I didn't understand the preoccupation with dmake, so I ignored that requirement... I already had MinGW and Microsoft's nmake installed, so I just downloaded and installed the new Activeperl 5.8.8.816, as my previous install was 5.8.7.813, slightly too old...
I ran a few test builds of XS modules (Sub::Name, Data::Dump::Streamer). Guess what: it works. You don't need dmake, nmake will do fine.
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Very good news!As a compiler-challenged user of Windows XP, I felt left out every time a module needed to be compiled and no PPM-package was available. I installed the minimal shell "MSys" and from that shell ran the CPAN-module and it works like a charm. Giant vistas open on the horizon. What shall we do next? Recompile Perl itself?
CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law
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