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List:       perl-win32-users
Subject:    Re: [aswin32] Re: Possible DynaLoader or MinGW bug?
From:       Robert May <rmay () popeslane ! clara ! co ! uk>
Date:       2006-03-25 1:41:35
Message-ID: 44249FCF.20707 () popeslane ! clara ! co ! uk
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Sisyphus wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert May"
> .
> .
> 
>>A series of tests:
>>Drop          - ok
>>DropF         - fails
>>AropF         - fails
>>DropFi        - fails
>>DropFile      - fails
>>DropFiles     - fails
>>DropX         - fails
>>DropFx        - fails
>>DropFilesx    - fails
>>xDropFiles    - ok
>>Win32::DropF  - fails
>>Win32::xDropF - ok
>>
>>Appears to indicate that any module whose last component name starts
>>with 'DropF' fails.
> 
> Except that you've stated that 'AropF' fails and 'DropX' fails. Or did you
> mean to write that they are ok ?

Careless on my part.  AropF and DropX were OK.

>>Off to find a mingw forum/list.
> 
> You'll find MinGW mailing list subscription details at www.mingw.org
> (somewhere). But it's hard to expect helpful answers from them because of
> all the perl stuff that's involved in your test case. Better if you could
> construct a test case that was pure C. But give it a try anyway (even if you
> can't construct a pure C test case) - 'DropF' might mean something to
> someone there.
> 
> You could just try updating your gcc-3.4.4 and also updating your
> mingw32-w32api (assuming your current version is not the latest). My feeling
> is that even if you do get an explanation (and I'm sceptical about that),
> the solution will be to simply update anyway.

We've crossed messages - after reading the posting guidelines I upgraded 
to the latest 'candidate' releases (I was on the leading stable 
releases), and my problems went away.

Thanks again,
Rob.(M)
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