=item Directories for the perl distribution
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.11.5.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.12.0.
$version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
-5.11.5 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
+5.12.0 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure
variables are in the file Porting/Glossary.
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/perl5.11.5
+ sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.12.0
-and adding /opt/perl5.11.5/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.12.0/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.
=head2 Upgrading from 5.11.0 or earlier
-B<Perl 5.11.5 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.11.1 and any earlier
+B<Perl 5.12.0 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.11.1 and any earlier
Perl release.> Perl modules having binary parts
(meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.11.5. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.11.5, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.12.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.12.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
above.)