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1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you |
2 | see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is | |
3 | specially designed to be readable as is. | |
4 | ||
5 | =head1 NAME | |
6 | ||
7 | perlwin32 - Perl under Windows | |
8 | ||
9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS | |
10 | ||
b906aaa5 | 11 | These are instructions for building Perl under Windows 2000 and later. |
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12 | |
13 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
14 | ||
15 | Before you start, you should glance through the README file | |
16 | found in the top-level directory to which the Perl distribution | |
17 | was extracted. Make sure you read and understand the terms under | |
18 | which this software is being distributed. | |
19 | ||
20 | Also make sure you read L<BUGS AND CAVEATS> below for the | |
21 | known limitations of this port. | |
22 | ||
23 | The INSTALL file in the perl top-level has much information that is | |
24 | only relevant to people building Perl on Unix-like systems. In | |
25 | particular, you can safely ignore any information that talks about | |
26 | "Configure". | |
27 | ||
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28 | You may also want to look at one other option for building a perl that |
29 | will work on Windows: the README.cygwin file, which give a different | |
30 | set of rules to build a perl for Windows. This method will probably | |
31 | enable you to build a more Unix-compatible perl, but you will also | |
32 | need to download and use various other build-time and run-time support | |
33 | software described in that file. | |
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34 | |
35 | This set of instructions is meant to describe a so-called "native" | |
b906aaa5 | 36 | port of Perl to the Windows platform. This includes both 32-bit and |
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37 | 64-bit Windows operating systems. The resulting Perl requires no |
38 | additional software to run (other than what came with your operating | |
39 | system). Currently, this port is capable of using one of the | |
40 | following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture: | |
41 | ||
912c63ed | 42 | Microsoft Visual C++ version 6.0 or later |
a2b08671 | 43 | Intel C++ Compiler (experimental) |
bf537ce6 | 44 | Gcc by mingw.org gcc version 3.4.5 or later |
2c3d35a4 | 45 | Gcc by mingw-w64.org gcc version 4.4.3 or later |
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46 | |
47 | Note that the last two of these are actually competing projects both | |
48 | delivering complete gcc toolchain for MS Windows: | |
b906aaa5 | 49 | |
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50 | =over 4 |
51 | ||
52 | =item L<http://mingw.org> | |
53 | ||
54 | Delivers gcc toolchain targeting 32-bit Windows platform. | |
b906aaa5 | 55 | |
2c3d35a4 | 56 | =item L<http://mingw-w64.org> |
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57 | |
58 | Delivers gcc toolchain targeting both 64-bit Windows and 32-bit Windows | |
59 | platforms (despite the project name "mingw-w64" they are not only 64-bit | |
60 | oriented). They deliver the native gcc compilers and cross-compilers | |
61 | that are also supported by perl's makefile. | |
62 | ||
63 | =back | |
9baed986 | 64 | |
378eeda7 | 65 | The Microsoft Visual C++ compilers are also now being given away free. They are |
3e7c2d43 | 66 | available as "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" or "Visual C++ 2005-2013 Express |
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67 | Edition" (and also as part of the ".NET Framework SDK") and are the same |
68 | compilers that ship with "Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional" or "Visual C++ | |
3e7c2d43 | 69 | 2005-2013 Professional" respectively. |
7241fd28 | 70 | |
fa58a56f | 71 | This port can also be built on IA64/AMD64 using: |
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72 | |
73 | Microsoft Platform SDK Nov 2001 (64-bit compiler and tools) | |
fa58a56f | 74 | MinGW64 compiler (gcc version 4.4.3 or later) |
9baed986 | 75 | |
42d76a89 | 76 | The Windows SDK can be downloaded from L<http://www.microsoft.com/>. |
2c3d35a4 | 77 | The MinGW64 compiler is available at L<http://mingw-w64.org>. |
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78 | The latter is actually a cross-compiler targeting Win64. There's also a trimmed |
79 | down compiler (no java, or gfortran) suitable for building perl available at: | |
4cef65c2 | 80 | L<http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/64_gcctoolchain/> |
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81 | |
82 | NOTE: If you're using a 32-bit compiler to build perl on a 64-bit Windows | |
83 | operating system, then you should set the WIN64 environment variable to "undef". | |
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84 | Also, the trimmed down compiler only passes tests when USE_ITHREADS *= define |
85 | (as opposed to undef) and when the CFG *= Debug line is commented out. | |
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86 | |
87 | This port fully supports MakeMaker (the set of modules that | |
88 | is used to build extensions to perl). Therefore, you should be | |
89 | able to build and install most extensions found in the CPAN sites. | |
b906aaa5 | 90 | See L<Usage Hints for Perl on Windows> below for general hints about this. |
9baed986 | 91 | |
b906aaa5 | 92 | =head2 Setting Up Perl on Windows |
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93 | |
94 | =over 4 | |
95 | ||
96 | =item Make | |
97 | ||
98 | You need a "make" program to build the sources. If you are using | |
3bdc51af | 99 | Visual C++ or the Windows SDK tools, you can use nmake supplied with Visual C++ |
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100 | or Windows SDK. You may also use, for Visual C++ or Windows SDK, dmake or gmake |
101 | instead of nmake. dmake is open source software, but is not included with | |
102 | Visual C++ or Windows SDK. Builds using gcc need dmake or gmake. nmake is not | |
103 | supported for gcc builds. Parallel building is only supported with dmake and | |
104 | gmake, not nmake. When using dmake it is recommended to use dmake 4.13 or newer | |
105 | for parallel building. Older dmakes, in parallel mode, have very high CPU usage | |
106 | and pound the disk/filing system with duplicate I/O calls in an aggressive | |
107 | polling loop. | |
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108 | |
109 | A port of dmake for Windows is available from: | |
110 | ||
42d76a89 | 111 | L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/dmake/> |
9baed986 | 112 | |
13e18e90 | 113 | Fetch and install dmake somewhere on your path. |
9baed986 | 114 | |
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115 | =item Command Shell |
116 | ||
8cbe99e5 | 117 | Use the default "cmd" shell that comes with Windows. Some versions of the |
