Re: [wxperl-users] suggested windows build environment?

[Mark D. <mar...@zn...>]

Hi,

For the wxperl.co.uk PPMs I'm using a perl 5.8.8 compiled with many, but not all, of the same options that ActiveState use. (I didn't include any of the backwards compatibility options). This is for historical reasons - it is just the way I have my environment set up and can see no benefit in changing at present.
I'm using MSVC 6 (so that's nmake)
I have the latest platform SDK's installed.

For my wxPerl development usage I install the PPM's in an ActiveState 820 build.

When perl 5.8.9 / 5.10 arrives, I'll simply switch to ActiveState - it makes for an easier life.

If I didn't happen to have MSVC 6, I guess I would use mingw32 rather than MSVC 8.0 free version or whatever.

I *think* Mattia uses mingw32 against ActiveState and the free version of nmake for Win32 builds. If I didn't happen to have MSVC 6, I would use that combination.

Regards

Mark






Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> If you're using windows to build wx from source, I'm curious about which 
> environment you're using.  Strawberry?  ActiveState?  Also, nmake vs 
> make and gcc vs MSVC?
> 
> I'll be using a cygwin shell, but don't want the perl to be linked to 
> cygwin.dll (at least, excepting some strong evidence that it would be 
> better that way.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric