Win32 MM test fix

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / ExtUtils / README

diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/README b/lib/ExtUtils/README
index 95f66e9..81bc190 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/README
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/README
@@ -1,10 +1,43 @@
-This is a CPAN distribution of the venerable MakeMaker module.
+This is a CPAN distribution of the venerable MakeMaker module.  It has been
+backported to work with Perl 5.005_03 and up.
+
+If you do not have a make program, several can be found...
+
+Most Unixen: The make utility which comes with your operating system
+should work fine.  If you don't have one, GNU make is recommended,
+most others (Sun, BSD, etc...) will work fine as well.
+http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html                GNU make
+
+Windows: nmake or dmake will work.  GNU make will *not*.
+ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe      nmake
+http://search.cpan.org/dist/dmake/                        dmake
+
+VMS: MMS or the free MadGoat MaKe utility (MMK) will work.
+http://www.madgoat.com/mmk.html                           MMK
+
+If all else fails there is a pure Perl version of make available on
+CPAN which should work on most Unixen.
+http://search.cpan.org/author/NI-S/Make-1.00/             pmake
 
 
 PLEASE NOTE: This distribution does not include the xsubpp or typemap
 programs.  They are extremely specific to your version or Perl, so
 MakeMaker will simply use the one which came with your copy of Perl.
-Do not delete your old ExtUtils/ directory.
+Do not delete your old ExtUtils/ directory.  An upgraded version of xsubpp
+can be found in the ExtUtils::ParseXS module.
+
+Known Good Systems:
+
+Every stable MakeMaker release is tested at least on:
+
+MacOS X
+Linux/x86
+ActivePerl on Windows 98
+Cygwin on Windows 98
+OpenVMS
+
+Covering the major portability flavors MakeMaker has to cover.
+(I'm always on the lookout for DJGPP, Solaris, *BSD and OS/2 users)
 
 
 Known Problems:
@@ -14,14 +47,9 @@ Known Problems:
 ActivePerl likely broken if installed in C:\Program Files or other
 prefix with a space in the name.
 
-manifypods target produces command lines too long for some systems
-
 Using the MMS utility on VMS causes lots of extra newlines.  Unknown
 why this is so, might be a bug in MMS.  Problem not seen with MMK.
 
-ActivePerl/Win95 disttest produces "File creation error" from somewhere
-in running Makefile.PL after check_manifest() is run.  Don't know why.
-
 
 See TODO for details.