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118 | popular 4DOS/NT shell have incompatibilities that may cause you trouble. |
119 | If the build fails under that shell, try building again with the cmd | |
120 | shell. | |
121 | ||
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122 | Make sure the path to the build directory does not contain spaces. The |
123 | build usually works in this circumstance, but some tests will fail. | |
124 | ||
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125 | =item Microsoft Visual C++ |
126 | ||
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127 | The nmake that comes with Visual C++ will suffice for building. Visual C |
128 | requires that certain things be set up in the console before Visual C will | |
129 | sucessfully run. To make a console box be able to run the C compiler, you will | |
130 | need to beforehand, run the C<vcvars32.bat> file to compile for x86-32 and for | |
131 | x86-64 C<vcvarsall.bat x64> or C<vcvarsamd64.bat>. On a typical install of a | |
132 | Microsoft C compiler product, these batch files will already be in your C<PATH> | |
133 | environment variable so you may just type them without an absolute path into | |
134 | your console. If you need to find the absolute path to the batch file, it is | |
135 | usually found somewhere like C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin. | |
136 | With some newer Micrsoft C products (released after ~2004), the installer will | |
137 | put a shortcut in the start menu to launch a new console window with the | |
138 | console already set up for your target architecture (x86-32 or x86-64 or IA64). | |
139 | With the newer compilers, you may also use the older batch files if you choose | |
140 | so. | |
9baed986 | 141 | |
3e7c2d43 | 142 | =item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008-2013 Express Edition |
4a3cf07b | 143 | |
3e7c2d43 | 144 | These free versions of Visual C++ 2008-2013 Professional contain the same |
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145 | compilers and linkers that ship with the full versions, and also contain |
146 | everything necessary to build Perl, rather than requiring a separate download | |
147 | of the Windows SDK like previous versions did. | |
4a3cf07b | 148 | |
2a46176f | 149 | These packages can be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at |
42d76a89 | 150 | L<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en>. (Providing exact |
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151 | links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on |
152 | changing so often.) | |
4a3cf07b | 153 | |
3e7c2d43 | 154 | Install Visual C++ 2008-2013 Express, then setup your environment using, e.g. |
4a3cf07b | 155 | |
f185f654 | 156 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat |
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157 | |
158 | (assuming the default installation location was chosen). | |
159 | ||
160 | Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that | |
3e7c2d43 | 161 | file to set CCTYPE to one of MSVC90FREE-MSVC120FREE first. |
4a3cf07b | 162 | |
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163 | =item Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition |
164 | ||
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165 | This free version of Visual C++ 2005 Professional contains the same compiler |
166 | and linker that ship with the full version, but doesn't contain everything | |
167 | necessary to build Perl. | |
168 | ||
b906aaa5 | 169 | You will also need to download the "Windows SDK" (the "Core SDK" and "MDAC |
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170 | SDK" components are required) for more header files and libraries. |
171 | ||
172 | These packages can both be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at | |
42d76a89 | 173 | L<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en>. (Providing exact |
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174 | links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on |
175 | changing so often.) | |
176 | ||
b906aaa5 | 177 | Try to obtain the latest version of the Windows SDK. Sometimes these packages |
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178 | contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on |
179 | other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK" | |
180 | also runs on Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000. | |
181 | ||
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182 | Install Visual C++ 2005 first, then the Platform SDK. Setup your environment |
183 | as follows (assuming default installation locations were chosen): | |
184 | ||
f185f654 | 185 | SET PlatformSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK |
1c847d4b | 186 | |
f185f654 | 187 | SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;%PlatformSDKDir%\Bin |
1c847d4b | 188 | |
f185f654 | 189 | SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE;%PlatformSDKDir%\include |
4246aec1 | 190 | |
f185f654 | 191 | SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;%PlatformSDKDir%\lib |
1c847d4b | 192 | |
f185f654 | 193 | SET LIBPATH=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 |
1c847d4b | 194 | |
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195 | (The PlatformSDKDir might need to be set differently depending on which version |
196 | you are using. Earlier versions installed into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK", | |
197 | while the latest versions install into version-specific locations such as | |
198 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2".) | |
199 | ||
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200 | Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that |
201 | file to set | |
202 | ||
f185f654 | 203 | CCTYPE = MSVC80FREE |
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204 | |
205 | and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above. | |
206 | ||
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207 | =item Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 |
208 | ||
209 | This free toolkit contains the same compiler and linker that ship with | |
1c847d4b | 210 | Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional, but doesn't contain everything |
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211 | necessary to build Perl. |
212 | ||
213 | You will also need to download the "Platform SDK" (the "Core SDK" and "MDAC | |
214 | SDK" components are required) for header files, libraries and rc.exe, and | |
215 | ".NET Framework SDK" for more libraries and nmake.exe. Note that the latter | |
216 | (which also includes the free compiler and linker) requires the ".NET | |
217 | Framework Redistributable" to be installed first. This can be downloaded and | |
218 | installed separately, but is included in the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" anyway. | |
219 | ||
