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| author | Abigail <abigail@abigail.be> | 2012-03-20 17:03:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Abigail <abigail@abigail.be> | 2012-03-20 17:03:30 +0100 |
| commit | 01725c1062c0e78d5d79424b6f84013e248992a5 (patch) | |
| tree | 77a82707ac53ec73412f219d3f99c24978cb82a1 | |
| parent | a9f63ca06480dc157437e9cfb73ebb414711518c (diff) | |
| download | perl-01725c1062c0e78d5d79424b6f84013e248992a5.tar.gz | |
Clearify "build, test and check a fresh perl" instructionsv5.15.9
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index a1680ec22e..ab5380d474 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -674,7 +674,13 @@ C</tmp/perl-5.x.y-pretest/bin/perl -V> are as expected, especially as regards version numbers, patch and/or RC levels, and @INC paths. Note that as they have been been built from a git working directory, they will still identify themselves using git tags and -commits. +commits. (Note that for an odd-numbered version, perl will install +itself as C<perl5.x.y>). C<perl -v> will identify itself as: + + This is perl 5, version X, subversion Y (v5.X.Y (v5.X.Z-NNN-deadbeef)) + +where 5.X.Z is the latest tag, Z the number of commits since this tag, +and C<< deadbeef >> commit of that tag. Then delete the temporary installation. |