+# vim: syntax=pod
+
If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
designed to be readable as is.
This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
- curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.24.0.tar.gz
- tar -xzf perl-5.24.0.tar.gz
- cd perl-5.24.0
+ curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.37.6.tar.gz
+ tar -xzf perl-5.37.6.tar.gz
+ cd perl-5.37.6
./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/local/
make
make test
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The latest Perl release (5.24.0 as of this writing) builds without changes
+The latest Perl release (5.37.6 as of this writing) builds without changes
under all versions of Mac OS X from 10.3 "Panther" onwards.
In order to build your own version of Perl you will need 'make',
Support for 64-bit addressing is experimental: some aspects of Perl may be
omitted or buggy. Note the messages output by F<Configure> for further
-information. Please use C<perlbug> to submit a problem report in the
-event that you encounter difficulties.
+information. Please use L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues> to submit a
+problem report in the event that you encounter difficulties.
When building 64-bit modules, it is your responsibility to ensure that linked
external libraries and frameworks provide 64-bit support: if they do not,
support. Similarly, downloads from Fink or Darwinports are unlikely to provide
64-bit support; the libraries must be rebuilt from source with the appropriate
compiler and linker flags. For further information, see Apple's
-I<64-Bit Transition Guide> at
-L<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/64bitPorting/index.html>.
+I<64-Bit Transition Guide> at
+L<https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/64bitPorting/transition/transition.html>.
=head2 libperl and Prebinding
An alternative is CamelBones, a framework that allows access to both
Foundation and AppKit classes and objects, so that full GUI applications
can be built in Perl. CamelBones can be found on SourceForge, at
-L<http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/camelbones/>.
+L<https://www.sourceforge.net/projects/camelbones/>.
=head1 Starting From Scratch
works much better with Perl 5.8.1 and later, in Perl 5.8.0 the
settings were not quite right.
-"Pacifist" from CharlesSoft (L<http://www.charlessoft.com/>) is a nice
+"Pacifist" from CharlesSoft (L<https://www.charlessoft.com/>) is a nice
way to extract the Perl binaries from the OS media, without having to
reinstall the entire OS.