X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/774d564bb7dd1ed64ca0d7e534aa67e93f991f02..1bf2966364b6356e9050b17d8920dd4a8ce27d97:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 90d9410..1becd35 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ - Perl Kit, Version 5.0 + Perl Kit, Version 5 + + Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 + 1999, 2000, 2001, by Larry Wall and others - Copyright 1989-1997, Larry Wall All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -22,8 +24,10 @@ Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one. You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + along with this program in the file named "Copying". If not, write to the + Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA + 02111-1307, USA or visit their web page on the internet at + http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. For those of you that choose to use the GNU General Public License, my interpretation of the GNU General Public License is that no Perl @@ -50,9 +54,9 @@ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perl is a language that combines some of the features of C, sed, awk -and shell. See the manual page for more hype. There are also two Nutshell -Handbooks published by O'Reilly & Assoc. See pod/perlbook.pod -for more information. +and shell. See the manual page for more hype. There are also many Perl +books available, covering a wide variety of topics, from various publishers. +See pod/perlbook.pod for more information. Please read all the directions below before you proceed any further, and then follow them carefully. @@ -62,37 +66,29 @@ in MANIFEST. Installation -1) Detailed instructions are in the file INSTALL. In brief, the -following should work on most systems: - rm -f config.sh - sh Configure - make - make test - make install -For most systems, it should be safe to accept all the Configure -defaults. +1) Detailed instructions are in the file "INSTALL", which you should +read if you are either installing on a system resembling Unix +or porting perl to another platform. For non-Unix platforms, see the +corresponding README. 2) Read the manual entries before running perl. 3) IMPORTANT! Help save the world! Communicate any problems and suggested -patches to me, larry@wall.org (Larry Wall), so we can -keep the world in sync. If you have a problem, there's someone else -out there who either has had or will have the same problem. -It's usually helpful if you send the output of the "myconfig" script -in the main perl directory. +patches to perlbug@perl.org so we can keep the world in sync. +If you have a problem, there's someone else out there who either has had +or will have the same problem. It's usually helpful if you send the +output of the "myconfig" script in the main perl directory. -If you've succeeded in compiling perl, the perlbug script in the utils/ +If you've succeeded in compiling perl, the perlbug script in the "utils" subdirectory can be used to help mail in a bug report. If possible, send in patches such that the patch program will apply them. Context diffs are the best, then normal diffs. Don't send ed scripts-- I've probably changed my copy since the version you have. -Watch for perl patches in comp.lang.perl.announce. Patches will generally -be in a form usable by the patch program. If you are just now bringing -up perl and aren't sure how many patches there are, write to me and I'll -send any you don't have. Your current patch level is shown in -patchlevel.h. +The latest versions of perl are always available on the various CPAN +(Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites around the world. +See . Just a personal note: I want you to know that I create nice things like this