[Module::Build] have_c_compiler uncovers Windoze bug

[Randy W. S. <Ra...@Th...>]

Hi Ken,

Version 1.220 of M::B::Base.pm uncovered a bug. On Windows, an 
executable requires different options to the linker than a dynamic 
library. Currently link_c() is configured strictly to produce libraries. 
A quick and perhaps naive fix is to introduce an optional paramater to 
link_c() to indicate the desired type of the output file. But, I want to 
wait as I've also been looking into porting to AT&T's U/WIN Unix on 
Windows environment <http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/> (like 
Cygwin, and it is going to require implementing static linking (see 
"Static Linking of a new Perl Binary" in the MM docs). This might also 
involve changes to link_c(), but I'm not sure yet. I'll post more when I 
learn more and before I start patching. But it may be this weekend as 
I'm going to set up a new computer thats been collecting dust; I'm going 
to setup Debain linux, one of the BSDs, Windows 2000, & Windows 98, 
multiboot so that I'll have a good testing system.

Regards,
Randy.