OpenDDS Perl Script Setup Throwing Error - perl

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Continuing from this SO question.
When following the openDDS install guide I attempt to run configure from within the command prompt but receive this output recieve this error set:
C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds>C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\configure.cmd
Options:
'compiler' => 'gcc'
'verbose' => 1
host system is: win32
compiler is: gcc
Using ace_src: C:/Users/Supervisor/Desktop/opendds/ACE_wrappers
Using tao_src: C:/Users/Supervisor/Desktop/opendds/ACE_wrappers/TAO
ACE_ROOT/ace/config.h exists, skipping configuration of ACE+TAO
ENV: saving current environment
ENV: Appending ;C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\ACE_wrappers\bin;C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\bin;C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opend
ds\ACE_wrappers\lib;C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\lib to PATH
ENV: Setting ACE_ROOT to C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\ACE_wrappers
ENV: Setting MPC_ROOT to C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\ACE_wrappers\MPC
ENV: Setting CIAO_ROOT to unused
ENV: Setting TAO_ROOT to C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\ACE_wrappers\TAO
ENV: Setting DDS_ROOT to C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds
ENV: Setting DANCE_ROOT to unused
Use of uninitialized value $mpctype in concatenation (.) or string at configure line 1028.
OpenDDS mwc command line: -type C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\DDS_TAOv2_all.mwc
Use of uninitialized value $mpctype in string eq at configure line 1031.
Running MPC to generate project files.
MPC_ROOT was set to C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\ACE_wrappers\MPC.
Using .../opendds/ACE_wrappers/bin/MakeProjectCreator/config/MPC.cfg
ERROR: Invalid type: C:\Users\Supervisor\Desktop\opendds\DDS_TAOv2_all.mwc
mwc.pl v4.1.8
Usage: mwc.pl [-global <file>] [-include <directory>] [-recurse]
[-ti <dll | lib | dll_exe | lib_exe>:<file>] [-hierarchy]
[-template <file>] [-relative NAME=VAL] [-base <project>]
[-noreldefs] [-notoplevel] [-static] [-genins] [-use_env]
[-value_template <NAME+=VAL | NAME=VAL | NAME-=VAL>]
[-value_project <NAME+=VAL | NAME=VAL | NAME-=VAL>]
[-make_coexistence] [-feature_file <file name>] [-gendot]
[-expand_vars] [-features <feature definitions>]
[-exclude <directories>] [-name_modifier <pattern>]
[-apply_project] [-version] [-into <directory>]
[-gfeature_file <file name>] [-nocomments]
[-relative_file <file name>] [-for_eclipse]
[-workers <#>] [-workers_dir <dir> | -workers_port <#>]
[-language <cplusplus | csharp | java | vb>]
[-type <automake | bcb2007 | bcb2009 | bds4 | bmake | cc | cdt6 |
cdt7 | em3 | ghs | gnuace | gnuautobuild | html | make |
nmake | rpmspec | sle | vc6 | vc7 | vc8 | vc10 | vc11 |
vc12 | vc14 | vc71 | vc9 | vxtest | wb26 | wb30 | wix>]
[files]
-base Add <project> as a base project to each generated
project file. Do not provide a file extension, the
.mpb extension will be tried first; if that fails the
.mpc extension will be tried.
-exclude Use this option to exclude directories or files when
searching for input files.
-expand_vars Perform direct expansion, instead of performing relative
replacement with either -use_env or -relative options.
-feature_file Specifies the feature file to read before processing.
The default feature file is default.features under the
config directory.
-features Specifies the feature list to set before processing.
-for_eclipse Generate files for use with eclipse. This is only
useful for make based project types.
-gendot Generate .dot files for use with Graphviz.
-genins Generate .ins files for use with prj_install.pl.
-gfeature_file Specifies the global feature file. The
default value is global.features under the
config directory.
-global Specifies the global input file. Values stored
within this file are applied to all projects.
-hierarchy Generate a workspace in a hierarchical fashion.
-include Specifies a directory to search when looking for base
projects, template input files and templates. This
option can be used multiple times to add directories.
