Note why switchF1.t and switchp.t do not use test.pl.

[perl5.git] / Porting / release_managers_guide.pod

diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index 66fc87b..60eabe7 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -432,15 +432,27 @@ release (so for 5.15.3 this would be 5.15.2).
 
 =head3 Check more build configurations
 
-Check some more build configurations.
+Try running the full test suite against multiple Perl configurations. Here are
+some sets of Configure flags you can try:
 
-    $ sh Configure -Dprefix=/tmp/perl-5.x.y  -Uinstallusrbinperl \
-        -Duseshrplib -Dusesitecustomize
-    $ make
-    $ make test
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<-Duseshrplib -Dusesitecustomize>
+
+=item *
+
+C<-Duserelocatableinc>
 
-XXX think of other configurations that need testing.
+=item *
 
+C<-Dusethreads>
+
+=back
+
+If you have multiple compilers on your machine, you might also consider
+compiling with C<-Dcc=$other_compiler>.
 
 =head3 update perlport
 
@@ -605,6 +617,10 @@ C<$Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta::VERSION> should always be equal to
 C<$Module::CoreList::VERSION>. Make sure the two versions match before
 proceeding.
 
+Edit the version number in the new
+C<< 'Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta' => 'X.YZ' >> entry, as that is likely to
+reflect the previous version number.
+
 =head4 Bump version in Module::CoreList F<Changes>
 
 Also edit Module::CoreList's new version number in its F<Changes>