Re: statically linked Strawberry Perl for use with PerlApp?

From: <[email protected]>

> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Robert Eden
>
>> Is there any documentation on compiling my own version of Strawberry?  I
>> don't see any source code mentioned on the web page.
>
> Well - you could just build your own perl from source using (say) the
> compiler and dmake that shipped with Strawberry.
>
> You just grab the official perl 5.20.0 source, put your strawberry/c/bin
> folder at the beginning of the PATH, edit the (largely self-documenting)
> win32/makefile.mk appropriately, then cd to that win32 folder and run:
> dmake
> dmake test
> dmake install
>
> Attached is the win32/makefile.mk I've just used to build a 64-bit static
> perl-5.20.0 using Strawberry Perl-5.20.0 compiler (64-bit gcc-4.8.2).
>
> It installs perl into C:\_64\static_perl520_482. (Amend it if you want to
> install perl elsewhere.)
> It specifies that the compiler is in C:\_64\strawberry5.20.0\c (Amend that
> if it's not correct.)
> And it specifies an EXTRALIBDIRS setting that's incorrect for you. You'll
> want to set it to something like:
>
> EXTRALIBDIRS    *= C:\_64\strawberry5.20.0\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib
> C:\_64\strawberry5.20.0\c\lib\gcc\x86_64-w64-mingw32\4.8.2
>
> (depending upon where those folders actually are on your machine).
>
> Apart from that, it should be right to go for you.
> There were a few (three, I think) test script failures during 'dmake test'
> .... nothing to worry about.
>
> It seems to install  dynamic perl.exe, perl5.20.0.exe and wperl.exe (and
> perl520.dll) along with a (large) static perl executable called
> perl-static.exe.
> So it's the perl-static.exe you'll want to be using.
> I've no idea what sort of mileage you'll get out of that ;-)
>
> And, of course, FAIK, there could already be a static Strawberry perl
> available somewhere (or kmx might even be busy building one for you right
> now.)
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>


Do you know if that static Perl can be used if the entire directory is moved 
on another path?

Octavian