X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Porting%2Fpumpkin.pod;h=54725ce946348eb817cbd88e7bc648c87440da6e;hb=94655993b20cb9c52b7d861dd02a2575bace49b1;hp=efb9d2675a20784f68f112f05d5163890b142c3a;hpb=24f415b42b16ca2ea955d5f4fc7cc29cb1fc7054;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index efb9d26..54725ce 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ to perl5-porters-request@perl.org . Archives of the list are held at: - http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl-porters/ + http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/ =head1 How are Perl Releases Numbered? @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ to change the version number near the top of the F file. =head2 Todo -The F file contains a roughly-catgorized unordered list of +The F file contains a roughly-catgorized unordered list of aspects of Perl that could use enhancement, features that could be added, areas that could be cleaned up, and so on. During your term as pumpkin-holder, you will probably address some of these issues, and @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ You might like, early in your pumpkin-holding career, to see if you can find champions for partiticular issues on the to-do list: an issue owned is an issue more likely to be resolved. -There are also some more porting-specific L items later in this +There are also some more porting-specific L items later in this file. =head2 OS/2-specific updates @@ -1261,11 +1261,11 @@ a mail message from Larry: Given that it's already there, you can use it to override distribution modules. One way to do that is to add - ccflags="$ccflags -DAPPLLIB_EXP='"/my/override"' + ccflags="$ccflags -DAPPLLIB_EXP=\"/my/override\"" to your config.over file. (You have to be particularly careful to get the -double quotes in. It might actually be easier to just #define it -yourself in perl.c.) +double quotes in. APPLLIB_EXP must be a valid C string. It might +actually be easier to just #define it yourself in perl.c.) Then perl.c will put /my/override ahead of ARCHLIB and PRIVLIB. Perl will also search architecture-specific and version-specific subdirectories of @@ -1325,9 +1325,11 @@ Anyway, all this leads to quite obscure failures that are sure to drive casual users crazy. Even experienced users will get confused :-). Upon reflection, I'd say leave libperl.so in $archlib. -=item 4. +=back + +=head2 Indentation style -Indentation style: over the years Perl has become a mishmash of +Over the years Perl has become a mishmash of various indentation styles, but the original "Larry style" can probably be restored with (GNU) indent somewhat like this: @@ -1340,8 +1342,6 @@ of consecutive assignments, which would truly wreck the layout in places like sv.c:Perl_sv_upgrade() or sv.c:Perl_clone_using(). Similarly nicely aligned &&s, ||s and ==s would not be respected. -=back - =head1 Upload Your Work to CPAN You can upload your work to CPAN if you have a CPAN id. Check out