following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture:
Borland C++ version 5.02 or later
- Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 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.
-The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is also now being given away free in
-the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003", and also as part of the ".NET Framework
-SDK". This is the same compiler that ships with "Visual Studio .NET 2003
-Professional".
+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
+Command Line Tools" and is the same compiler that ships with the full
+"Borland C++ Builder" product. The Microsoft compiler is available as
+"Visual C++ Toolkit 2003", and also as part of the ".NET Framework SDK", and
+is the same compiler that ships with "Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional".
This port can also be built on the Intel IA64 using:
installed separately, but is included in the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" anyway.
These packages can all be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at
-http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
+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.)
-The Platform SDK packages can also be obtained from the Platform SDK Update
-site: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate Note that this
-site requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later to function, but the site's home
-page currently gives links to two download pages for users of other browsers:
-
-For Windows XP Service Pack 2:
-http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/XPSP2FULLInstall.htm
-
-For Windows Server 2003:
-http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
+Try to obtain the latest version of the Platform SDK. Sometimes these packages
+contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on
+other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK"
+also runs on Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000.
According to the download pages the Toolkit and the .NET Framework SDK are only
supported on Windows 2000/XP/2003, so trying to use these tools on Windows
=back
Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile. You will need to edit that
-file to comment-out CCTYPE = MSVC60 (since that enables delay-loading of the
-Winsock DLL which the free toolkit does not support) and to set CCHOME,
-CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above. You may also want to
-change both mentions of the compiler's "-Gf" switch to "-GF" since the former
-is deprecated in VC7 and will be removed from future versions.
+file to set
+
+ CCTYPE = MSVC70FREE
+
+and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above.
=item Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler
may not be correct for some versions. Make sure the default exists
and is valid.
-You may also need to comment out a line C<DELAYLOAD = ...> in the
-makefile, in case you're using an older version of the Visual C++ compiler
-(e.g. 6.0 without service packs) and if the linker reports an internal
-error.
+You may also need to comment out the C<DELAYLOAD = ...> line in the
+Makefile if you're using VC++ 6.0 without the latest service pack and
+the linker reports an internal error.
If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(),
enable the appropriate option in the makefile. A ready-to-use version
ActiveState port, there is a bundle of Win32 extensions that contains
all of the ActiveState extensions and several other Win32 extensions from
CPAN in source form, along with many added bugfixes, and with MakeMaker
-support. This bundle is available at:
+support. The latest version of this bundle is available at:
- http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Win32/libwin32-0.191.zip
+ http://search.cpan.org/dist/libwin32/
See the README in that distribution for building and installation
-instructions. Look for later versions that may be available at the
-same location.
+instructions.
=item Notes on 64-bit Windows
Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
-Last updated: 7 June 2005
+Last updated: 30 September 2005
=cut
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