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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--===============1820570858== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b62275ec7646004cb40af7c --047d7b62275ec7646004cb40af7c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 --047d7b62275ec7646004cb40af7c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar= get=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></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 "fat" 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<= br> 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 'fat' binaries to use 64-bit only builds in some cases.<br> --<br>Mike<br></div></div> --047d7b62275ec7646004cb40af7c-- --===============1820570858== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs --===============1820570858==--