220 | These packages can all be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at | |
42d76a89 | 221 | L<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en>. (Providing exact |
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222 | links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on |
223 | changing so often.) | |
224 | ||
b906aaa5 | 225 | Try to obtain the latest version of the Windows SDK. Sometimes these packages |
1b4f0359 | 226 | contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on |
1c847d4b | 227 | other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK" |
1b4f0359 | 228 | also runs on Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000. |
7241fd28 | 229 | |
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230 | Install the Toolkit first, then the Platform SDK, then the .NET Framework SDK. |
231 | Setup your environment as follows (assuming default installation locations | |
232 | were chosen): | |
233 | ||
f185f654 | 234 | SET PlatformSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK |
4246aec1 | 235 | |
f185f654 | 236 | SET PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin;%PlatformSDKDir%\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin |
4246aec1 | 237 | |
f185f654 | 238 | SET INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\include;%PlatformSDKDir%\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include |
1c847d4b | 239 | |
f185f654 | 240 | SET LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\lib;%PlatformSDKDir%\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib |
1c847d4b | 241 | |
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242 | (The PlatformSDKDir might need to be set differently depending on which version |
243 | you are using. Earlier versions installed into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK", | |
244 | while the latest versions install into version-specific locations such as | |
245 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2".) | |
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246 | |
247 | Several required files will still be missing: | |
248 | ||
249 | =over 4 | |
250 | ||
251 | =item * | |
252 | ||
253 | cvtres.exe is required by link.exe when using a .res file. It is actually | |
254 | installed by the .NET Framework SDK, but into a location such as the | |
255 | following: | |
256 | ||
f185f654 | 257 | C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 |
7241fd28 | 258 | |
4246aec1 | 259 | Copy it from there to %PlatformSDKDir%\Bin |
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260 | |
261 | =item * | |
262 | ||
263 | lib.exe is normally used to build libraries, but link.exe with the /lib | |
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264 | option also works, so change win32/config.vc to use it instead: |
265 | ||
266 | Change the line reading: | |
267 | ||
268 | ar='lib' | |
269 | ||
270 | to: | |
271 | ||
272 | ar='link /lib' | |
273 | ||
274 | It may also be useful to create a batch file called lib.bat in | |
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275 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin containing: |
276 | ||
277 | @echo off | |
278 | link /lib %* | |
279 | ||
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280 | for the benefit of any naughty C extension modules that you might want to build |
281 | later which explicitly reference "lib" rather than taking their value from | |
282 | $Config{ar}. | |
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283 | |
284 | =item * | |
285 | ||
286 | setargv.obj is required to build perlglob.exe (and perl.exe if the USE_SETARGV | |
287 | option is enabled). The Platform SDK supplies this object file in source form | |
4246aec1 | 288 | in %PlatformSDKDir%\src\crt. Copy setargv.c, cruntime.h and |
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289 | internal.h from there to some temporary location and build setargv.obj using |
290 | ||
291 | cl.exe /c /I. /D_CRTBLD setargv.c | |
292 | ||
4246aec1 | 293 | Then copy setargv.obj to %PlatformSDKDir%\lib |
7241fd28 | 294 | |
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295 | Alternatively, if you don't need perlglob.exe and don't need to enable the |
296 | USE_SETARGV option then you can safely just remove all mention of $(GLOBEXE) | |
297 | from win32/Makefile and setargv.obj won't be required anyway. | |
298 | ||
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299 | =back |
300 | ||
301 | Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that | |
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302 | file to set |
303 | ||
304 | CCTYPE = MSVC70FREE | |
305 | ||
306 | and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above. | |
7241fd28 | 307 | |
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308 | =item Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler |
309 | ||
310 | The nmake that comes with the Platform SDK will suffice for building | |
311 | Perl. Make sure you are building within one of the "Build Environment" | |
312 | shells available after you install the Platform SDK from the Start Menu. | |
313 | ||
e2736246 | 314 | =item MinGW release 3 with gcc |
9baed986 | 315 | |
bf537ce6 | 316 | Perl can be compiled with gcc from MinGW release 3 and later (using gcc 3.4.5 |
ceb0c681 | 317 | and later). It can be downloaded here: |
9baed986 | 318 | |
42d76a89 | 319 | L<http://www.mingw.org/> |
7c5b6093 | 320 | |
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321 | You also need dmake. See L</"Make"> above on how to get it. |
322 | ||
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323 | =item Intel C++ Compiler |
324 | ||
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325 | Experimental support for using Intel C++ Compiler has been added. Edit |
326 | win32/Makefile and pick the correct CCTYPE for the Visual C that Intel C was | |
327 | installed into. Also uncomment __ICC to enable Intel C on Visual C support. | |
328 | To set up the build enviroment, from the Start Menu run | |
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329 | IA-32 Visual Studio 20__ mode or Intel 64 Visual Studio 20__ mode as |
330 | appropriate. Then run nmake as usually in that prompt box. | |
331 | ||
332 | Only Intel C++ Compiler v12.1 has been tested. Other versions probably will | |
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333 | work. Using Intel C++ Compiler instead of Visual C has the benefit of C99 |
334 | compatibility which is needed by some CPAN XS modules, while maintaining | |
335 | compatibility with Visual C object code and Visual C debugging infrastructure | |
336 | unlike GCC. | |
a48cc4c4 | 337 | |
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338 | =back |
339 | ||
340 | =head2 Building | |
341 | ||
342 | =over 4 | |
343 | ||
344 | =item * | |
345 | ||
346 | Make sure you are in the "win32" subdirectory under the perl toplevel. | |
347 | This directory contains a "Makefile" that will work with | |
b906aaa5 | 348 | versions of nmake that come with Visual C++ or the Windows SDK, and |
