Re: Need help building DBD::Sybase on Windows

Hey Rob,

You're trying too hard! :)  Michael already has an active state module
waiting for ya.  Exact instructions are at
http://froebe.net/blog/2006/08/05/how-to-install-dbdsybase-on-windows-using-activestate-perl/
but it is basically just downloading the file and installing it.

jason

--- Rob Verschoor <[email protected]> wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I'm trying to install DBD::Sybase on Windows but without success so
> far.
> I did follow the hints I found elsewhere and installed 'nmake', but
> still 
> the build blows up, as shown below. I cannot figure out what's going 
> wrong.
> For the record: Perl itself (v.5.8.8; ActiveState) is working just
> fine on 
> this WinXP box.
> 
> Wisdom much appreciated here.
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Rob V.
> 
> 
> cpan> install Sybase::CTlib
> [...]
> cp CTlib.pm ..\blib\lib\Sybase\CTlib.pm
> AutoSplitting ..\blib\lib\Sybase\CTlib.pm
> (..\blib\lib\auto\Sybase\CTlib)
>         C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe 
> C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp -prototypes -typemap 
> C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap  CTlib.xs > CTlib.xsc && 
> C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e mv CTlib.xsc CTlib.c
>         gcc -c  -Id:\syb150/OCS-15_0\include  -DNDEBUG -DWIN32
> -D_CONSOLE  
> -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -
> DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
> -DUSE_PERLIO 
>  -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -O2   
> -DVERSION=\"2.18\" 
>   -DXS_VERSION=\"2.18\" 
>  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -DCTLIBVS=100 -DSYBPLVER=\"2.18\"
> -DDO_TIE CTlib.c
> gcc: no input files
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return
> code 
> '0x1'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return
> code 
> '0x2'
> Stop.
>   nmake  -- NOT OK
> Running make test
>   Can't test without successful make
> Running make install
>   make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Rob Verschoor
> 
> Certified Sybase Professional DBA for ASE 12.5/12.0/11.5/11.0
> and Replication Server 12.5
> 
> Author of Sybase books (order online at www.sypron.nl/shop):
> "Tips, Tricks & Recipes for Sybase ASE" (ASE 15 edition)
> "The Complete Sybase ASE Quick Reference Guide"
> "The Complete Sybase Replication Server Quick Reference Guide"
> 
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> 
> 


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