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authorSteve Hay <SteveHay@planit.com>2004-03-22 14:44:46 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2004-03-22 20:30:41 +0000
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Re: ../lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t failure on Win32/GCC
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@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ Edit the makefile.mk (or Makefile, if you're using nmake) and change
the values of INST_DRV and INST_TOP. You can also enable various
build flags. These are explained in the makefiles.
+Note that it is generally not a good idea to try to build a perl with
+INST_DRV and INST_TOP set to a path that already exists from a previous
+build. In particular, this may cause problems with the
+lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t test, which attempts to build a test program and
+may end up building against the installed perl's lib/CORE directory rather
+than the one being tested.
+
You will have to make sure that CCTYPE is set correctly and that
CCHOME points to wherever you installed your compiler.