- Jarrko's How to build Configure tweaked by Nick.
+ Jarkko's How to build Configure tweaked by Nick.
The Configure script and config_h.SH file in the Perl distribution are
generated by a program called metaconfig. Metaconfig was originally
(f) metaconfig -m to regenerate Configure
(g) The messy not-yet-automated part is that the knowledge of the new symbol
- needs to be propagated to non-Configure lands like Win32, Netware,
- VMS, VOS, ... see previous Configure changes to see which are these
- heathen lands
+ needs to be propagated to non-Configure lands like Win32, WinCE, Netware,
+ VMS, VOS, EPOC, ... see previous Configure changes to see which are these
+ heathen lands. Files to take care of are
+ {win32,wince,NetWare}/config_[hH]*, (Win32, WinCE, NetWare),
+ configure.com (VMS), VOS/config* (since 5.9 VOS uses Configure, though),
+ epoc/config.sh (EPOC). Depending on the kind of patch djgpp/config*
+ might also need adjusting (for example when adding/changing the list
+ of extensions)
For Win32 the process is semi-automated - if you have a Win32
machine to run dmake on ...