Re: Tk problem building / installing using Perl 5.12.0.1 on x64

It's a Perl::Tk error (as I recall 804.028_502 working on x64 without
such a fix) - report it to them.  But thanks for letting us know.

--Curtis

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:39 -0500, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:
> OS: Windows 7, 64-bit
> Perl 5.12.0.1
> Module: Tk  804.029
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a Perl::Tk issue, or a MinGW wanted any input
> guidance on where I need to go with this.
> 
> I attempted to install using CPAN, but encountered errors during the
> build.
> 
> Looking at the errors generated using dmake, the problem seemed to be
> located in pTk/mTk/xlib/X11/X.h line 44.
> 
> Starting at 43:
> 43: #ifdef _DWIN64
> 44: typedef __int64 XID;
> 45: #else
> 46: typedef unsigned long XID;
> 47: #endif
> 
> I was able to correct this by changing this to
> 43: #ifdef _DWIN64
> 44: #include <inttypes.h>
> 45: typedef __int64 XID;
> 46: #else
> 47: typedef unsigned long XID;
> 48: #endif
> 
> After making this change, everything compiles, and "dmake test" passes
> everything.
> 
> So, is this a Perl::Tk error, or a MingGW, or a Strawberry configuration
> issue ?
> 
> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Paul

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