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On Sat May 26 19:11:02 2012, jkeenan wrote: > On Thu Oct 09 11:01:25 2003, jdavidb@goreadthebible.com wrote: > > > > Building on cygwin requires build and installation of a tool called > > ld2. Building on a default install of cygwin including perl > > succeeds, because it uses the ld2 installed with cygwin. > > > > However, building for installation in a nonstandard directory (e.g. > > /usr/local/perl581) fails. The /usr/bin/install command attempts > > to install ld2 early in the build process at > > /usr/local/perl581/bin/ld2 and fails unless /usr/local/perl581/bin > > exists. For some reason the install command does not create this > > directory, although when perl is finally installed several > > subdirectories like this are created without a problem (lib, man, > > etc.). The make fails, the user has to create the directory, and > > then restart the build. > > > > Could someone who has experience building a recent Perl on Cygwin review > the issues in this older RT? > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan Let me re-pose this question 16 months later: Is there anyone who builds Perl on Cygwin who could review the issues in RT #24175? Thank you very much. Jim Keenan --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=24175Thread Previous | Thread Next