Jumbo FreeBSD update from Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>

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

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index fe47668..de89e2d 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ For information on what's new in this release, see the
 pod/perldelta.pod file.  For more detailed information about specific
 changes, see the Changes file.
 
+IMPORTANT NOTE:  5.005_53 and later releases do not export unadorned
+global symbols anymore.  This means most CPAN modules probably won't
+build under this release without adding '-DPERL_POLLUTE' to ccflags
+in config.sh.  This is not the default because we want the modules
+to get fixed *before* the 5.006 release.  pod/perldelta.pod contains
+additional notes about this.
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This document is written in pod format as an easy way to indicate its
@@ -62,7 +69,8 @@ The standard extensions supplied with Perl will be handled automatically.
 
 In a related issue, old extensions may possibly be affected by the
 changes in the Perl language in the current release.  Please see
-pod/perldelta.pod for a description of what's changed.
+pod/perldelta.pod (and pod/perl500Xdelta.pod) for a description of
+what's changed.
 
 =head1 WARNING:  This version requires a compiler that supports ANSI C.
 
@@ -184,6 +192,9 @@ put (symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc,
 into a directory typically found along a user's PATH, or in another
 obvious and convenient place.
 
+You can use "Configure -Uinstallusrbinperl" which causes installperl
+to skip installing perl also as /usr/bin/perl.
+
 By default, Configure will compile perl to use dynamic loading if
 your system supports it.  If you want to force perl to be compiled
 statically, you can either choose this when Configure prompts you or