[Bioperl-l] nmake - windows

[Nathan Haigh]

I think I have located the problem with trying to run "nmake install" on
Windows. The version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker is < 6.06. Versions later or
equal to 6.06 deal with long command line params in the makefile by
splitting them into multiple commands executed by nmake; thereby getting
round the limitations of the number of chars allowed on the command line
(128 chars for windows).

 

Therefore, bioperl will need to have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.06 or later in
order to run the nmake test. There may also be limitations on other OS's (I
also read about VMS), so should this version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker be a
dependency of BioPerl?

 

However, I'm having problems getting XML::Parser to install after something
crashed! Not sure if it is something gone wrong when a program crashed, if
it's ExtUtils::MakeMaker (6.21) that I installed to get round the problem
above. Does anyone know if XML::Parser is required for ppm or cpan to run?
As both don't seem to want to work after the crash!

 

Anyway, as soon as I manage to get everything installed ok, I'll run the
BioPerl-live tests!!

 

Nathan

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