X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/deabda197e63bdf85e3277cea5e6a0782d7213c9..eda9cac17f1c742273b62b039f512bc88ffb37a1:/INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 4c4c43c..33faa6b 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ 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 5.13.6. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.13.9. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. -5.13.6 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, +5.13.9 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure variables are in the file Porting/Glossary. @@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ Perl comes with interfaces to number of libraries, including threads, dbm, ndbm, gdbm, and Berkeley db. For the *db* extension, if Configure can find the appropriate header files and libraries, it will automatically include that extension. The threading extension needs -to be specified explicitely (see L). +to be specified explicitly (see L). Those libraries are not distributed with perl. If your header (.h) files for those libraries are not in a directory normally searched by your C @@ -2374,9 +2374,9 @@ 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/perl5.13.6 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.13.9 -and adding /opt/perl5.13.6/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.13.9/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. @@ -2389,13 +2389,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out yet. -=head2 Upgrading from 5.13.4 or earlier +=head2 Upgrading from 5.13.8 or earlier -B Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.13.6. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.13.6, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.13.9. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.13.9, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.)