9baed986 | 349 | a dmake "makefile.mk" that will work for all supported compilers. The |
00808b83 | 350 | defaults in the dmake makefile are setup to build using MinGW/gcc. |
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351 | |
352 | =item * | |
353 | ||
dbd54a9f | 354 | Edit the makefile.mk (or Makefile, if you're using nmake) and change |
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355 | the values of INST_DRV and INST_TOP. You can also enable various |
356 | build flags. These are explained in the makefiles. | |
357 | ||
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358 | Note that it is generally not a good idea to try to build a perl with |
359 | INST_DRV and INST_TOP set to a path that already exists from a previous | |
360 | build. In particular, this may cause problems with the | |
361 | lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t test, which attempts to build a test program and | |
362 | may end up building against the installed perl's lib/CORE directory rather | |
363 | than the one being tested. | |
364 | ||
dbd54a9f | 365 | You will have to make sure that CCTYPE is set correctly and that |
4cef65c2 | 366 | CCHOME points to wherever you installed your compiler. |
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367 | |
368 | If building with the cross-compiler provided by | |
2c3d35a4 | 369 | mingw-w64.org you'll need to uncomment the line that sets |
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370 | GCCCROSS in the makefile.mk. Do this only if it's the cross-compiler - ie |
371 | only if the bin folder doesn't contain a gcc.exe. (The cross-compiler | |
372 | does not provide a gcc.exe, g++.exe, ar.exe, etc. Instead, all of these | |
373 | executables are prefixed with 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-'.) | |
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374 | |
375 | The default value for CCHOME in the makefiles for Visual C++ | |
376 | may not be correct for some versions. Make sure the default exists | |
377 | and is valid. | |
378 | ||
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379 | You may also need to comment out the C<DELAYLOAD = ...> line in the |
380 | Makefile if you're using VC++ 6.0 without the latest service pack and | |
381 | the linker reports an internal error. | |
dbd54a9f | 382 | |
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383 | If you want build some core extensions statically into perl's dll, specify |
384 | them in the STATIC_EXT macro. | |
385 | ||
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386 | NOTE: The USE_64_BIT_INT build option is not supported with the 32-bit |
387 | Visual C++ 6.0 compiler. | |
388 | ||
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389 | Be sure to read the instructions near the top of the makefiles carefully. |
390 | ||
391 | =item * | |
392 | ||
393 | Type "dmake" (or "nmake" if you are using that make). | |
394 | ||
395 | This should build everything. Specifically, it will create perl.exe, | |
d0e2a402 | 396 | perl524.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's |
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397 | under the lib\auto directory. If the build fails for any reason, make |
398 | sure you have done the previous steps correctly. | |
399 | ||
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400 | To try dmake's parallel mode, type "dmake -P2", where 2, is the maximum number |
401 | of parallel jobs you want to run. A number of things in the build process will | |
402 | run in parallel, but there are serialization points where you will see just 1 | |
403 | CPU maxed out. This is normal. | |
404 | ||
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405 | If you are advanced enough with building C code, here is a suggestion to speed |
406 | up building perl, and the later C<make test>. Try to keep your PATH enviromental | |
407 | variable with the least number of folders possible (remember to keep your C | |
408 | compiler's folders there). C<C:\WINDOWS\system32> or C<C:\WINNT\system32> | |
409 | depending on your OS version should be first folder in PATH, since "cmd.exe" | |
410 | is the most commonly launched program during the build and later testing. | |
411 | ||
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412 | =back |
413 | ||
b906aaa5 | 414 | =head2 Testing Perl on Windows |
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415 | |
416 | Type "dmake test" (or "nmake test"). This will run most of the tests from | |
417 | the testsuite (many tests will be skipped). | |
418 | ||
b906aaa5 | 419 | There should be no test failures. |
9baed986 | 420 | |
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421 | If you build with Visual C++ 2013 then three tests currently may fail with |
422 | Daylight Saving Time related problems: F<t/io/fs.t>, | |
cb0ee57a | 423 | F<cpan/HTTP-Tiny/t/110_mirror.t> and F<lib/File/Copy.t>. The failures are |
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424 | caused by bugs in the CRT in VC++ 2013 which will be fixed in future releases |
425 | of VC++, as explained by Microsoft here: | |
426 | L<https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/811534/utime-sometimes-fails-to-set-the-correct-file-times-in-visual-c-2013>. In the meantime, | |
427 | if you need fixed C<stat> and C<utime> functions then have a look at the | |
428 | CPAN distribution Win32::UTCFileTime. | |
3e7c2d43 | 429 | |
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430 | If you build with certain versions (e.g. 4.8.1) of gcc from www.mingw.org then |
431 | F<ext/POSIX/t/time.t> may fail test 17 due to a known bug in those gcc builds: | |
432 | see L<http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/bugs/2152/>. | |
433 | ||
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434 | Some test failures may occur if you use a command shell other than the |
435 | native "cmd.exe", or if you are building from a path that contains | |
436 | spaces. So don't do that. | |
437 | ||
438 | If you are running the tests from a emacs shell window, you may see | |
439 | failures in op/stat.t. Run "dmake test-notty" in that case. | |
440 | ||
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441 | Furthermore, you should make sure that during C<make test> you do not |
442 | have any GNU tool packages in your path: some toolkits like Unixutils | |
443 | include some tools (C<type> for instance) which override the Windows | |
444 | ones and makes tests fail. Remove them from your path while testing to | |
445 | avoid these errors. | |
446 | ||
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447 | Please report any other failures as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>. |
448 | ||
b906aaa5 | 449 | =head2 Installation of Perl on Windows |
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450 | |
451 | Type "dmake install" (or "nmake install"). This will put the newly | |
452 | built perl and the libraries under whatever C<INST_TOP> points to in the | |
