Installing CtCmd on Windows

[Sherman Willden]

What are cl and dumpbin?

I am trying to configure CtCmd and I was reading the INSTALL document
before proceeding. It stated that I must be able to perform cl and
dumpbin from the command line before proceeding. What products are cl
and dumpbin contained in?

Thanks;

Sherman

[Purl Gurl]

Sherman Willden wrote:

> What are cl and dumpbin?

> I am trying to configure CtCmd and I was reading the INSTALL document
> before proceeding. It stated that I must be able to perform cl and
> dumpbin from the command line before proceeding. What products are cl
> and dumpbin contained in?

My personal experience is reading instructions provided with
any product, is a highly beneficial activity.

Your clearcase ctcmd module documentation discusses those
Microsoft Visual C commands, quite clearly.

Brass tacks is if you don't have Microsoft Visual C 5.x or greater,
forget this module. This module, like other modules, could be
compiled with a variety of excellent free compilers, such as
Borland or Watcom. However, Larry Wall has sold out to Microsoft.
Perl, as this applies to Win32 applications, is now Microsoft
propriety software.

You could buy Microsoft Visual C. Correct me if I am wrong, I believe
current market price is around five-hundred to eight-hundred dollars.

Borland and Watcom, are free, in comparison.


Purl Gurl
--
"...you can survive and program in perl while still possessing a pathetic
and possibly wildly wrong knowledge of the language (Purl Gurl, anyone?)"
- Dan Sugalski, Perl 5 Porter, Advocacy Perl Org

[Bryan Castillo]

Purl Gurl <purlgurl@purlgurl.net> wrote in message

>
> Brass tacks is if you don't have Microsoft Visual C 5.x or greater,
> forget this module. This module, like other modules, could be
> compiled with a variety of excellent free compilers, such as
> Borland or Watcom.

However, Larry Wall has sold out to Microsoft.

> Perl, as this applies to Win32 applications, is now Microsoft
> propriety software.

Do you know of any documents substantiating this, and could you
post the URL's of any such documents?

>
> Purl Gurl

[Purl Gurl]

Bryan Castillo wrote:

> Purl Gurl wrote:

(snippage not noted by Castillo, context deliberately changed by Castillo)

> > Brass tacks is if you don't have Microsoft Visual C 5.x or greater,
> > forget this module. This module, like other modules, could be
> > compiled with a variety of excellent free compilers, such as
> > Borland or Watcom.

> > However, Larry Wall has sold out to Microsoft. Perl, as this
> > applies to Win32 applications, is now Microsoft propriety software.

> Do you know of any documents substantiating this, and could you
> post the URL's of any such documents?

Perl core compiled for Win32, is this document. Any Perl module compiled
for Win32, is this document. Indigo Perl is this document. Activestate
is this document. Perl documentation documents this, as well.

I bet you sometimes have problems with walking into walls, with this
inability of yours to notice what is right in front of your face.


Purl Gurl
--
"Um, Purl, did you know that anglo-saxons are much more in tune with
identifying idiots than Choktaws?"
- Jerome O'Neil, Promoting Racism

[Sherman Willden]

Thanks for everyone's replys. I now know where to start looking. I do
have Visual Studio installed and have scripted all the builds for
VC++, VB, etc. We just set up ClearCase client on my machine.

Sherman

[Bryan Castillo]

Purl Gurl <purlgurl@purlgurl.net> wrote in message news:<3EFC3BDF.D8DF9173@purlgurl.net>...

> Bryan Castillo wrote:

<snip>

>
>

> > > However, Larry Wall has sold out to Microsoft. Perl, as this
> > > applies to Win32 applications, is now Microsoft propriety software.

>

> > Do you know of any documents substantiating this, and could you
> > post the URL's of any such documents?

>
> Perl core compiled for Win32, is this document. Any Perl module compiled
> for Win32, is this document. Indigo Perl is this document. Activestate
> is this document. Perl documentation documents this, as well.
>

I've been trying to figure out exactly what you are talking about and
have been searching google for articles and have read the license
agreements distributed with Indigo and ActiveState distributions.
I don't see how Larry Wall sold out to Microsoft and I do not
see how perl is Microsoft proprietary software.

Are you reffering to the way companies distribute perl with the artistic
license, while also distributing other tools under their own
license?

> I bet you sometimes have problems with walking into walls, with this
> inability of yours to notice what is right in front of your face.
>

You are right, I have been known to walk into walls.
Often, I am wrong and ill informed and would appreciate your help
in understanding how Larry Wall sold out to Microsoft.


Thank you.

>
> Purl Gurl

[Sherman Willden]

Ok, I got it.
1. Didn't have ClearCase in the path, lib, or inc
2. Even after putting in the path to ClearCase the scripts still
couldn't find it. The path should be C:\Program
Files\rational\ClearCase\bin. The path where ClearCase is installed is
C:\Program Files\rational\bin. I set the CLEARCASEHOME environment
variable to C:\Program Files\rational\bin.

CtCmd is now installed.

Sherman

[email]sherman.willden@hp.com[/email] (Sherman Willden) wrote in message news:<3a80d8d6.0306271051.31b2fd3e@posting.google. com>...

> I reinstalled Visual Studio on my hosts and CtCmd installed
> wonderfully on one of them. The other produces this output:
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.
>
> cp CtCmd.pm blib\lib\ClearCase\CtCmd.pm
> AutoSplitting blib\lib\ClearCase\CtCmd.pm
> (blib\lib\auto\ClearCase\CtCmd)
> perl autoDef cmdsyn.conf
> getOrdinal failed on cmdsyn_exec
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'perl' : return code '0x9d'
> Stop.
>
> H:\ClearCase\CtCmd-1.03\CtCmd>
>
> Any ideas? Where do I look when I get errors like this?
>
> Thanks;
>
> Sherman