=item Directories for the perl distribution
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.0.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.6.
$version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure
directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately,
eg.
- sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.0/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ...
+ sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.6/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ...
When using the newer perl, you can add these paths again in the
PERL5LIB environment variable or with perl's -I runtime option.
If you get error messages such as the following (the exact line
numbers and function name may vary in different versions of perl):
- util.c: In function `Perl_form':
+ util.c: In function 'Perl_form':
util.c:1107: number of arguments doesn't match prototype
proto.h:125: prototype declaration
are not root, you must still have permission to install into the directories
in question and you should ignore any messages about chown not working.
-If "make install" just says "`install' is up to date" or something
+If "make install" just says "'install' is up to date" or something
similar, you may be on a case-insensitive filesystems such as Mac's HFS+,
and you should say "make install-all". (This confusion is brought to you
by the Perl distribution having a file called INSTALL.)
perl,
perl5.n.n where 5.n.n is the current release number. This
will be a link to perl.
- suidperl,
- sperl5.n.n If you requested setuid emulation.
a2p awk-to-perl translator.
scripts
cpan2dist The CPANPLUS distribution creator.
cpanp The CPANPLUS shell.
cpanp-run-perl A helper for cpanp.
- dprofpp Perl code profiler post-processor.
enc2xs Encoding module generator.
find2perl find-to-perl translator.
h2ph Extract constants and simple macros from C headers.
shasum A tool to print or check SHA checksums.
splain Describe Perl warnings and errors.
xsubpp Compiler to convert Perl XS code into C code.
+ zipdetails display the internal structure of zip files
library files
=head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
-Perl 5.14 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.15 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules.
In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl (e.g.
libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient
way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as
- sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.0
+ sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.6
-and adding /opt/perl5.15.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.15.6/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users
may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that
scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl.
subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out
yet.
-=head2 Upgrading from 5.13.11 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from 5.15.5 or earlier
-B<Perl 5.15.0 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.14.* and any earlier
+B<Perl 5.15.6 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.5 and any earlier
Perl release.> Perl modules having binary parts
(meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.15.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.15.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.15.6. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.15.6, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
above.)
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