453 | Makefile. It will also install the pod documentation under | |
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454 | C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\lib\pod> and HTML versions of the same under |
455 | C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\lib\pod\html>. | |
9baed986 | 456 | |
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457 | To use the Perl you just installed you will need to add a new entry to |
458 | your PATH environment variable: C<$INST_TOP\bin>, e.g. | |
9baed986 | 459 | |
00808b83 | 460 | set PATH=c:\perl\bin;%PATH% |
9baed986 | 461 | |
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462 | If you opted to uncomment C<INST_VER> and C<INST_ARCH> in the makefile |
463 | then the installation structure is a little more complicated and you will | |
464 | need to add two new PATH components instead: C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\bin> and | |
465 | C<$INST_TOP\$INST_VER\bin\$ARCHNAME>, e.g. | |
466 | ||
467 | set PATH=c:\perl\5.6.0\bin;c:\perl\5.6.0\bin\MSWin32-x86;%PATH% | |
9baed986 | 468 | |
b906aaa5 | 469 | =head2 Usage Hints for Perl on Windows |
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470 | |
471 | =over 4 | |
472 | ||
473 | =item Environment Variables | |
474 | ||
475 | The installation paths that you set during the build get compiled | |
476 | into perl, so you don't have to do anything additional to start | |
477 | using that perl (except add its location to your PATH variable). | |
478 | ||
479 | If you put extensions in unusual places, you can set PERL5LIB | |
480 | to a list of paths separated by semicolons where you want perl | |
481 | to look for libraries. Look for descriptions of other environment | |
482 | variables you can set in L<perlrun>. | |
483 | ||
484 | You can also control the shell that perl uses to run system() and | |
485 | backtick commands via PERL5SHELL. See L<perlrun>. | |
486 | ||
487 | Perl does not depend on the registry, but it can look up certain default | |
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488 | values if you choose to put them there unless disabled at build time with |
489 | USE_NO_REGISTRY. On Perl process start Perl checks if | |
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490 | C<HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Perl> and C<HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perl> |
491 | exist. If the keys exists, they will be checked for remainder of the Perl | |
492 | process's run life for certain entries. Entries in | |
493 | C<HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Perl> override entries in | |
494 | C<HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perl>. One or more of the following entries | |
495 | (of type REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ) may be set in the keys: | |
9baed986 | 496 | |
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497 | lib-$] version-specific standard library path to add to @INC |
498 | lib standard library path to add to @INC | |
499 | sitelib-$] version-specific site library path to add to @INC | |
500 | sitelib site library path to add to @INC | |
501 | vendorlib-$] version-specific vendor library path to add to @INC | |
502 | vendorlib vendor library path to add to @INC | |
503 | PERL* fallback for all %ENV lookups that begin with "PERL" | |
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504 | |
505 | Note the C<$]> in the above is not literal. Substitute whatever version | |
506 | of perl you want to honor that entry, e.g. C<5.6.0>. Paths must be | |
b906aaa5 | 507 | separated with semicolons, as usual on Windows. |
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508 | |
509 | =item File Globbing | |
510 | ||
511 | By default, perl handles file globbing using the File::Glob extension, | |
512 | which provides portable globbing. | |
513 | ||
514 | If you want perl to use globbing that emulates the quirks of DOS | |
515 | filename conventions, you might want to consider using File::DosGlob | |
516 | to override the internal glob() implementation. See L<File::DosGlob> for | |
517 | details. | |
518 | ||
519 | =item Using perl from the command line | |
520 | ||
521 | If you are accustomed to using perl from various command-line | |
522 | shells found in UNIX environments, you will be less than pleased | |
523 | with what Windows offers by way of a command shell. | |
524 | ||
525 | The crucial thing to understand about the Windows environment is that | |
526 | the command line you type in is processed twice before Perl sees it. | |
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527 | First, your command shell (usually CMD.EXE) preprocesses the command |
528 | line, to handle redirection, environment variable expansion, and | |
529 | location of the executable to run. Then, the perl executable splits | |
530 | the remaining command line into individual arguments, using the | |
531 | C runtime library upon which Perl was built. | |
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532 | |
533 | It is particularly important to note that neither the shell nor the C | |
534 | runtime do any wildcard expansions of command-line arguments (so | |
535 | wildcards need not be quoted). Also, the quoting behaviours of the | |
536 | shell and the C runtime are rudimentary at best (and may, if you are | |
537 | using a non-standard shell, be inconsistent). The only (useful) quote | |
538 | character is the double quote ("). It can be used to protect spaces | |
539 | and other special characters in arguments. | |
540 | ||
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541 | The Windows documentation describes the shell parsing rules here: |
542 | L<http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/cmd.mspx?mfr=true> | |
543 | and the C runtime parsing rules here: | |
544 | L<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/17w5ykft%28v=VS.100%29.aspx>. | |
545 | ||
546 | Here are some further observations based on experiments: The C runtime | |
547 | breaks arguments at spaces and passes them to programs in argc/argv. | |
548 | Double quotes can be used to prevent arguments with spaces in them from | |
549 | being split up. You can put a double quote in an argument by escaping | |
550 | it with a backslash and enclosing the whole argument within double quotes. | |
551 | The backslash and the pair of double quotes surrounding the argument will | |
552 | be stripped by the C runtime. | |
9baed986 | 553 | |
00808b83 | 554 | The file redirection characters "E<lt>", "E<gt>", and "|" can be quoted by |
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555 | double quotes (although there are suggestions that this may not always |
556 | be true). Single quotes are not treated as quotes by the shell or | |
557 | the C runtime, they don't get stripped by the shell (just to make | |
558 | this type of quoting completely useless). The caret "^" has also | |
