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On building perl...

by hsmyers (Canon)
on Aug 22, 2002 at 13:13 UTC ( [id://192020]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

hsmyers has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

While using a company built version of 5.6 I had a build failure on DB_FILE. A little research turned up the fact that the local version of perl was built somehow excluding the definition of 'Perl_Top_ptr' from the Perl56.dll. Any pointers on what this is (I know that it is in perlapi.h) and what it is for. More importantly, how to config it into the next build?

--hsm

"Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

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Re: On building perl...
by crazyinsomniac (Prior) on Aug 22, 2002 at 22:38 UTC

      'I don't believe it is the case'-- trust me, it is the case. As to why it hasn't shown up, at a guess, the company in question doesn't use much (if any) external XS. I'm told that it wasn't left out intentionally. Of course the person who said that also didn't know the symbol in question<sigh> The perlapi.h seems fine, although I could diff it with the AS copy which is known to work. You said 'edit the appropriate makefile', could you be a little more explicit. I need all of the info I can get if I'm going to talk these guys through it (I can't do it hands on, I'm an outside contractor, so nix that idea). Thanks!

      --hsm

      "Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

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