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| author | Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk> | 2012-01-20 12:57:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk> | 2012-01-20 12:57:49 +0000 |
| commit | fbea302567b3bbff270fddbd6a1a5f677e74df34 (patch) | |
| tree | faabcc93e4e45bf6620e2bc49778cd0008218912 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 6ba817f3a63566a08fee8b6913af0d07d0983a78 (diff) | |
| download | perl-fbea302567b3bbff270fddbd6a1a5f677e74df34.tar.gz | |
Bump the perl version in various places for v5.15.7
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ 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 5.15.6. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.7. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ must contain a space separated list of directories under the site_perl directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately, eg. - sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.6/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ... + sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.7/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ... When using the newer perl, you can add these paths again in the PERL5LIB environment variable or with perl's -I runtime option. @@ -2371,9 +2371,9 @@ 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/perl5.15.6 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.7 -and adding /opt/perl5.15.6/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.15.7/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. @@ -2386,13 +2386,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out yet. -=head2 Upgrading from 5.15.5 or earlier +=head2 Upgrading from 5.15.6 or earlier -B<Perl 5.15.6 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.5 and any earlier +B<Perl 5.15.7 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.6 and any earlier Perl release.> Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.15.6. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.15.6, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.15.7. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.15.7, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.) |