XMLTVexeBuild

How to build XMLTV.EXE

Previously, xmltv.exe was built using Activestate's Perl Development Kit. (about $300). That has been discontinued, and I was able to build xmltv.exe using the free PAR::Packer module!

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1. Follow instructions in XMLTVWindowsBuild to get a working xmltv under windows.
2. Install these modules

   cpan Params::Validate           (may have already been installed by something else)

   cpan PAR::Packer

   cpan App::PP::Autolink

3. execute "gmake xmltv.exe" from your xmltv directory.

That's it!

The first time XMLTV.EXE is executed, it will take a long time. For my XMLTV.EXE I add modified Par::Packer to add a warning

1. CPAN
2. look PAR::Packer
3. edit myldr/boot.c (near line 198)

   rc = my_mkdir(stmpdir, 0700);

   // 2021-01-18 rmeden hack to print a message on first run

   if ( rc == 0 ) fprintf(stderr,"Note: This will take a while on first run\n");

   // rmeden

   if ( rc == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {

4. perl Makefile.PL (PAR::Packer directory)
5. gmake install
6. now after build a new xmltv.exe it will print a warning on the first run.