Bug #44023 for PAR-Packer: 64-bit PAR files missing

Wed Mar 11 00:51:39 2009 tigerhawkvok [...] gmail.com - Ticket created

Subject:	64-bit PAR files missing
Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:50:55 -0700
To:	<bug-PAR-Packer [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Philip Kahn" <tigerhawkvok [...] gmail.com>

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When attempting to install PP, the install fails on the 64-bit versions of windows due to the required packages being unavailable. I've attached a printscreen for your convenience. This is true across multiple versions and packages. ~Philip -------------------------------- Philip Kahn 2635 College Ave #2 Berkeley, CA 94704 818.749.2009 http://www.revealedsingularity.net <http://www.revealedsingularity.net/> --------------------------------

Thu Mar 12 13:24:42 2009 nj88udd02 [...] sneakemail.com - Correspondence added

CC:	par [...] perl.org
Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #44023] 64-bit PAR files missing
Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:24:08 +0100
To:	bug-PAR-Packer [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Steffen Mueller <nj88udd02 [...] sneakemail.com>

Hi Philip, Philip Kahn via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> When attempting to install PP, the install fails on the 64-bit versions of > windows due to the required packages being unavailable. I've attached a > printscreen for your convenience. This is true across multiple versions and > packages.

technically, this isn't a bug. It's only a convenience service that we're providing binaries of PAR::Packer for win32 via CPAN. Normally, people are expected to have a C compiler set up with their perl if they want to install C/XS based modules from CPAN directly. I would suggest one of the following solutions for you: - Try to find an x64 PPM repository with PAR::Packer binaries - Wait for the upcoming PAR::Packer release. I'll try to find volunteers with x64-Windows installations who may generate a binary for upload to CPAN. - Install a C compiler that's compatible with your perl. Naturally option 2 isn't guaranteed to work as it relies on volunteers. If you'd like to help out provided you have the necessary compiler setup, you can generate a .par binary with the commands: perl Makefile.PL make make par Best regards, Steffen

Thu Mar 12 13:24:42 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'