Perl Kit, Version 5.0
- Copyright (c) 1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994 Larry Wall
+ Copyright 1989-1997, Larry Wall
All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
Installation
-1) Detailed instructions are in the file INSTALL. In brief, the
-following should work on most systems:
+1) Detailed instructions are in the file INSTALL which you should read.
+In brief, the following should work on most systems:
rm -f config.sh
sh Configure
make
make test
make install
-For most systems, it should be safe to accept all the Configure
-defaults.
+For most systems, it should be safe to accept all the Configure defaults.
+(It is recommended that you accept the defaults the first time you build
+or if you have any problems building.)
2) Read the manual entries before running perl.
3) IMPORTANT! Help save the world! Communicate any problems and suggested
-patches to me, lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall), so we can
+patches to me, larry@wall.org (Larry Wall), so we can
keep the world in sync. If you have a problem, there's someone else
out there who either has had or will have the same problem.
It's usually helpful if you send the output of the "myconfig" script
in the main perl directory.
+If you've succeeded in compiling perl, the perlbug script in the utils/
+subdirectory can be used to help mail in a bug report.
+
If possible, send in patches such that the patch program will apply them.
Context diffs are the best, then normal diffs. Don't send ed scripts--
I've probably changed my copy since the version you have.