X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=eb7cc07e47d67918e8ef96f5c530bdcf8b8c7c2e;hb=4207d19c588387e70524000ff324caaf2ca59f41;hp=880d2e0abc98dc01e05c60b9990387b7d7bdb74b;hpb=20d572319ce8b690b7b68fec6b58f8ac07b1d362;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 880d2e0..eb7cc07 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -524,9 +524,9 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories. =item Directories for the perl distribution -By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.12.0. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.13.0. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. -5.12.0 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, +5.13.0 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure variables are in the file Porting/Glossary. @@ -1561,6 +1561,26 @@ specific rule. SCO prior to 3.2.4 may be missing dbmclose(). An upgrade to 3.2.4 that includes libdbm.nfs (which includes dbmclose()) may be available. +=item error: too few arguments to function 'dbmclose' + +Building ODBM_File on some (Open)SUSE distributions might run into this +error, as the header file is broken. There are two ways to deal with this + + 1. Disable the use of ODBM_FILE + + Configure ... -Dnoextensions=ODBM_File + + 2. Fix the header file, somewhat like this: + + --- a/usr/include/dbm.h 2010-03-24 08:54:59.000000000 +0100 + +++ b/usr/include/dbm.h 2010-03-24 08:55:15.000000000 +0100 + @@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ extern datum firstkey __P((void)); + + extern datum nextkey __P((datum key)); + + -extern int dbmclose __P((DBM *)); + +extern int dbmclose __P((void)); + =item Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lsomething If you see such a message during the building of an extension, but @@ -2340,9 +2360,9 @@ won't interfere with another version. (The defaults guarantee this for libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as - sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.12.0 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.13.0 -and adding /opt/perl5.12.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.13.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl. @@ -2357,11 +2377,11 @@ yet. =head2 Upgrading from 5.11.0 or earlier -B Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.12.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.12.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.13.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.13.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.)