=back
-=head2 Building and Installation
+=head2 Building
=over 4
=item *
-The "win32" directory contains *.mak files for use with the NMAKE that
-comes with Visual C++ ver. 4.0 and above. If you wish to build perl
-using Visual C++ versions between 2.0 and 4.0, do the following two
-additional steps (these steps are not required if you are
-using Visual C++ versions 4.0 and above):
-
-=over 8
-
-=item 1.
-
-Overwrite the *.mak files in the win32 subdirectory with the versions
-in the win32\VC-2.0 directory.
-
-=item 2.
-
-Reset your INCLUDE environment variable to the MSVC include directory.
-For example:
-
- set INCLUDE=E:\MSVC20\INCLUDE
-
-This must have only one directory (a list of directories will not work).
-VCVARS32.BAT may put multiple locations in there, which is why this step
-is required.
-
-=back
-
-=item *
-
Make sure you are in the "win32" subdirectory under the perl toplevel.
+This directory contains a "Makefile" that will work with
+versions of NMAKE that come with Visual C++ ver. 2.0 and above.
=item *
-Type "nmake" while in the "win32" subdirectory. This should build
-everything. Specifically, it will create perl.exe, perl.dll, and
-perlglob.exe at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
-under the lib\auto directory. If the make fails for any reason, make
-sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
+Edit the Makefile and change the values of INST_DRV and INST_TOP
+if you want perl to be installed in a location other than "C:\PERL".
=item *
-Type "nmake install". This will put the newly built perl and the
-libraries under C:\PERL. If you want to alter this location, to say,
-D:\FOO\PERL, you will have to say:
-
- nmake install INST_TOP=D:\FOO\PERL
+If you are using Visual C++ ver. 4.0 and above: type "nmake".
+If you are using a Visual C++ ver. 2.0: type "nmake CCTYPE=MSVC20".
-instead. To use the Perl you just installed, make sure you set your
-PATH environment variable to C:\PERL\BIN (or D:\FOO\PERL\BIN).
+This should build everything. Specifically, it will create perl.exe,
+perl.dll, and perlglob.exe at the perl toplevel, and various other
+extension dll's under the lib\auto directory. If the make fails for
+any reason, make sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
=back
=head2 Testing
Type "nmake test". This will run most of the tests from the
-testsuite (many tests will be skipped, and a few tests may fail).
+testsuite (many tests will be skipped, and but no test should fail).
-To get a more detailed breakdown of the tests that failed,
-you may want to say:
+If some tests do fail, it may be because you are using a different command
+shell than the native "cmd.exe".
- cd ..\t
- .\perl harness
+Please report any failures as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
-This should produce a summary of the failed tests. Currently, the
-only known failure is lib\findbin.t:
+=head2 Installation
- Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- lib/findbin.t 1 1 100.00% 1
- Failed 1/151 test scripts, 99.34% okay. 1/3902 subtests failed, 99.97% okay.
-
-
-Check if any additional tests other than the ones shown here
-failed, and report them as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
+Type "nmake install". This will put the newly built perl and the
+libraries under "C:\PERL" (actually whatever you set INST_TOP to
+in the Makefile). To use the Perl you just installed, set your
+PATH environment variable to "C:\PERL\BIN" (or $(INST_TOP)\BIN, if you
+changed the default as above).
=head1 BUGS AND CAVEATS
alpha quality software. You can expect changes in virtually all of
these areas: build process, installation structure, supported
utilities/modules, and supported perl functionality. Specifically,
-functionality that supports the Win32 environment may ultimately
+functionality specific to the Win32 environment may ultimately
be supported as either core modules or extensions.
-If you have had prior exposure to Perl on Unix platforms, this port
-may exhibit behavior different from what is documented. Most of the
+If you have had prior exposure to Perl on Unix platforms, you will notice
+this port exhibits behavior different from what is documented. Most of the
differences fall under one of these categories.
=over 8
Nick Ing-Simmons and Gurusamy Sarathy have made numerous and
sundry hacks since then.
-Last updated: 04 April 1997
+Last updated: 13 April 1997
=cut
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