserting:

LIB=C:/vsnet/FrameworkSDK/Lib
export LIB

into /etc/profile fixes the problem.

And I had come across this problem before. It's a fix that I had applied to a Cygwin installation on another box ... and then forgotten about (until now).

Thanks for managing to dig that up. I searched Google for "/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching" and "perl" ... which for some reason fails to find a match. Now that I try a Google without the "/bin/sh: -c: line 0:" bit, I find much better results (including the post you referenced).

Cheers,
Rob

[Anonymous Monk]

/cygwin/c/vsnet/FrameworkSDK/Lib :)