add verbose stack display option, -Dvs

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

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index d8033b2..fe87339 100644 (file)
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ 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++ or the Platform SDK, and
 a dmake "makefile.mk" that will work for all supported compilers.  The
-defaults in the dmake makefile are setup to build using the GCC compiler.
+defaults in the dmake makefile are setup to build using Microsoft Visual
+C++ 6.0 or newer.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ 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.
 
@@ -253,13 +254,6 @@ the testsuite (many tests will be skipped).
 There should be no test failures when running under Windows NT/2000/XP.
 Many tests I<will> fail under Windows 9x due to the inferior command shell.
 
-The following known test failures under the 64-bit edition of Windows .NET
-Server beta 3 are expected to be fixed before the 5.8.0 release:
-
-    Failed Test              Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
-    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    op/fork.t                              18    3  16.67%  2 15 17
-
 Some test failures may occur if you use a command shell other than the
 native "cmd.exe", or if you are building from a path that contains
 spaces.  So don't do that.
@@ -281,6 +275,16 @@ contain a header file called "patchlevel.h".  The latest Borland compiler
 option -VI- for backward (bugward) compatibility for using the old Borland
 search algorithm  to locate header files.
 
+If you run the tests on a FAT partition, you may see some failures for
+C<link()> related tests (I<op/write.t>, I<op/stat.t> ...). Testing on
+NTFS avoids these errors.
+
+Furthermore, you should make sure that during C<make test> you do not
+have any GNU tool packages in your path: some toolkits like Unixutils
+include some tools (C<type> for instance) which override the Windows
+ones and makes tests fail. Remove them from your path while testing to
+avoid these errors.
+
 Please report any other failures as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
 
 =head2 Installation of Perl on Win32
@@ -610,7 +614,7 @@ Embedding Perl inside a 64-bit application.
 
 =back
 
-=item Running Perl Scripts
+=head2 Running Perl Scripts
 
 Perl scripts on UNIX use the "#!" (a.k.a "shebang") line to
 indicate to the OS that it should execute the file using perl.