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authorStephen P. Potter <spp@ds.net>2000-11-06 13:56:43 -0500
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-11-07 00:12:54 +0000
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Pod updates
Message-Id: <200011062357.SAA18173@spotter.yi.org> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7585
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@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ goes under C<($DJDIR)/lib/perl5/pod>.
=head2 Prerequisites
-=over 4
-
For building and installing non-XS modules, all you need is a working
perl under DJGPP. Non-XS modules do not require re-linking the perl
binary, and so are simpler to build and install.
@@ -247,12 +245,8 @@ an XS extension module. In addition, you will have to have built your
perl binary from the source distribution so that all of the components
of the perl binary are available for the required link step.
-=back
-
=head2 Unpacking CPAN Modules
-=over 4
-
First, download the module package from CPAN (e.g., the "Comma Separated
Value" text package, Text-CSV-0.01.tar.gz). Then expand the contents of
the package into some location on your disk. Most CPAN modules are
@@ -278,15 +272,11 @@ to unpack and expand these files. For example:
This will create the new directory C<($DJDIR)/Text-CSV-0.01>, filling
it with the source for this module.
-=back
-
=head2 Building Non-XS Modules
To build a non-XS module, you can use the standard module-building
instructions distributed with perl modules.
-=over 4
-
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
@@ -296,16 +286,12 @@ This is sufficient because non-XS modules install only ".pm" files and
(sometimes) pod and/or man documentation. No re-linking of the perl
binary is needed to build, install or use non-XS modules.
-=back
-
=head2 Building XS Modules
To build an XS module, you must use the standard module-building
instructions distributed with perl modules *PLUS* three extra
instructions specific to the DJGPP "static link" build environment.
-=over 4
-
set FNCASE=y
perl Makefile.PL
make
@@ -333,8 +319,6 @@ by using the command:
perl -S perldoc perllocal
-=back
-
=head1 AUTHOR
Laszlo Molnar, F<laszlo.molnar@eth.ericsson.se> [Installing/building perl]