Re^4: Trouble Installing Win32::GuiTest

[Anonymous Monk]

Rob, Here is the full output

 
C:\strawberry\Win32-GuiTest-1.60>dmake
cp lib/Win32/GuiTest/GuiTest.pc blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.pc
cp lib/Win32/GuiTest/Examples.pm blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest\Examples.pm
cp lib/Win32/GuiTest.pm blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest.pm
cp lib/Win32/GuiTest/Cmd.pm blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest\Cmd.pm
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -IC:\Perl64\lib -IC:\Perl64\lib C:\Perl64\lib\E
+xtUtils\xsubpp  -typemap C:\Perl64\lib\ExtUtils\typemap -typemap perl
+object.map
-typemap typemap GuiTest.xs >xstmp.c && C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -MExtUt
+ils::Command -e mv -- xstmp.c GuiTest.cpp
C:/STRAWB~1/c/bin/gcc.exe -c    -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRIC
+T -DWIN64 -DCONSERVATIVE -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPERL_IMPL
ICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-stri
+ct-aliasing -mms-bitfields -O2      -DVERSION=\"1.60\"    -DXS_VERSIO
+N=\"1.60\"
 "-IC:\Perl64\lib\CORE"   GuiTest.cpp
C:/STRAWB~1/c/bin/gcc.exe -c    -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRIC
+T -DWIN64 -DCONSERVATIVE -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE 
+-DPERL_IMPL
ICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-stri
+ct-aliasing -mms-bitfields -O2      -DVERSION=\"1.60\"    -DXS_VERSIO
+N=\"1.60\"
 "-IC:\Perl64\lib\CORE"   DibSect.cpp
Running Mkbootstrap for Win32::GuiTest ()
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod -- 644 GuiTest.bs
C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Mksymlists \
     -e "Mksymlists('NAME'=>\"Win32::GuiTest\", 'DLBASE' => 'GuiTest',
+ 'DL_FUNCS' => {  }, 'FUNCLIST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  }, 'DL_VARS' =
+> []);"
Set up gcc environment - 4.4.7 20111023 (prerelease) [svn/rev.180339 -
+ mingw-w64/oz]
dlltool --def GuiTest.def --output-exp dll.exp
C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\g++.exe -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.dll 
+-Wl,--base-file -Wl,dll.base -mdll -L"C:\Perl64\lib\CORE" GuiTest.o D
+ibSect.o
C:\Perl64\lib\CORE\perl514.lib -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool 
+-lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid 
+-lws2_32 -l
mpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 -lbufferoverflowU
+ -lmsvcrt dll.exp
c:/strawb~1/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.4.7/../../../../x86_
+64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lbufferoverflowU
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
dmake:  Error code 129, while making 'blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\Gui
+Test.dll'

C:\strawberry\Win32-GuiTest-1.60>dmake install
dlltool --def GuiTest.def --output-exp dll.exp
C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\g++.exe -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.dll 
+-Wl,--base-file -Wl,dll.base -mdll -L"C:\Perl64\lib\CORE" GuiTest.o D
+ibSect.o
C:\Perl64\lib\CORE\perl514.lib -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool 
+-lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid 
+-lws2_32 -l
mpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 -lbufferoverflowU
+ -lmsvcrt dll.exp
c:/strawb~1/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.4.7/../../../../x86_
+64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lbufferoverflowU
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
dmake:  Error code 129, while making 'blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\Gui
+Test.dll'

C:\strawberry\Win32-GuiTest-1.60>dmake test
dlltool --def GuiTest.def --output-exp dll.exp
C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\g++.exe -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.dll 
+-Wl,--base-file -Wl,dll.base -mdll -L"C:\Perl64\lib\CORE" GuiTest.o D
+ibSect.o
C:\Perl64\lib\CORE\perl514.lib -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool 
+-lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid 
+-lws2_32 -l
mpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 -lbufferoverflowU
+ -lmsvcrt dll.exp
c:/strawb~1/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.4.7/../../../../x86_
+64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lbufferoverflowU
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
dmake:  Error code 129, while making 'blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\Gui
+Test.dll'

C:\strawberry\Win32-GuiTest-1.60>dmake install
dlltool --def GuiTest.def --output-exp dll.exp
C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\g++.exe -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.dll 
+-Wl,--base-file -Wl,dll.base -mdll -L"C:\Perl64\lib\CORE" GuiTest.o D
+ibSect.o
C:\Perl64\lib\CORE\perl514.lib -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool 
+-lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid 
+-lws2_32 -l
mpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 -lbufferoverflowU
+ -lmsvcrt dll.exp
c:/strawb~1/c/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.4.7/../../../../x86_
+64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lbufferoverflowU
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
dmake:  Error code 129, while making 'blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\Gui
+Test.dll'

C:\strawberry\Win32-GuiTest-1.60>dir
 Volume in drive C is OSPART
 Volume Serial Number is B87B-3490

[syphilis]

Yes, it looks like you're using 64-bit ActivePerl (as that's the only perl that wants to link to -lbufferoverflowU) with a 64-bit gcc compiler.
Using a 32-bit gcc compiler with 32-bit ActivePerl is fine, but using a 64-bit gcc compiler with 64-bit ActivePerl simply will *not* work in the same way.

The thing that's killing you is the fact that gcc doesn't have a bufferoverflowU library. You could work around that problem by copying one of the libraries in c:/strawberry/c/lib to c:/strawberry/c/lib/bufferoverflowU.a.
That would satisfy that dependency but I think you'll then striike other problems.

Options include:
1) Using Strawberry Perl instead of ActivePerl;
2) Using ActivePerl with one of the freely available MS compilers;
3) Installing ExtUtils::FakeConfig into ActivePerl - which *will* enable you to use 64-bit gcc with 64-bit ActivePerl.

I've done 3) with ActivePerl 5.10.0 (build 1005) and it works fairly well. Sometimes I can't build distros that use Module::Build ('perl build.pl') instead of dmake ('perl Makefile.PL') - for reasons that I've yet to uncover.
And I had to additionally create a libperl510.a - which, in your case, would be libperl514.a .

Cheers,
Rob