X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=63ae2e3ec3c0665443a7e35b13569018f6a45d73;hb=04dc9db9ad04317b0c2997dfa065b4061e90e683;hp=7ed5de4b2f6483d3662fce6b7b6587a4546fcdbc;hpb=3c8c04f28a9e6693f95217cf81ec5f2cdb2bb4d2;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README b/README index 7ed5de4..63ae2e3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Perl Kit, Version 5.0 - Copyright 1989-1996, Larry Wall + Copyright 1989-1999, Larry Wall All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one. You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, + Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. For those of you that choose to use the GNU General Public License, my interpretation of the GNU General Public License is that no Perl @@ -62,24 +62,37 @@ in MANIFEST. Installation -1) Detailed instructions are in the file INSTALL. In brief, the -following should work on most systems: - rm -f config.sh +1) Detailed instructions are in the file INSTALL which you should read. +In brief, the following should work on most systems: + + rm -f config.sh Policy.sh + sh Configure -de + make + make test + make install + +For most systems, it should be safe to accept all the Configure defaults. +It is recommended that you accept the defaults the first time you build +or if you have any problems building. + +The above commands will install Perl to /usr/local or /opt, depending +on the platform. If that's not okay with you, use + + rm -f config.sh Policy.sh sh Configure make make test make install -For most systems, it should be safe to accept all the Configure -defaults. + +Full configuration instructions can be found in the INSTALL file. 2) Read the manual entries before running perl. 3) IMPORTANT! Help save the world! Communicate any problems and suggested -patches to me, larry@wall.org (Larry Wall), so we can -keep the world in sync. If you have a problem, there's someone else -out there who either has had or will have the same problem. -It's usually helpful if you send the output of the "myconfig" script -in the main perl directory. +patches to perlbug@perl.com so we can keep the world in sync. +If you have a problem, there's someone else out there who either has had +or will have the same problem. It's usually helpful if you send the +output of the "myconfig" script in the main perl directory. If you've succeeded in compiling perl, the perlbug script in the utils/ subdirectory can be used to help mail in a bug report.