Validator on NT4 - Iconv problems

Hello All,

I previously got validator running on WinNT without too much trouble.
I recently downloaded a newer tar ball, and haven't managed to get it
running again.  (In my great wisdom, I overwrote the old one)

The problem I'm having is with the perl module: iconv (file:check v
1.91 line 25).

I downloaded Text-Iconv-1.1 from
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/Michael_Piotrowski/?S=A.  I
also downloaded libiconv-1.6.1.tar.gz from
http://clisp.cons.org/~haible/packages-libiconv.html as suggested in
the readme for Text-Iconv-1.1.  I installed MSVC 6.0 and was able to
build libiconv, both for static and shared library.  (I wasn't sure
which one was required.)  I followed the instructions for installing
libiconv, and then tried building Text-Iconv-1.1.

Making the Makefile seems to work ok

If I try the gnu make on that, I get the following error:
Makefile:781: *** missing separator.  Stop.

If I try nmake I get this output:
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

        cl -c  -O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT
-DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
-DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -O1 -MD -DNDE
BUG      -DVERSION=\"1.1\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"1.1\"  -ID:\Perl\lib\CORE
Iconv.c
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Standard Compiler Version 12.00.8168 for
80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved.

Iconv.c
"Running Mkbootstrap for Text::Iconv ()"
        D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -ID:\Perl\lib -ID:\Perl\lib
-MExtUtils::Command -e chmod 644 Iconv.bs
        link -out:blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.dll -dll -nologo
-nodefaultlib -release  -libpath:"D:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86
Iconv.obj   D:\Perl\lib\COR
E\perl56.lib oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib
winspool.lib  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib
oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.lib ws
ock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
msvcrt.lib -def:Iconv.def
   Creating library blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.lib and object
blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.exp
Iconv.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _libiconv
Iconv.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _libiconv_open
Iconv.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _libiconv_close
blib\arch\auto\Text\Iconv\Iconv.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3
unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460'
Stop.

Any help would be appreciated.  Once I manage build iconv, I will also
need to know which files to put where.  e.g. iconv.pm in the
Perl/lib/Text folder - I don't know what else.

Or maybe someone could point me to an earlier tar ball that doesn't
use this module.

Thanks

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Received on Friday, 8 June 2001 12:00:34 UTC