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A Windows installer installer for perl + gcc ;) (Score:1)

by stennie (6601)

Here's my attempt at a straightforward installer which I believe meets your requirements without inventing a whole new distribution of perl or gcc:
http://stennie.org/camelpack/ [stennie.org]

I picked one combination (and listed some alternatives considered) but the approach should be easily adaptable and maintainable.

Cheers,
Stephen
- Rejected, just. (Score:1)
  
  by Alias (5735)
  
  OK, having had time to install it, here's an official report card.
  
  1. Pass
  
  2. Pass
  
  3. Pass (with comment)
  
  While I'm a bit iffy about not having the other installers embedded, it did work just fine, and since the goal is to install from CPAN, requiring a network connection for the installation isn't unreasonable. So Pass.
  
  4. Pass
  
  5. Pass
  
  6. Fail (with comment)
  
  Running the installation inside the image worked, but the CPAN.pm first-time configuration process failed utterly. After 2 hours of debugging and 4 new RT bug
  - Re:Rejected, just. (Score:1)
    
    by stennie (6601) on 2006.01.24 12:58 (#45822) Homepage
    
    OK, have updated the installer to set FTP_PASSIVE by default; please retest.
    
    Cheers,
    Stephen
    
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