=item Directories for the perl distribution
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.13.8.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.14.0.
$version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
-5.13.8 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
+5.14.0 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure
variables are in the file Porting/Glossary.
directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately,
eg.
- sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.12.0/x86_64-linux 5.12.0" ...
+ sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.14.0/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.
dbm, ndbm, gdbm, and Berkeley db. For the *db* extension, if
Configure can find the appropriate header files and libraries, it will
automatically include that extension. The threading extension needs
-to be specified explicitely (see L<Threads>).
+to be specified explicitly (see L<Threads>).
Those libraries are not distributed with perl. If your header (.h) files
for those libraries are not in a directory normally searched by your C
If you plan to port Perl to a new architecture, study carefully the
section titled "Philosophical Issues in Patching and Porting Perl"
-in the file Porting/pumpkin.pod and the file pod/perlrepository.pod.
+in the file Porting/pumpkin.pod and the file pod/perlgit.pod.
Study also how other non-UNIX ports have solved problems.
=back
=head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
-Perl 5.12 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.14 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/perl5.13.8
+ sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.14.0
-and adding /opt/perl5.13.8/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.14.0/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 5.13.7 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from 5.13.11 or earlier
-B<Perl 5.13.8 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.13.7 and any earlier
+B<Perl 5.14.0 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.13.11 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 5.13.8. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.13.8, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.14.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.14.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
above.)