Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Help:A problem when I try to compile wireshark

[Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leon Liu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I followed the instructions for developer to compile the wireshark, but fatal error happened.
> The error is NMAKE : fatal error U1045: spawn failed : No error.
>
> I don't know how to solve it, so hope your guys give me some tips.
> Below is the steps I executed:
>
> C:\wireshark>nmake -f Makefile.nmake verify_tools
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> Checking for required applications:
>         cl: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/BIN/cl
>         link: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/BIN/link
>
>         nmake: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/BIN/nmak
> e
>         mt: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v6.0A/bin/mt
>         bash: /usr/bin/bash
>         bison: /usr/bin/bison
>         flex: /usr/bin/flex
>         env: /usr/bin/env
>         grep: /usr/bin/grep
>         /usr/bin/find: /usr/bin/find
>         perl: /cygdrive/c/Perl/bin/perl
>         C:\Python26\python.exe: /cygdrive/c/Python26/python.exe
>         sed: /usr/bin/sed
>         unzip: /usr/bin/unzip
>         wget: /usr/bin/wget


>         cd ..
>         rm -f svnversion.h
>         perl make-version.pl
> NMAKE : fatal error U1045: spawn failed : No error
> Stop.


Perl problem ??

"perl: /cygdrive/c/Perl/bin/perl" above suggests you are using a 
non-cygwin version of Perl.

What happens if you do a perl -v from the command line ?


I don't remember if using a non-Cygwin perl is OK....