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Re: Wish Setup would accept my Perl


Michael Kairys wrote:
I wish Setup could recognize that I already have a Perl installation...

The two may be compatible at the Perl source level, for the most part[*], but I doubt they're binary compatible. A lot of Perl modules contain parts compiled from C and linked into the interpreter dynamically at need.


Unless you can mix these modules, I don't think you can expect Cygwin to consider ActiveState's distribution compatible. If a Cygwin package needs Perl, it's fair for setup.exe to demand a Cygwinnish Perl to support it. For all setup.exe knows, it's an absolute requirement.

[*] I also doubt they're 100% compatible at the source level, what with the various extensions each could be enabling that the other doesn't.

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