559 | been observed to behave as a quoting character, but this appears | |
560 | to be a shell feature, and the caret is not stripped from the command | |
561 | line, so Perl still sees it (and the C runtime phase does not treat | |
562 | the caret as a quote character). | |
563 | ||
564 | Here are some examples of usage of the "cmd" shell: | |
565 | ||
566 | This prints two doublequotes: | |
567 | ||
568 | perl -e "print '\"\"' " | |
569 | ||
570 | This does the same: | |
571 | ||
572 | perl -e "print \"\\\"\\\"\" " | |
573 | ||
574 | This prints "bar" and writes "foo" to the file "blurch": | |
575 | ||
576 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" > blurch | |
577 | ||
578 | This prints "foo" ("bar" disappears into nowhereland): | |
579 | ||
580 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2> nul | |
581 | ||
582 | This prints "bar" and writes "foo" into the file "blurch": | |
583 | ||
584 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 1> blurch | |
585 | ||
586 | This pipes "foo" to the "less" pager and prints "bar" on the console: | |
587 | ||
588 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" | less | |
589 | ||
590 | This pipes "foo\nbar\n" to the less pager: | |
591 | ||
592 | perl -le "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2>&1 | less | |
593 | ||
594 | This pipes "foo" to the pager and writes "bar" in the file "blurch": | |
595 | ||
596 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2> blurch | less | |
597 | ||
598 | ||
599 | Discovering the usefulness of the "command.com" shell on Windows 9x | |
600 | is left as an exercise to the reader :) | |
601 | ||
602 | One particularly pernicious problem with the 4NT command shell for | |
8cbe99e5 | 603 | Windows is that it (nearly) always treats a % character as indicating |
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604 | that environment variable expansion is needed. Under this shell, it is |
605 | therefore important to always double any % characters which you want | |
606 | Perl to see (for example, for hash variables), even when they are | |
607 | quoted. | |
608 | ||
609 | =item Building Extensions | |
610 | ||
611 | The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) offers a wealth | |
612 | of extensions, some of which require a C compiler to build. | |
42d76a89 | 613 | Look in L<http://www.cpan.org/> for more information on CPAN. |
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614 | |
615 | Note that not all of the extensions available from CPAN may work | |
b906aaa5 | 616 | in the Windows environment; you should check the information at |
8f5839a9 | 617 | L<http://www.cpantesters.org/> before investing too much effort into |
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618 | porting modules that don't readily build. |
619 | ||
620 | Most extensions (whether they require a C compiler or not) can | |
621 | be built, tested and installed with the standard mantra: | |
622 | ||
623 | perl Makefile.PL | |
624 | $MAKE | |
625 | $MAKE test | |
626 | $MAKE install | |
627 | ||
628 | where $MAKE is whatever 'make' program you have configured perl to | |
629 | use. Use "perl -V:make" to find out what this is. Some extensions | |
630 | may not provide a testsuite (so "$MAKE test" may not do anything or | |
631 | fail), but most serious ones do. | |
632 | ||
633 | It is important that you use a supported 'make' program, and | |
634 | ensure Config.pm knows about it. If you don't have nmake, you can | |
635 | either get dmake from the location mentioned earlier or get an | |
636 | old version of nmake reportedly available from: | |
637 | ||
42d76a89 | 638 | L<http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/nmake15.exe> |
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639 | |
640 | Another option is to use the make written in Perl, available from | |
641 | CPAN. | |
642 | ||
42d76a89 | 643 | L<http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Make/> |
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644 | |
645 | You may also use dmake. See L</"Make"> above on how to get it. | |
646 | ||
647 | Note that MakeMaker actually emits makefiles with different syntax | |
648 | depending on what 'make' it thinks you are using. Therefore, it is | |
649 | important that one of the following values appears in Config.pm: | |
650 | ||
651 | make='nmake' # MakeMaker emits nmake syntax | |
652 | make='dmake' # MakeMaker emits dmake syntax | |
653 | any other value # MakeMaker emits generic make syntax | |
654 | (e.g GNU make, or Perl make) | |
655 | ||
656 | If the value doesn't match the 'make' program you want to use, | |
657 | edit Config.pm to fix it. | |
658 | ||
659 | If a module implements XSUBs, you will need one of the supported | |
660 | C compilers. You must make sure you have set up the environment for | |
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661 | the compiler for command-line compilation before running C<perl Makefile.PL> |
662 | or any invocation of make. | |
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663 | |
664 | If a module does not build for some reason, look carefully for | |
665 | why it failed, and report problems to the module author. If | |
666 | it looks like the extension building support is at fault, report | |
667 | that with full details of how the build failed using the perlbug | |
668 | utility. | |
669 | ||
670 | =item Command-line Wildcard Expansion | |
671 | ||
672 | The default command shells on DOS descendant operating systems (such | |
673 | as they are) usually do not expand wildcard arguments supplied to | |
674 | programs. They consider it the application's job to handle that. | |
675 | This is commonly achieved by linking the application (in our case, | |
676 | perl) with startup code that the C runtime libraries usually provide. | |
677 | However, doing that results in incompatible perl versions (since the | |
678 | behavior of the argv expansion code differs depending on the | |
679 | compiler, and it is even buggy on some compilers). Besides, it may | |
680 | be a source of frustration if you use such a perl binary with an | |
681 | alternate shell that *does* expand wildcards. | |
682 | ||
683 | Instead, the following solution works rather well. The nice things | |
dbd54a9f | 684 | about it are 1) you can start using it right away; 2) it is more |
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685 | powerful, because it will do the right thing with a pattern like |
686 | */*/*.c; 3) you can decide whether you do/don't want to use it; and | |
dbd54a9f | 687 | 4) you can extend the method to add any customizations (or even |
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688 | entirely different kinds of wildcard expansion). |
689 | ||
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690 | C:\> copy con c:\perl\lib\Wild.pm |
691 | # Wild.pm - emulate shell @ARGV expansion on shells that don't | |
692 | use File::DosGlob; | |
693 | @ARGV = map { | |
694 | my @g = File::DosGlob::glob($_) if /[*?]/; | |
695 | @g ? @g : $_; | |
