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authorDavid Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>2013-05-08 12:18:15 +0100
committerDavid Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>2013-05-08 12:18:15 +0100
commit28c4aad0a09583de0b3aad9789f02b8f2eb5a3ec (patch)
tree93857c341955d63f73b56fde3e9e794f4fc60bf4 /Porting
parentd5f315e803fe1953c8cd57acce109a3378ea5d7d (diff)
downloadperl-28c4aad0a09583de0b3aad9789f02b8f2eb5a3ec.tar.gz
bisect-runner.pl: clarify -D,-U,-A args in docs
Based on http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=1032501, these arguments could be confusing.
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
-rwxr-xr-xPorting/bisect-runner.pl14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/bisect-runner.pl b/Porting/bisect-runner.pl
index de76e6ab76..ca4c12c439 100755
--- a/Porting/bisect-runner.pl
+++ b/Porting/bisect-runner.pl
@@ -321,17 +321,23 @@ revision. The bisect run will find the first commit where it passes.
=item *
--Dnoextensions=Encode
+-D I<config_arg=value>
=item *
--Uusedevel
+-U I<config_arg>
=item *
--Accflags=-DNO_MATHOMS
+-A I<config_arg=value>
-Arguments to pass to F<Configure>. Repeated C<-A> arguments are passed
+Arguments (C<-A>, C<-D>, C<-U>) to pass to F<Configure>. For example,
+
+ -Dnoextensions=Encode
+ -Uusedevel
+ -Accflags=-DNO_MATHOMS
+
+Repeated C<-A> arguments are passed
through as is. C<-D> and C<-U> are processed in order, and override
previous settings for the same parameter. F<bisect-runner.pl> emulates
C<-Dnoextensions> when F<Configure> itself does not provide it, as it's