Addition to README.riscos suggested by Nicholas

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diff --git a/README.riscos b/README.riscos
index 61202fe..93c365b 100644 (file)
--- a/README.riscos
+++ b/README.riscos
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ README.riscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This document give instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is
+This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is
 complicated by the need to cross compile. There is a binary version of
 perl available from L<http://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to
 use instead of trying to compile it yourself.
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ Then, in the source to be cross compiled:
 Select the riscos hint file. The default answers for the rest of the
 questions are usually sufficient.
 
+Note that, if you wish to run Configure non-interactively (see the INSTALL
+document for details), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll
+need to provide the argument -Dhintfile=riscos on the Configure
+command-line.
+
 =item
 
     $ make miniperl
@@ -60,4 +65,3 @@ This will use miniperl to complete the rest of the build.
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Alex Waugh <alex@alexwaugh.com>
-