Re: mod_perl 2.0 under Windows 2000

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On Mon, 16 May 2005, Foo Ji-Haw wrote:

> Octavian Rasnita wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have tried to compile mod_perl 2.0.0-DEV under Windows
> >2000, using Visual Studio 6. I have done:
> >
> >>perl Makefile.pl
> >>nmake
> >>nmake test
> >
> >The result was:
> >
> >Failed Test     Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---
> >t\api\access2.t                6    3  50.00%  2 5-6
> >8 tests and 24 subtests skipped.
> >
> Why don't you simply install precompiled mp2 via PPM? It's
> a lot faster and requires less of you.

That's very true about ppm being faster, and requiring less
effort. Also, for those without a C compiler, it may be the
only way to use such packages. However, if one does have a C
compiler (compatible with the one used to compile Perl and
Apache), as a matter of principle, it's probably better to
compile things yourself, just so as to be sure of binary
compatibility.

Also, though, from a mod_perl development perspective,
there's only a handful of people who regularly build and
test mod_perl on Windows. The more there are, the easier and
faster it will be to pick up and resolve bugs. For example,
I didn't get the above failure, but Teddy did - it's
certainly worth tracking down the difference.

        -- 
        best regards,
randy