Borland C++ version 5.02 or later
Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 or later
MinGW with gcc gcc version 2.95.2 or later
-
-The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler. Use version
-3.2.x or later for the best results with this compiler.
+ Gcc by mingw.org gcc version 2.95.2 or later
+ Gcc by mingw-w64.sf.net gcc version 4.4.3 or later
+
+Note that the last two of these are actually competing projects both
+delivering complete gcc toolchain for MS Windows:
+- http://mingw.org - delivers gcc toolchain targeting 32-bit Windows
+ platform.
+ Use version 3.2.x or later for the best results with this compiler.
+- http://mingw-w64.sf.net - delivers gcc toolchain targeting both 64-bit
+ Windows and 32-bit Windows platforms (despite the project name "mingw-w64"
+ they are not only 64-bit oriented). They deliver the native gcc compilers
+ + cross-compilers that are also supported by perl's makefile.
The Borland C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ compilers are also now being given
away free. The Borland compiler is available as "Borland C++ Compiler Free
"Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional" or "Visual C++ 2005/2008 Professional"
respectively.
-This port can also be built on the Intel IA64 using:
+This port can also be built on IA64/AMD64 using:
Microsoft Platform SDK Nov 2001 (64-bit compiler and tools)
+ MinGW64 compiler (gcc version 4.4.3 or later)
The MS Platform SDK can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/.
+The MinGW64 compiler is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64.
+The latter is actually a cross-compiler targeting Win64. There's also a trimmed
+down compiler (no java, or gfortran) suitable for building perl available at:
+http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/64_gcctoolchain/mingw64-w64-20100123-kmx-v2.zip
+
+NOTE: If you're using a 32-bit compiler to build perl on a 64-bit Windows
+operating system, then you should set the WIN64 environment variable to "undef".
+Also, the trimmed down compiler only passes tests when USE_ITHREADS *= define
+(as opposed to undef) and when the CFG *= Debug line is commented out.
This port fully supports MakeMaker (the set of modules that
is used to build extensions to perl). Therefore, you should be
latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default
make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
-=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition Beta 2
+=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
This free version of Visual C++ 2008 Professional contains the same compiler
and linker that ship with the full version, and also contains everything
necessary to build Perl, rather than requiring a separate download of the
Platform SDK like previous versions did.
-The Beta 2 package is currently available from
-
-http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/future/default.aspx
-http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/express/future/default.aspx
-
-The final release version will probably be found by searching in the Download
-Center at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en in due
-course.
+This package can be downloaded by searching for "Visual Studio 2008 Express
+Edition" in the Download Center at
+http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. (Providing exact
+links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on
+changing so often.)
Install Visual C++ 2008, then setup your environment using
Perl also compiles with earlier releases of gcc (2.95.2 and up). See below
for notes about using earlier versions of MinGW/gcc.
+And perl also compiles with gcc-4.3.0 and up, and perhaps even some of the
+earlier 4.x.x versions.
+
You also need dmake. See L</"Make"> above on how to get it.
=item MinGW release 1 with gcc
than the one being tested.
You will have to make sure that CCTYPE is set correctly and that
-CCHOME points to wherever you installed your compiler.
+CCHOME points to wherever you installed your compiler. If building with
+gcc-4.x.x, you'll also need to uncomment the assignment to GCC_4XX and
+uncomment the assignment to the appropriate GCCHELPERDLL in the makefile.mk.
+
+If building with the cross-compiler provided by
+mingw-w64.sourceforge.net you'll need to uncomment the line that sets
+GCCCROSS in the makefile.mk. Do this only if it's the cross-compiler - ie
+only if the bin folder doesn't contain a gcc.exe. (The cross-compiler
+does not provide a gcc.exe, g++.exe, ar.exe, etc. Instead, all of these
+executables are prefixed with 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-'.)
The default value for CCHOME in the makefiles for Visual C++
may not be correct for some versions. Make sure the default exists
Type "dmake" (or "nmake" if you are using that make).
This should build everything. Specifically, it will create perl.exe,
-perl59.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+perl513.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
under the lib\auto directory. If the build fails for any reason, make
sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
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