696 | } @ARGV; | |
697 | 1; | |
698 | ^Z | |
699 | C:\> set PERL5OPT=-MWild | |
700 | C:\> perl -le "for (@ARGV) { print }" */*/perl*.c | |
701 | p4view/perl/perl.c | |
702 | p4view/perl/perlio.c | |
703 | p4view/perl/perly.c | |
704 | perl5.005/win32/perlglob.c | |
705 | perl5.005/win32/perllib.c | |
706 | perl5.005/win32/perlglob.c | |
707 | perl5.005/win32/perllib.c | |
708 | perl5.005/win32/perlglob.c | |
709 | perl5.005/win32/perllib.c | |
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710 | |
711 | Note there are two distinct steps there: 1) You'll have to create | |
712 | Wild.pm and put it in your perl lib directory. 2) You'll need to | |
713 | set the PERL5OPT environment variable. If you want argv expansion | |
714 | to be the default, just set PERL5OPT in your default startup | |
715 | environment. | |
716 | ||
717 | If you are using the Visual C compiler, you can get the C runtime's | |
718 | command line wildcard expansion built into perl binary. The resulting | |
719 | binary will always expand unquoted command lines, which may not be | |
720 | what you want if you use a shell that does that for you. The expansion | |
721 | done is also somewhat less powerful than the approach suggested above. | |
722 | ||
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723 | =item Notes on 64-bit Windows |
724 | ||
725 | Windows .NET Server supports the LLP64 data model on the Intel Itanium | |
726 | architecture. | |
727 | ||
728 | The LLP64 data model is different from the LP64 data model that is the | |
729 | norm on 64-bit Unix platforms. In the former, C<int> and C<long> are | |
730 | both 32-bit data types, while pointers are 64 bits wide. In addition, | |
731 | there is a separate 64-bit wide integral type, C<__int64>. In contrast, | |
732 | the LP64 data model that is pervasive on Unix platforms provides C<int> | |
733 | as the 32-bit type, while both the C<long> type and pointers are of | |
734 | 64-bit precision. Note that both models provide for 64-bits of | |
735 | addressability. | |
736 | ||
737 | 64-bit Windows running on Itanium is capable of running 32-bit x86 | |
738 | binaries transparently. This means that you could use a 32-bit build | |
739 | of Perl on a 64-bit system. Given this, why would one want to build | |
740 | a 64-bit build of Perl? Here are some reasons why you would bother: | |
741 | ||
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742 | =over |
743 | ||
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744 | =item * |
745 | ||
746 | A 64-bit native application will run much more efficiently on | |
747 | Itanium hardware. | |
748 | ||
749 | =item * | |
750 | ||
751 | There is no 2GB limit on process size. | |
752 | ||
753 | =item * | |
754 | ||
755 | Perl automatically provides large file support when built under | |
756 | 64-bit Windows. | |
757 | ||
758 | =item * | |
759 | ||
760 | Embedding Perl inside a 64-bit application. | |
761 | ||
762 | =back | |
763 | ||
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764 | =back |
765 | ||
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766 | =head2 Running Perl Scripts |
767 | ||
768 | Perl scripts on UNIX use the "#!" (a.k.a "shebang") line to | |
769 | indicate to the OS that it should execute the file using perl. | |
b906aaa5 | 770 | Windows has no comparable means to indicate arbitrary files are |
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771 | executables. |
772 | ||
773 | Instead, all available methods to execute plain text files on | |
b906aaa5 | 774 | Windows rely on the file "extension". There are three methods |
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775 | to use this to execute perl scripts: |
776 | ||
777 | =over 8 | |
778 | ||
779 | =item 1 | |
780 | ||
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781 | There is a facility called "file extension associations". This can be |
782 | manipulated via the two commands "assoc" and "ftype" that come | |
783 | standard with Windows. Type "ftype /?" for a complete example of how | |
784 | to set this up for perl scripts (Say what? You thought Windows | |
785 | wasn't perl-ready? :). | |
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786 | |
787 | =item 2 | |
788 | ||
789 | Since file associations don't work everywhere, and there are | |
790 | reportedly bugs with file associations where it does work, the | |
791 | old method of wrapping the perl script to make it look like a | |
792 | regular batch file to the OS, may be used. The install process | |
793 | makes available the "pl2bat.bat" script which can be used to wrap | |
794 | perl scripts into batch files. For example: | |
795 | ||
796 | pl2bat foo.pl | |
797 | ||
798 | will create the file "FOO.BAT". Note "pl2bat" strips any | |
799 | .pl suffix and adds a .bat suffix to the generated file. | |
800 | ||
801 | If you use the 4DOS/NT or similar command shell, note that | |
802 | "pl2bat" uses the "%*" variable in the generated batch file to | |
803 | refer to all the command line arguments, so you may need to make | |
804 | sure that construct works in batch files. As of this writing, | |
805 | 4DOS/NT users will need a "ParameterChar = *" statement in their | |
806 | 4NT.INI file or will need to execute "setdos /p*" in the 4DOS/NT | |
807 | startup file to enable this to work. | |
808 | ||
809 | =item 3 | |
810 | ||
811 | Using "pl2bat" has a few problems: the file name gets changed, | |
812 | so scripts that rely on C<$0> to find what they must do may not | |
813 | run properly; running "pl2bat" replicates the contents of the | |
814 | original script, and so this process can be maintenance intensive | |
815 | if the originals get updated often. A different approach that | |
816 | avoids both problems is possible. | |
817 | ||
818 | A script called "runperl.bat" is available that can be copied | |
819 | to any filename (along with the .bat suffix). For example, | |
820 | if you call it "foo.bat", it will run the file "foo" when it is | |
b906aaa5 | 821 | executed. Since you can run batch files on Windows platforms simply |
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822 | by typing the name (without the extension), this effectively |
823 | runs the file "foo", when you type either "foo" or "foo.bat". | |
824 | With this method, "foo.bat" can even be in a different location | |
825 | than the file "foo", as long as "foo" is available somewhere on | |
826 | the PATH. If your scripts are on a filesystem that allows symbolic | |
827 | links, you can even avoid copying "runperl.bat". | |
828 | ||
829 | Here's a diversion: copy "runperl.bat" to "runperl", and type | |
830 | "runperl". Explain the observed behavior, or lack thereof. :) | |
831 | Hint: .gnidnats llits er'uoy fi ,"lrepnur" eteled :tniH | |
832 | ||
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833 | =back |
834 | ||
835 | =head2 Miscellaneous Things | |
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836 | |
837 | A full set of HTML documentation is installed, so you should be | |
