Re^2: perl on win2k

[ekkis]

> I can't really see the point in what you are trying to do

it's really more about the freedom to be able to install any module from CPAN I may need without being held hostage by the lack of a package than about compiling perl.

I have found package support poor and to date I cannot make DBD::Sybase/Oracle work on anything above 5.6.0

> ppm> install DBD::Oracle

I get:

Searching for 'DBD::Oracle' returned no results. Try a broader search 
+first.

evn after adding the esoftmatic repository that olivierp pointed me to... and if I download the files myself and install them e.g. /ppm install DBD-Sybase.ppd/, trying to use I get errors:

perl -le '
use DBI; use DBD::Sybase;
'

yields:

The context allocation routine failed.
The following problem caused the failure:
Invalid context version.

it is SO painful to work in w2k! ah!!!

[DaWolf]

it's really more about the freedom to be able to install any module from CPAN I may need without being held hostage by the lack of a package than about compiling perl.

Take a look at these Tutorials on the Monastery:

• HowTo build and distribute a PPMed module for Win32
• A Practical Guide to Compiling C based Modules under ActiveState using Microsoft C++

Hope that helps.