Re: Suggestion for gtk2-perl port for win32

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Oct 1, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Ye Wenbin wrote:

> Hi,
> When I build Gtk2 in windows, the main obstacle is some simple  
> errors in Makefile.  For example, execute some one line perl code  
> use single-quote, and use Storable module which may lead to some  
> unknown errors. So I suggest the MakeHelper module so make some  
> change to make the Makefile portable. For example, avoid to use  
> single-quote, use double-quote instead, and inside the string, use  
> qq() instead of double quote.

All good suggestions.  Please send a patch to the list so that  
somebody else with a Windows build setup can verify it before we  
apply it.  (Hint, hint, all you listeners at home...)


> And use Data::Dumper but Storable. The file will get a little  
> larger, but if choose a small indentation, it is not so big. More  
> over, the Dump result is more readable.

This stuff is only for documentation generation, which creates  
manpages that windows users don't need, so you can skip it.  We moved  
from Dumper to Storable because we were starting to consume waaaaaaay  
too much memory with Dumper.


> By the way, is there any advise for error "the command is too long"  
> when  use nmake?

I haven't had the opportunity (or drudgery, depending on your point  
of view) of doing a windows build in a couple of years, so this may  
be outdated.

It's in code generated by ExtUtils::MakeMaker, explained here:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-perl-list/2005-August/msg00054.html


I think we might be able to add an override for the link command in  
the My:: package in Glib::MakeHelper, and substitute a glob for the  
explicit list as Ari suggested earlier this year:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-perl-list/2007-April/msg00058.html



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