I have successfully built GDAL 1.5.0 Perl binding on Cygwin and the followings might be helpful for those who experience problems.
1. Go to directory gdal-1.5.0/swig/perl and run 'perl Makefile.PL'. The following four Makefiles should be created if it succeeds:
Makefile_Geo__GDAL Makefile_Geo__GDAL__Const Makefile_Geo__OGR Makefile_Geo__OSR
2. Edit each of the four Makefiles by appending -lstdc++ after each -lgdal and save them.
3. Run make using each of the four Makefiles as follows:
make -f Makefile_Geo__GDAL make -f Makefile_Geo__GDAL__Const make -f Makefile_Geo__OGR make -f Makefile_Geo__OSR
4. Install the Perl Geo::GDAL package by running
make -f Makefile_Geo__GDAL install
That's it. Enjoy!
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