X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/3eaa1ae916fb7be8db584adf5895992b74074034..fefcc043b6a92984b721aeb113c9251b5d87f34d:/README.macosx diff --git a/README.macosx b/README.macosx index 70cbf74..880e194 100644 --- a/README.macosx +++ b/README.macosx @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +# 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. @@ -10,9 +12,9 @@ perlmacosx - Perl under Mac OS X This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X. - curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.25.10.tar.gz - tar -xzf perl-5.25.10.tar.gz - cd perl-5.25.10 + 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 @@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X. =head1 DESCRIPTION -The latest Perl release (5.25.10 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', @@ -122,8 +124,8 @@ on G5-based hosts. Support for 64-bit addressing is experimental: some aspects of Perl may be omitted or buggy. Note the messages output by F for further -information. Please use C to submit a problem report in the -event that you encounter difficulties. +information. Please use L 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, @@ -141,8 +143,8 @@ modules (C), as the required Apple frameworks do not provide PPC64 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. +I<64-Bit Transition Guide> at +L. =head2 libperl and Prebinding @@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ access Foundation (i.e. non-GUI) classes and objects. 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. +L. =head1 Starting From Scratch @@ -258,7 +260,7 @@ or rebuild Perl from the source code with C) is a nice +"Pacifist" from CharlesSoft (L) is a nice way to extract the Perl binaries from the OS media, without having to reinstall the entire OS.