Add Configure -Duselongdouble and add a missing semicolon.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index c2953b8..4647002 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Install - Build and Installation guide for perl5.
 The basic steps to build and install perl5 on a Unix system are:
 
        rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
-       sh Configure
+       sh Configure -de
        make
        make test
        make install
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ The basic steps to build and install perl5 on a Unix system are:
 
 Each of these is explained in further detail below.
 
+The above commands will install Perl to /usr/local or /opt, depending
+on the platform.  If that's not okay with you, use
+
+       rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
+       sh Configure
+       make
+       make test
+       make install
+
+Full configuration instructions can be found in the INSTALL file.
+
 For information on non-Unix systems, see the section on
 L<"Porting information"> below.
 
@@ -1119,12 +1130,17 @@ libgdbm under HP-UX 11.
 Specific information for the OS/2, Plan9, VMS and Win32 ports is in the
 corresponding README files and subdirectories.  Additional information,
 including a glossary of all those config.sh variables, is in the Porting
-subdirectory.
+subdirectory.  Especially Porting/Glossary should come in handy. 
 
 Ports for other systems may also be available.  You should check out
 http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports for current information on ports to
 various other operating systems.
 
+If you plan to port Perl to a new architecture study carefully the
+section titled "Philosophical Issues in Patching and Porting Perl"
+in the file Porting/pumpkin.pod and the file Porting/patching.pod.
+Study also how other non-UNIX ports have solved problems.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 make depend