Re: Needing some help with Module::Build and the Intel compiler.

Leon Timmermans <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:12:13 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.module-build
Message-ID <CAHhgV8jEHNz7zemKxzE1DEAUP3aabKUBMVk_8ZkKu_q5wJLPGQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Steve Mayer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> =C2=A0I'm attempting to perform a Perl build on Windows 2003 64-bit using=
 the Intel compiler (version 10.1.032) and I'm seeing issues with those mod=
ules that are using Module::Build. =C2=A0Basically when I attempt to build =
any of these Module::Build based modules, I'm seeing the following type of =
error:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0perl Build.PL
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0compilet-qQxoU.
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (0): internal error: backend signals
>
> Has anyone seen this type of issue or has more experience with using the =
Intel compiler (along with VS 2005) to build Perl with?

Module::Build is using ExtUtils::CBuilder to do compiling and linking.
AFAIK that doesn't have explicit support for the Intel compiler on
Windows (though I remember icc having a gcc compatibility mode, maybe
it works through that). ExtUtils;:CBuilder is a bit of a mess on
Windows anyway.

Leon