Integrate:

[ 20399]
Backport doc patch #20396 (Document in INSTALL that
-Uinstallusrbinperl is now the default.) (goes with
change #20382.)
p4raw-link: @20399 on //depot/maint-5.6/perl-5.6.2: fd5b1e74302c0f63046d7216a80f1c3ed300c033
p4raw-link: @20382 on //depot/maint-5.6/perl-5.6.2: 35cece38bcff59e146289f1252a48037cdaf8bba

p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.8/perl@20401
p4raw-integrated: from //depot/maint-5.6/perl-5.6.2@20399 'merge in'
	INSTALL (@20322..)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f3238c2..200041e 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -321,12 +321,14 @@ find it.  It's often a good idea to have both /usr/bin/perl and
 careful, however, not to overwrite a version of perl supplied by your
 vendor unless you are sure you know what you are doing.
 
-By default, Configure will arrange for /usr/bin/perl to be linked to
-the current version of perl.  You can turn off that behavior by running
+By default, Configure will not try to link /usr/bin/perl to
+the current version of perl.  You can turn on that behavior by running
 
-       Configure -Uinstallusrbinperl
+       Configure -Dinstallusrbinperl
 
-or by answering 'no' to the appropriate Configure prompt.
+or by answering 'yes' to the appropriate Configure prompt.
+(Note that before perl 5.8.1, the default behavior was to create
+or overwrite /usr/bin/perl even if it already existed.)
 
 In any case, system administrators are strongly encouraged to
 put (symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc,