You have presumably obtained the metaconfig from the repository e.g.
- $ git clone github.com:Perl/metaconfig metaconfig
+ $ git clone git@github.com:Perl/metaconfig metaconfig
When working with metaconfig you will generally have two git checkouts
next to each other: (1) this metaconfig checkout; and (2) a checkout of
Development workflow:
-(a) In order to assemble Configure from its units, you need mlint/metaline and
+(a) In order to assemble Configure from its units, you need mlint/metalint and
mconfig/metaconfig from the "dist" package installed and available in your
$PATH. You can either use the version that comes with your OS (Debian ships
it) or the versions that are included in this checkout: just add the full
(aa) We have not yet arranged for metaconfig to use perl's versions of the
'units' by default so you need some housekeeping in the perl directory...
- Then add metaconfig/bin to your $PATH or create aliases like
+ Add metaconfig/bin to your $PATH or create aliases like
$ export MC5=/your/path/to/metaconfig
$ alias ml="perl $MC5/bin/mlint -O"