-into Place all output files in a mirrored directory
structure starting at <directory>. This should be a
full path. If any project within the workspace is
referenced via a full path, use of this option is
likely to cause problems.
-language Specify the language preference; possible values are
[cplusplus, csharp, java, vb]. The default is
cplusplus.
-make_coexistence If multiple 'make' based project types are
generated, they will be named such that they can coexist.
-name_modifier Modify output names. The pattern passed to this
parameter will have the '*' portion replaced with the
actual output name. Ex. *_Static
-apply_project When used in conjunction with -name_modifier, it applies
the name modifier to the project name also.
-nocomments Do not place comments in the generated files.
-noreldefs Do not try to generate default relative definitions.
-notoplevel Do not generate the top level target file. Files
are still processed, but no top level file is created.
-recurse Recurse from the current directory and generate from
all found input files.
-relative Any $() variable in an mpc file that is matched to NAME
is replaced by VAL only if VAL can be made into a
relative path based on the current working directory.
This option can be used multiple times to add multiple
variables.
-relative_file Specifies the relative file to read before processing.
The default relative file is default.rel under the
config directory.
-static Specifies that only static projects will be generated.
By default, only dynamic projects are generated.
-template Specifies the template name (with no extension).
-workers Specifies number of child processes to use to generate
projects.
-workers_dir The directory for storing temporary output files
from the child processes. The default is '/tmp/mpc'
If neither -workers_dir nor -workers_port is used,
-workers_dir is assumed.
-workers_port The port number for the parent listener. If neither
-workers_dir nor -workers_port is used, -workers_dir
is assumed.
-ti Specifies the template input file (with no extension)
for the specific type (ex. -ti dll_exe:vc8exe).
-type Specifies the type of project file to generate. This
option can be used multiple times to generate multiple
types. There is no longer a default.
-use_env Use environment variables for all uses of $() instead
of the relative replacement values.
-value_project This option allows modification of a project variable
assignment. Use += to add VAL to the NAME's value.
Use -= to subtract and = to override the value.
This can be used to introduce new name value pairs to
a project. However, it must be a valid project
assignment.
-value_template This option allows modification of a template input
name value pair. Use += to add VAL to the NAME's
value. Use -= to subtract and = to override the value.
-version Print the MPC version and exit.
Error from MPC, stopped at configure line 1035.
The cmd script being run is:
#echo off
:: Win32 configure script wrapper for OpenDDS
:: Distributed under the OpenDDS License.
:: See: http://www.opendds.org/license.html
for %%x in (perl.exe) do set PERLPATH=%%~dp$PATH:x
if x%PERLPATH%==x (
echo ERROR: perl.exe was not found. This script requires ActiveState Perl.
exit /b 1
)
set PERLPATH=
perl configure -verbose --compiler=gcc %*
if exist setenv.cmd call setenv.cmd
And the section of configure that generates the error is:
my $mwcargs = "-type $mpctype $buildEnv->{'DDS_ROOT'}$slash$ws $static";
$mwcargs .= ' ' . $opts{'mpcopts'} if defined $opts{'mpcopts'};
print "OpenDDS mwc command line: $mwcargs\n" if $opts{'verbose'};
print 'Running MPC to generate ', ($mpctype eq 'gnuace' ? 'makefiles' :
'project files'), ".\n";
if (!$opts{'dry-run'}) {
if (system("perl $ENV{'ACE_ROOT'}/bin/mwc.pl $mwcargs") != 0) {
die "Error from MPC, stopped";
}
}
Where initial unset variable is set:
my $mpctype = ($slash eq '/') ? 'gnuace' : $opts{'compiler_version'};
I have both perl and visual studio installed. Looking up MPC I can find a 'multi-precision library. Could this be because I am using gcc? I have to use GCC in order to create a library to use with the JNI out of this code eventually...

Answer 1

You need to make sure that you are using ActiveState perl on windows, other perl variants seem not to work 100%