Re: Need help building DBD::Sybase on Windows

Brilliant -- that works like a charm. Thanks for pointing this out (I'm 
not a Windows fan either y'know but it's sometimes hard to avoid...)

Rob V.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason L. Froebe" <[email protected]>
To: "Rob Verschoor" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 20:22
Subject: 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"
>>
>> mailto:[email protected]
>> http://www.sypron.nl
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>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>
>
> Jason L. Froebe
>
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