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| author | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> | 1998-07-22 09:42:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-07-22 18:03:42 +0000 |
| commit | 20f245af3f3ac9c272b3586019e3ef0c73428924 (patch) | |
| tree | f1fd74cde460422d7f5c179058b82c85409c756f /Porting | |
| parent | fb9cefb456488b8b47b32f9b58ac21fa3dc6f725 (diff) | |
| download | perl-20f245af3f3ac9c272b3586019e3ef0c73428924.tar.gz | |
Re: 5.005 - a sneak preview
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| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/pumpkin.pod | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index e4201e5483..f41dfaca1a 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ patch' entry in patchlevel.h. Watch for announcements of maintenance subversions in comp.lang.perl.announce. +The first rule of maintenance work is "First, do no harm." + =head2 Why such a complicated scheme? Two reasons, really. At least. @@ -280,15 +282,16 @@ change the appropriate metaconfig units instead, and regenerate Configure. metaconfig -m -will regenerate Configure and config_h.SH. More information on obtaining -and running metaconfig is in the F<U/README> file that comes with Perl's -metaconfig units. Perl's metaconfig units should be available on CPAN. -As of perl5.004_70, they were in the file F<mc_units-5.004_70-01.tar.gz> -under http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/ANDYD/ . The mc_units tar -file should be unpacked in your main perl source directory. (Note: those -units were for 5.004_70. There have been significant changes since then. +will regenerate Configure and config_h.SH. Much more information +on obtaining and running metaconfig is in the F<U/README> file +that comes with Perl's metaconfig units. Perl's metaconfig units +should be available on CPAN. A set of units that will work with +perl5.005 is in the file F<mc_units-5.005_00-01.tar.gz> under +http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/ANDYD/ . The mc_units tar file +should be unpacked in your main perl source directory. Note: those +units were for use with 5.005. There may have been changes since then. Check for later versions or contact perl5-porters@perl.org to obtain a -pointer to the current version.) +pointer to the current version. Alternatively, do consider if the F<*ish.h> files might be a better place for your changes. @@ -1307,4 +1310,4 @@ All opinions expressed herein are those of the authorZ<>(s). =head1 LAST MODIFIED -$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.21 1998/07/14 17:54:56 doughera Released $ +$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.22 1998/07/22 16:33:55 doughera Released $ |