Re: ActivePerl on OS X: ppm not working, no DBD::mysql PPM available

Michiel Beijen <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Oct 2012 21:22:54 +0200
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Hi Jan,

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Jan Dubois <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I needed this myself before too, but the problem is that ActivePerl is
> a "fat" binary (contains executable code for both the 32-bit and 64-bit
> version in the same files).  That means any modules must be built the
> same way, and there is no corresponding MySQL library in the same format.
>
> Maybe we should try to build a module manually just for 64-bit mode, but
> it will still require some manual effort to get this into the PPM setup.
>

Of course I can not make decisions for ActiveState, but would it not make
sense to build 64-bit only versions? OS X has been 64-bit only since Lion,
which is about a year and a half now. I have no clue, but it *might* be
easier to build 64-bit only than to try to fix the current 'fat' binaries
to use 64-bit only builds in some cases.
--
Mike

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Hi Jan,<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:42 PM, J=
an Dubois <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar=
get=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex">

<div class=3D"im">
</div>I needed this myself before too, but the problem is that ActivePerl i=
s<br>
a &quot;fat&quot; binary (contains executable code for both the 32-bit and =
64-bit<br>
version in the same files). =C2=A0That means any modules must be built the<=
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same way, and there is no corresponding MySQL library in the same format.<b=
r>
<br>
Maybe we should try to build a module manually just for 64-bit mode, but<br=
>
it will still require some manual effort to get this into the PPM setup.<br=
></blockquote><div><br>Of course I can not make decisions for ActiveState, =
but would it not make sense to build 64-bit only versions? OS X has been 64=
-bit only since Lion, which is about a year and a half now. I have no clue,=
 but it *might* be easier to build 64-bit only than to try to fix the curre=
nt &#39;fat&#39; binaries to use 64-bit only builds in some cases.<br>

--<br>Mike<br></div></div>

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