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@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ 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 5.28.0. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.28.1. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure @@ -2440,7 +2440,8 @@ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5 -Perl 5.28.0 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. +Perl 5.28.1 is not binary compatible with versions of Perl earlier than +5.28.0. In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules. In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl @@ -2515,9 +2516,9 @@ won't interfere with another version. (The defaults guarantee this for libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as - sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.28.0 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.28.1 -and adding /opt/perl5.28.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.28.1/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl. @@ -2530,13 +2531,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out yet. -=head2 Upgrading from 5.27.8 or earlier +=head2 Upgrading from 5.27.11 or earlier -B<Perl 5.28.0 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.27.8 or +B<Perl 5.28.1 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.27.11 or earlier Perl releases.> Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.28.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.28.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.28.1. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.28.1, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.) @@ -2569,15 +2570,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script print("$f\n"); } -in Linux with perl-5.28.0 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): +in Linux with perl-5.28.1 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): ./bin/perl - ./lib/perl5/5.28.0/strict.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.28.0/warnings.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.28.0/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.28.0/feature.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.28.0/XSLoader.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.28.0/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so + ./lib/perl5/5.28.1/strict.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.28.1/warnings.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.28.1/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.28.1/feature.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.28.1/XSLoader.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.28.1/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591 files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its |