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Re: perl 5.8.2 on win32 and multiple compilations

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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
November 14, 2003 05:16
Subject:
Re: perl 5.8.2 on win32 and multiple compilations
Message ID:
20031114141541.2819.H.M.BRAND@hccnet.nl
On Fri 14 Nov 2003 10:30, "P.Marek" <pmarek@cpan.org> wrote:
> I've done several tries on compiling perl 5.8.2 on win xp (btw: use dmake and 
> ming - much easier than using vs).
> 
> If you do compile multiple times from the same source (even with "make clean" 
> in between) it hangs on every copy of the module's .pm-files: "overwrite 
> yes/no/always".
> "always" gets you nowhere, as these are single file copy commands - so you'd 
> have to acknowledge every one.
> 
> I'd suggest that you either
>  - set COPYCMD=/Y in the Makefile(s),
>  - or at least tell to set that in the README.win32.

As I see that Nick agreed, patch welcome ;)

> Regards,
> 
> P.Marek

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