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-rw-r--r--win32/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--win32/makefile.mk8
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 4d7e2c9e77..25ebadd3ee 100644
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ system). Currently, this port is capable of using one of the
following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture:
Borland C++ version 5.02 or later
- Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 through 7.0 (and possibly later)
+ Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 or later
MinGW with gcc gcc version 2.95.2 or later
The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler. Use version
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ Command Line Tools" and is the same compiler that ships with the full
"Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" or "Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition" (and also as
part of the ".NET Framework SDK") and is the same compiler that ships with
"Visual C++ .NET 2003 Professional" or "Visual C++ 2005 Professional"
-respectively. Currently, Perl cannot be compiled with Visual C++ 2005 (aka
-Visual C++ 8.x).
+respectively.
This port can also be built on the Intel IA64 using:
@@ -138,9 +137,6 @@ make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
-B<NOTE: While these instructions are in theory correct, Perl currently cannot
-be compiled with Visual C++ 2005.>
-
This free version of Visual C++ 2005 Professional contains the same compiler
and linker that ship with the full version, but doesn't contain everything
necessary to build Perl.
@@ -370,6 +366,9 @@ You may also need to comment out the C<DELAYLOAD = ...> line in the
Makefile if you're using VC++ 6.0 without the latest service pack and
the linker reports an internal error.
+If you are using VC++ 4.2 or earlier then you'll have to change the /EHsc
+option in the CXX_FLAG macro to the equivalent /GX option.
+
If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(),
enable the appropriate option in the makefile. A ready-to-use version
of fcrypt.c, based on the version originally written by Eric Young at
@@ -411,6 +410,11 @@ spaces. So don't do that.
If you are running the tests from a emacs shell window, you may see
failures in op/stat.t. Run "dmake test-notty" in that case.
+If you're using the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 compiler (VC++ 8) then you'll
+find that F<ext/IO/t/io_sock.t> currently produces some warnings and then
+hangs. You will need to kill the hung perl.exe process to allow the
+remainder of the test suite to complete.
+
If you're using the Borland compiler, you may see a failure in op/taint.t
arising from the inability to find the Borland Runtime DLLs on the system
default path. You will need to copy the DLLs reported by the messages
@@ -956,6 +960,6 @@ Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl).
Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
-Last updated: 30 September 2005
+Last updated: 28 November 2006
=cut
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 5c6209aacd..6399b57950 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# Makefile to build perl on Windows NT using Microsoft NMAKE.
# Supported compilers:
-# Visual C++ 2.0 through 7.0 (and possibly newer versions)
+# Visual C++ 2.0 or later
# MS Platform SDK 64-bit compiler and tools
#
# This is set up to build a perl.exe that runs off a shared library
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(COREDIR) -I.\include -I. -I..
DEFINES = -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT $(CRYPT_FLAG)
LOCDEFS = -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE
SUBSYS = console
-CXX_FLAG = -TP -GX
+CXX_FLAG = -TP -EHsc
!IF "$(USE_PERLCRT)" != "define"
LIBC = msvcrt.lib
diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk
index 160039819e..75975a0931 100644
--- a/win32/makefile.mk
+++ b/win32/makefile.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
#
# Makefile to build perl on Windows NT using DMAKE.
# Supported compilers:
-# Visual C++ 2.0 through 7.0 (and possibly newer versions)
-# Borland C++ 5.02 or better
-# MinGW with gcc-2.95.2 or better
+# Visual C++ 2.0 or later
+# Borland C++ 5.02 or later
+# MinGW with gcc-2.95.2 or later
# MS Platform SDK 64-bit compiler and tools **experimental**
#
# This is set up to build a perl.exe that runs off a shared library
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(COREDIR) -I.\include -I. -I..
DEFINES = -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT $(CRYPT_FLAG)
LOCDEFS = -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE
SUBSYS = console
-CXX_FLAG = -TP -GX
+CXX_FLAG = -TP -EHsc
.IF "$(USE_PERLCRT)" != "define"
LIBC = msvcrt.lib