X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/507b4ec12b740fa17e012896d1faa10147a95b62..bf081550aa51eda33d3f725305e3280aae7ae355:/INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 45578b4..87c5679 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories. =item Directories for the perl distribution -By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.1. +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 @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ must contain a space separated list of directories under the site_perl directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately, eg. - sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.1/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. @@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ See also the L<"vsprintf"> item below. 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 @@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ pages, however. You may need to be root to run B. If you 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.) @@ -2078,8 +2078,6 @@ make install will install the following: 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 @@ -2122,6 +2120,7 @@ make install will install the following: 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 @@ -2373,9 +2372,9 @@ won't interfere with another version. (The defaults guarantee this for 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/perl5.15.1 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.6 -and adding /opt/perl5.15.1/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. @@ -2388,13 +2387,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development 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 modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.15.1. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.15.1, 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.)