Since it is based on Linux, the NAS can run many popular Linux
software packages, including Perl. In fact, Synology provides a
ready-to-install package for Perl, depending on the version of DSM
-the installed perl ranges from 5.8.6 on DSM-4.3 to 5.18.4 on DSM-6.0.1.
+the installed perl ranges from 5.8.6 on DSM-4.3 to 5.24.0 on DSM-6.1.
There is an active user community that provides many software packages
for the Synology DSM systems; at the time of writing this document
-they provide Perl version 5.18.4.
+they provide Perl version 5.24.1.
This document describes various features of Synology DSM operating
system that will affect how Perl 5 (hereafter just Perl) is
L<Install Entware-ng on Synology NAS|https://github.com/Entware-ng/Entware-ng/wiki/Install-on-Synology-NAS>
That sadly does not (yet) work on QorIQ. At the moment of writing, the
-supported architectures are armv5, armv7, mipsel, x86_32 and x86_64.
+supported architectures are armv5, armv7, mipsel, wl500g, x86_32, and x86_64.
+Check L<here|http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/> for supported platforms.
-Entware-ng comes with a precompiled 5.22.1 (June 2016) that allowes
+Entware-ng comes with a precompiled 5.24.1 (June 2017) that allowes
building shared XS code. Note that this installation does B<not> use
-a site_perl folder.
+a site_perl folder. The available C<cpan> works. If all required
+development packages are installed too, also for XS.
=head2 Compiling Perl 5
=head1 REVISION
-June 2016, for Synology DSM 5.1.5022 and DSM 6.0.1-7393.
+June 2017, for Synology DSM 5.1.5022 and DSM 6.1-15101-4.
=head1 AUTHOR