Tru64: additional instructions for building a newer Berkeley DB.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / README.win32

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index e9c56a0..219a096 100644 (file)
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -138,15 +138,26 @@ The nmake that comes with the Platform SDK will suffice for building
 Perl.  Make sure you are building within one of the "Build Environment"
 shells available after you install the Platform SDK from the Start Menu.
 
-=item Mingw32 with GCC
+=item MinGW32 with gcc
 
-GCC-2.95.2 binaries can be downloaded from:
+The latest release of MinGW (at the time of writing) is 2.0.0, which comes 
+with gcc-3.2, and can be downloaded here:
 
-    ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/
+    http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw
+
+Perl compiles with earlier releases of gcc (2.95 and up) that can be
+downloaded from the same place. If you use gcc-3.2, comment out the
+line:
+
+    USE_GCC_V3_2       *= define
+
+in win32\makefile.mk
 
 You also need dmake.  See L</"Make"> above on how to get it.
 
-The GCC-2.95.2 bundle comes with Mingw32 libraries and headers.
+=item MinGW release 1
+
+The MinGW-1.1 bundle comes with gcc-2.95.3.
 
 Make sure you install the binaries that work with MSVCRT.DLL as indicated
 in the README for the GCC bundle.  You may need to set up a few environment
@@ -240,7 +251,7 @@ Be sure to read the instructions near the top of the makefiles carefully.
 Type "dmake" (or "nmake" if you are using that make).
 
 This should build everything.  Specifically, it will create perl.exe,
-perl58.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+perl59.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
 under the lib\auto directory.  If the build fails for any reason, make
 sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
 
@@ -695,6 +706,14 @@ have to set the PAGER environment variable to use a specific pager.
 "perldoc -f foo" will print information about the perl operator
 "foo".
 
+One common mistake when using this port with a GUI library like C<Tk>
+is assuming that Perl's normal behavior of opening a command-line
+window will go away.  This isn't the case.  If you want to start a copy
+of C<perl> without opening a command-line window, use the C<wperl>
+executable built during the installation process.  Usage is exactly
+the same as normal C<perl> on Win32, except that options like C<-h>
+don't work (since they need a command-line window to print to).
+
 If you find bugs in perl, you can run C<perlbug> to create a
 bug report (you may have to send it manually if C<perlbug> cannot
 find a mailer on your system).