[GRASS-dev] Re: winGRASS compilation: perl not found (needed for MAN)

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we try to compile winGRASS on a colleague's computer (XP),
> following
> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/CompileOnWindows
>
> ./mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh
> ...
> checking for perl... no
> ...
>
> At this point, MAN is not created, leading to a tar packaging error later.
>
> But:
> $ perl -v
> This is perl., v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> ...
>
> I am suprised that perl isn't detected by configure. Nothing dramatic of course.
> Did any other winGRASS builder observe this problem?

Forgot to mention that we installed Perl from ActiveState as in OSGeo4W
we couldn't (surprisingly) find it.

Markus