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ecuster2000 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks,

I am working on a Windows 2003 32bit Server with Perl 5.8.8 and I am trying to build and install XML-Parser-2.34. I have downloaded the latest Expat-2.0.0. I added "D:\Expat-2.0.0\Libs" to my PATH and Lib PATH and I added "D:\Expat-2.0.0\Source\lib" to my include path (Not sure if that is correct).

When I go to build XML-Parser-2.34 I recieve some warnings, but no errors. When I test the build everything fails. Here is a sample of the failure messages: 

D:\Software\Perl\XML-Parser-2.34>nmake test


Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.762
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f Makef
+ile all -nologo
        cd ..
        D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harn
+ess(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t
t/astress.........Can't load 'D:\Software\Perl\XML-Parser-2.34\blib\ar
+ch/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.dll' for module XML::Parser::Expat: lo
+ad_file:The specified module could not be found at D:/Perl/lib/DynaLo
+ader.pm line 230.
 at D:/Perl/lib/XML/Parser.pm line 14
Compilation failed in require at D:/Perl/lib/XML/Parser.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at D:/Perl/lib/XML/Parser.pm line 18
+.
Compilation failed in require at t/astress.t line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/astress.t line 11.
t/astress.........dubious
        Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-27
        Failed 27/27 tests, 0.00% okay

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Thank you for any help that some one can provide.

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Re: Can't build XML-Parser-2.34
by CountZero (Bishop) on Mar 09, 2007 at 20:48 UTC
    Something must have gone wrong during the nmake part of the build-process. What is the output of that step?

    CountZero

    "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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      The output from the perl makefile.pl step is: 
      D:\Software\Perl\XML-Parser-2.34>perl makefile.pl
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser::Expat
Writing Makefile for XML::Parser

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      The output from the nmake step is: 
      D:\Software\Perl\XML-Parser-2.34>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.762
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

        "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\nmake.exe" 
+-f Makefil
e all -nologo
        cl -c  -ID:/Expat-2.0.0/Source/lib  -nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -D
+NDEBUG -O1
 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DUSE
+_SITECUSTO
MIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_M
+SVCRT_READ
FIX -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1    -DVERSION=\"2.34\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"2.34\" 
+ "-ID:\Per
l\lib\CORE"   Expat.c
Expat.c
Expat.xs(273) : warning C4018: '<' : signed/unsigned mismatch
Expat.xs(481) : warning C4101: 'pcontext' : unreferenced local variabl
+e
Expat.xs(484) : warning C4101: 'pnstab' : unreferenced local variable
Expat.xs(485) : warning C4101: 'pnslst' : unreferenced local variable
Expat.xs(1146) : warning C4101: 'count' : unreferenced local variable
Expat.xs(1462) : warning C4101: 'delimsv' : unreferenced local variabl
+e
Expat.c(2080) : warning C4101: 'RETVAL' : unreferenced local variable
Expat.c(2377) : warning C4101: 'RETVAL' : unreferenced local variable
Expat.xs(2046) : warning C4018: '<' : signed/unsigned mismatch
Expat.xs(2056) : warning C4018: '<' : signed/unsigned mismatch
Expat.xs(2192) : warning C4101: 'type' : unreferenced local variable
Expat.xs(2205) : warning C4101: 'pret' : unreferenced local variable
Running Mkbootstrap for XML::Parser::Expat ()
        D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 Expat.bs
        link -out:..\blib\arch\auto\XML\Parser\Expat\Expat.dll -dll -n
+ologo -nod
efaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"D:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x
+86 Expat.o
bj   D:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib D:\Expat-2.0.0\Libs\libexpat.lib "D:\
+Program Fi
les\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\oldnames.lib" "D:\Program Files\M
+icrosoft V
isual Studio 8\VC\lib\kernel32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
+ Studio 8\
VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\user32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Stud
+io 8\VC\Pl
atformSDK\Lib\gdi32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\V
+C\Platform
SDK\Lib\winspool.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\P
+latformSDK
\Lib\comdlg32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\Plat
+formSDK\Li
b\advapi32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\Platfor
+mSDK\Lib\s
hell32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK
+\Lib\ole32
.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\o
+leaut32.li
b" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\neta
+pi32.lib"
"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib\uuid.lib" "D:\Progr
+am Files\M
icrosoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\ws2_32.lib" "D:\Program Fi
+les\Micros
oft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\mpr.lib" "D:\Program Files\Micr
+osoft Visu
al Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\winmm.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft 
+Visual Stu
dio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\version.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visu
+al Studio
8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib\odbc32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual St
+udio 8\VC\
PlatformSDK\Lib\odbccp32.lib" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studi
+o 8\VC\lib
\msvcrt.lib" -def:Expat.def
   Creating library ..\blib\arch\auto\XML\Parser\Expat\Expat.lib and o
+bject ..\blib\arch\auto\XML\Parser\Expat\Expat.exp
lib\arch\auto\XML\Parser\Expat\Expat.exp
        D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 755 ..\blib\
+arch\auto\XML\Parser\Expat\Expat.dll
        D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp Expat.bs ..\bli
+b\arch\auto\XML\Parser\Expat\Expat.bs
        D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 ..\blib\
+arch\auto\XML\Parser\Expat\Expat.bs
        cd ..

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        I don't know if this will help or not. I've recently been installing XML::Parser and expat on Solaris, so it's different, but before I ran make, I had to edit the Makefile.PL file to add the $expat_libpath and $expat_incpath variables:

        $expat_libpath = 'path/to/expat/lib';
$expat_incpath = 'path/to/expat/include';

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        I don't know if that will help you or not, but it's worth looking at.

        Cheers,

        Brent

        -- Yeah, I'm a Delt.
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Re: Can't build XML-Parser-2.34
by randyk (Parson) on Mar 09, 2007 at 22:15 UTC
    Does it help if you add D:\Expat-2.0.0\Libs to your PATH environment variable, so as the dlls are found?
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Re: Can't build XML-Parser-2.34
by runrig (Abbot) on Mar 10, 2007 at 00:58 UTC
    I have to ask, since you don't specify: are you using ActiveState perl? Is there any reason you're not using ActiveState perl, and ppm to install the module?
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      I don't see XML-Parser in ppm to install it that way. Is there some reason why it is not there?
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        PPMs for XML::Parser may be found here. You could try, for example, typing ppm install http://trouchelle.com/ppm/XML-Parser.ppd at a command prompt and see if that works for you.

        HTH,

        planetscape
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        Kobes also has XML-Parser, and not only that, but a guide to what other repositories have it.
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        XML::Parser is part of the ActivePerl distribution. It's needed by the PPM script, so if ppm works then you already have XML::Parser.
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Re: Can't build XML-Parser-2.34
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 11, 2007 at 02:21 UTC
    check event log
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