[perl #32635] Parrot CVS help.
Will Coleda via RT
Hopefully someone there will have a clue about your question.
> [mad...@gmail.com - Fri Nov 26 01:17:46 2004]:
>
> Hello, I am currently very dedicated into learning the Parrot
> programming language, and to do this, I have gathered from
> parrotcode.org that I need to download the CVS which I have.
>
> I've installed perl on my system,I open my MS-DOS prompt window and
> use the CD command to switch to the directory where the Parrot CVS is,
> and I understand in order to build parrot so I can later use it and
> compile .pasm files, that in the prompt window I need to go "perl
> Configure.pl" and when I do, this exact text comes up:
>
> "Parrot Version $parrot_version Configure 2.0
> Copyright (C) 2001-2003 The Perl Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
>
> Hello, I'm Configure. My job is to poke and prod your system to
> figure out
> how to build Parrot. The process is completely automated, unless you
> passed in
> the `--ask' flag on the command line, in which case it'll prompt you
> for a few
> pieces of info.
>
> Since you're running this script, you obviously have Perl 5--I'll be
> pulling
> some defaults from its configuration.
>
> Checking MAINFEST........ Done.
> Setting up Configure's data structures........ Done.
> Tweeking settings for miniparrot......... Done.
> Loading platform and local hint files................. Bad command or
> file name done.
> Determining nongenerated header files............... Done
> Determining what C compiler and linker to use.................. Done.
> Determining if your C compiler is actually
> gcc........................"
>
> And then it stops, it never goes past "Determining if your C compiler
> is actually gcc........................"
>
>
> If you could please help me, it would be greatly appreceated.
>
>
Leopold Toetsch
>> Loading platform and local hint files................. Bad command or
Rerunning
perl Configure.pl --verbose=2
should reveal the failing program.
leo