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Nicholas Clark (via RT) wrote on 2013-06-19: > Right now we have the wonderfully inconsistent situation (for > Configure-generated config.sh) of > > dynamic_ext: built dynamically linked XS modules static_ext: > built statically linked XS modules nonxs_ext: built > pure-Perl modules (from ext/, dist/ and cpan/) extensions: > "$dynamic_ext $static_ext $nonxs_ext" known_extensions: *just* the XS > modules shipped in ext/, dist/ and cpan/ > > ie "extensions" is typically much larger than "known_extensions" > > Moreover, I believe that we're inconsistent between platforms, in that > on Win32, "known_extensions" has everything. > I've just checked and 'known_extensions' doesn't have everything on Windows. It actually has the same bizarre situation that you describe for *nix, which has bugged me before. I would be in favour of changing it if nobody can think of anything that would be broken by it. FYI, I've attached the output of the relevant "perl -V:..." options in a default build, and again in an ALL_STATIC=define build, on Windows.Thread Previous | Thread Next