Inline::C build failure - perl

Question

I am using active perl 5.14.2. Here I am trying to use a windows C library in my perl code using Inline::C
use strict;
use Inline C => DATA =>
CCFLAGS => '-std:C99 -Tx86-coff -Zi -Ob1 -fp:precise -W1 -Gd -Ze -Go -D_USER_SPACE_' =>
INC => '"-ID:\test\incl"' =>
LIBS => '"-LD:\test\lib" -llib1 -llib2 -llib3 -llib4';
test();
__END__
__C__
#include <incl/hd1.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
#include <inttypes.h>
void test(void) {
.........
While I am trying to run the script its failing with below error
Warning. No Inline C functions bound to Perl in .\test.pl
Check your C function definition(s) for Inline compatibility
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Perl5.14\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl5.14\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp -typemap "C:\Perl5.14\lib\ExtUtils\typemap" test_pl_7fbb.xs > test_pl_7fbb.xsc && C:\Perl5.14\bin\perl.exe -M
ExtUtils::Command -e "mv" -- test_pl_7fbb.xsc test_pl_7fbb.c
cl -c -I"D:/test" "-ID:\test\incl" -std:C99 -Tx86-coff -Zi -Ob1 -fp:precise -W1 -Gd -Ze -Go -D_USER_SPACE_ -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DVERSIO
N=\"0.00\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.00\" "-IC:\Perl5.14\lib\CORE" test_pl_7fbb.c
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0xc0000135'
Stop.
A problem was encountered while attempting to compile and install your Inline
C code. The command that failed was:
C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe > out.make 2>&1
The build directory was:
D:\test\_Inline\build\test_pl_7fbb
To debug the problem, cd to the build directory, and inspect the output files.
at .\test.pl line 0
...propagated at C:/Perl5.14/site/lib/Inline/C.pm line 772.
INIT failed--call queue aborted.
PS D:\cmapl_test> perl -v
This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 2 (v5.14.2) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2011, Larry Wall
Binary build 1402 [295342] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com
Built Oct 7 2011 15:49:44
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the
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I tried to build the test_pl_7fbb.c file using the command:
cl -c "-ID:\test" "-ID:\test\include" -std:C99 -Tx86-coff -Zi -Ob1 -fp:precise -W1 -
Gd -Ze -Go -D_USER_SPACE_ -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 "-DVERSION=0.00"
"-DXS_VERSION=0.00" "-IC:\Perl5.14\lib\CORE" test_pl_7fbb.c
It got completed without error.
My guess the option -I"D:/test" used by Inline while compiling is causing the issue.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Answer 1

You seem to have installed Visual C VC-9 (VS 2008), but last time I used Activeperl's Inline C it required VC-6.
If that's the reason, you could try to install VC 6 or switch to Strawberry Perl which has the gcc 4.6 tool chain included.

Answer 2

You could try installing MinGW from ActivePerl's PPM servers. It would probably need a recompile of many of your installed modules to work, but i'm sure it'll make things like Inline::C work properly.