Added stuff so that perl.exe now builds clean with regards to 'git status'

[perl5.git] / README.win32

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index d1e2b00..231252a 100644 (file)
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -135,21 +135,18 @@ and edit win32/config.vc to change "make=nmake" into "make=dmake".  The
 latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default
 make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
 
-=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition Beta 2
+=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
 
 This free version of Visual C++ 2008 Professional contains the same compiler
 and linker that ship with the full version, and also contains everything
 necessary to build Perl, rather than requiring a separate download of the
 Platform SDK like previous versions did.
 
-The Beta 2 package is currently available from 
-
-http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/future/default.aspx
-http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/express/future/default.aspx
-
-The final release version will probably be found by searching in the Download
-Center at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en in due
-course.
+This package can be downloaded by searching for "Visual Studio 2008 Express
+Edition" in the Download Center at
+http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en.  (Providing exact
+links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on
+changing so often.)
 
 Install Visual C++ 2008, then setup your environment using
 
@@ -432,7 +429,7 @@ Be sure to read the instructions near the top of the makefiles carefully.
 Type "dmake" (or "nmake" if you are using that make).
 
 This should build everything.  Specifically, it will create perl.exe,
-perl510.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+perl511.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
 under the lib\auto directory.  If the build fails for any reason, make
 sure you have done the previous steps correctly.