tweak for change#7173

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

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e78f01e..82810a0 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1785,9 +1785,10 @@ doesn't use it on its /tmp directory as shipped.  Also as with the
 permissions, some local policy might dictate that the stickiness is
 not used.
 
-(3) If any of the parent directories of the temporary file back to the
-root directory of the are 'unsafe', using the definitions given above
-in (1) and (2).
+(3) If the system supports the POSIX 'chown giveaway' feature and if
+any of the parent directories of the temporary file back to the root
+directory are 'unsafe', using the definitions given above in (1) and
+(2).
 
 See the documentation for the File::Temp module for more information
 about the various security aspects.
@@ -1830,11 +1831,16 @@ anything, you can run
 
 make install will install the following:
 
+    binaries
+
        perl,
            perl5.nnn   where nnn is the current release number.  This
                        will be a link to perl.
        suidperl,
            sperl5.nnn  If you requested setuid emulation.
+
+    scripts
+
        a2p             awk-to-perl translator
        cppstdin        This is used by perl -P, if your cc -E can't
                        read from stdin.
@@ -1848,13 +1854,21 @@ make install will install the following:
        pl2pm           Convert Perl 4 .pl files to Perl 5 .pm modules
        pod2html,       Converters from perl's pod documentation format
        pod2latex,      to other useful formats.
-       pod2man, and
-       pod2text
+       pod2man,
+       pod2text,
+       pod2checker,
+       pod2select,
+       pod2usage
        splain          Describe Perl warnings and errors
        dprofpp         Perl code profile post-processor
 
-       library files   in $privlib and $archlib specified to
+    library files
+
+                       in $privlib and $archlib specified to
                        Configure, usually under /usr/local/lib/perl5/.
+
+    documentation
+
        man pages       in $man1dir, usually /usr/local/man/man1.
        module man
        pages           in $man3dir, usually /usr/local/man/man3.
@@ -1863,11 +1877,22 @@ make install will install the following:
 Installperl will also create the directories listed above
 in L<"Installation Directories">.
 
-Perl's *.h header files and the libperl.a library are also installed
+Perl's *.h header files and the libperl library are also installed
 under $archlib so that any user may later build new modules, run the
 optional Perl compiler, or embed the perl interpreter into another
 program even if the Perl source is no longer available.
 
+Sometimes you do no want to install the scripts.  This may be the case
+for example when installing a newer version of perl alongside an
+already installed production version of perl without disabling
+installation of new modules for the production version.  To not to
+install the scripts run
+
+       Configure -Uinstallscripts
+
+(note the plural 'scripts') or by answering 'no' to the appropriate
+Configure prompt.
+
 =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl5
 
 In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl (e.g.