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| author | rrt <unknown> | 2001-01-30 12:30:37 +0000 |
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| committer | rrt <unknown> | 2001-01-30 12:30:37 +0000 |
| commit | 0c2f97d039ed9d5f34dfbf73fb4bf05e325af471 (patch) | |
| tree | c52472679dd32a8a5837ea76582a211c6cedaefa /docs/building | |
| parent | 8bfb355bddc67ed583e141d9256d8bc7f6a671bc (diff) | |
| download | haskell-0c2f97d039ed9d5f34dfbf73fb4bf05e325af471.tar.gz | |
[project @ 2001-01-30 12:30:37 by rrt]
Modernise Perl paragraph.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/building')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/building/building.sgml | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml index 1ad8411a58..3753f2e1c5 100644 --- a/docs/building/building.sgml +++ b/docs/building/building.sgml @@ -455,18 +455,16 @@ text processing. It is pretty easy to install. </para> <para> -Perl 5 is required. For Win32 platforms, we strongly suggest you -pick up a port of Perl 5 for <Literal>cygwin32</Literal>, as the -common Hip/ActiveWare port of Perl is Not Cool Enough for our -purposes. +Perl 5 is required. For Win32 platforms, you should use the binary +supplied in the InstallShield (copy it to <filename>cygwin/bin</filename>). +The Cygwin-supplied Perl seems not to work (it has problems with line +endings). </para> <para> Perl should be put somewhere so that it can be invoked by the -<Literal>#!</Literal> script-invoking mechanism. (I believe -<Filename>/usr/bin/perl</Filename> is preferred; we use -<Filename>/usr/local/bin/perl</Filename> at Glasgow.) The full -pathname should may need to be less than 32 characters long on some +<Literal>#!</Literal> script-invoking mechanism. The full +pathname may need to be less than 32 characters long on some systems. </para> |