=item Directories for the perl distribution
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.2.
+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="5.15.2/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
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
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/perl5.15.2
+ sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.6
-and adding /opt/perl5.15.2/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 5.15.0 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from 5.15.5 or earlier
-B<Perl 5.15.2 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.0 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 5.15.2. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.15.2, 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.)