838 | able to use it if you have a web browser installed on your | |
839 | system. | |
840 | ||
841 | C<perldoc> is also a useful tool for browsing information contained | |
842 | in the documentation, especially in conjunction with a pager | |
b906aaa5 | 843 | like C<less> (recent versions of which have Windows support). You may |
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844 | have to set the PAGER environment variable to use a specific pager. |
845 | "perldoc -f foo" will print information about the perl operator | |
846 | "foo". | |
847 | ||
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848 | One common mistake when using this port with a GUI library like C<Tk> |
849 | is assuming that Perl's normal behavior of opening a command-line | |
850 | window will go away. This isn't the case. If you want to start a copy | |
851 | of C<perl> without opening a command-line window, use the C<wperl> | |
852 | executable built during the installation process. Usage is exactly | |
b906aaa5 | 853 | the same as normal C<perl> on Windows, except that options like C<-h> |
13ee867e BD |
854 | don't work (since they need a command-line window to print to). |
855 | ||
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856 | If you find bugs in perl, you can run C<perlbug> to create a |
857 | bug report (you may have to send it manually if C<perlbug> cannot | |
858 | find a mailer on your system). | |
859 | ||
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860 | =head1 BUGS AND CAVEATS |
861 | ||
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862 | Norton AntiVirus interferes with the build process, particularly if |
863 | set to "AutoProtect, All Files, when Opened". Unlike large applications | |
864 | the perl build process opens and modifies a lot of files. Having the | |
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865 | the AntiVirus scan each and every one slows build the process significantly. |
866 | Worse, with PERLIO=stdio the build process fails with peculiar messages | |
dbd54a9f | 867 | as the virus checker interacts badly with miniperl.exe writing configure |
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868 | files (it seems to either catch file part written and treat it as suspicious, |
869 | or virus checker may have it "locked" in a way which inhibits miniperl | |
dbd54a9f | 870 | updating it). The build does complete with |
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871 | |
872 | set PERLIO=perlio | |
873 | ||
874 | but that may be just luck. Other AntiVirus software may have similar issues. | |
875 | ||
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876 | A git GUI shell extension for Windows such as TortoiseGit will cause the build |
877 | and later C<make test> to run much slower since every file is checked for its | |
878 | git status as soon as it is created and/or modified. TortoiseGit doesn't cause | |
879 | any test failures or build problems unlike the antivirus software described | |
880 | above, but it does cause similar slowness. It is suggested to use Task Manager | |
881 | to look for background processes which use high CPU amounts during the building | |
882 | process. | |
883 | ||
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884 | Some of the built-in functions do not act exactly as documented in |
885 | L<perlfunc>, and a few are not implemented at all. To avoid | |
886 | surprises, particularly if you have had prior exposure to Perl | |
887 | in other operating environments or if you intend to write code | |
00808b83 | 888 | that will be portable to other environments, see L<perlport> |
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889 | for a reasonably definitive list of these differences. |
890 | ||
891 | Not all extensions available from CPAN may build or work properly | |
b906aaa5 | 892 | in the Windows environment. See L</"Building Extensions">. |
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893 | |
894 | Most C<socket()> related calls are supported, but they may not | |
895 | behave as on Unix platforms. See L<perlport> for the full list. | |
896 | ||
897 | Signal handling may not behave as on Unix platforms (where it | |
898 | doesn't exactly "behave", either :). For instance, calling C<die()> | |
899 | or C<exit()> from signal handlers will cause an exception, since most | |
b906aaa5 | 900 | implementations of C<signal()> on Windows are severely crippled. |
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901 | Thus, signals may work only for simple things like setting a flag |
902 | variable in the handler. Using signals under this port should | |
903 | currently be considered unsupported. | |
904 | ||
dbd54a9f | 905 | Please send detailed descriptions of any problems and solutions that |
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906 | you may find to E<lt>F<perlbug@perl.org>E<gt>, along with the output |
907 | produced by C<perl -V>. | |
9baed986 | 908 | |
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909 | =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
910 | ||
911 | The use of a camel with the topic of Perl is a trademark | |
912 | of O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. Used with permission. | |
913 | ||
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914 | =head1 AUTHORS |
915 | ||
916 | =over 4 | |
917 | ||
918 | =item Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt> | |
919 | ||
920 | =item Gurusamy Sarathy E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt> | |
921 | ||
922 | =item Nick Ing-Simmons E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt> | |
923 | ||
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924 | =item Jan Dubois E<lt>jand@activestate.comE<gt> |
925 | ||
2a46176f | 926 | =item Steve Hay E<lt>steve.m.hay@googlemail.comE<gt> |
2bfd3252 | 927 | |
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928 | =back |
929 | ||
2bfd3252 | 930 | This document is maintained by Jan Dubois. |
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931 | |
932 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
933 | ||
934 | L<perl> | |
935 | ||
936 | =head1 HISTORY | |
937 | ||
938 | This port was originally contributed by Gary Ng around 5.003_24, | |
939 | and borrowed from the Hip Communications port that was available | |
940 | at the time. Various people have made numerous and sundry hacks | |
941 | since then. | |
942 | ||
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943 | GCC/mingw32 support was added in 5.005 (Nick Ing-Simmons). |
944 | ||
945 | Support for PERL_OBJECT was added in 5.005 (ActiveState Tool Corp). | |
946 | ||
947 | Support for fork() emulation was added in 5.6 (ActiveState Tool Corp). | |
948 | ||
949 | Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl). | |
950 | ||
951 | Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp). | |
952 | ||
8f5839a9 | 953 | Last updated: 07 October 2014 |
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954 | |
955 | =cut |