X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.win32;h=231252a9e5c735fed4daec1e0b42fabe66a87b22;hb=c0ed5c75679d185e8c0f26e6f3efcd090e1e3f70;hp=d1e2b00b1d1f3539504c8708f8102d608b585723;hpb=c2eef262516d11d91c32a958a009379636e7f3d5;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index d1e2b00..231252a 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -135,21 +135,18 @@ and edit win32/config.vc to change "make=nmake" into "make=dmake". The latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default make for building extensions using MakeMaker. -=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition Beta 2 +=item Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition This free version of Visual C++ 2008 Professional contains the same compiler and linker that ship with the full version, and also contains everything necessary to build Perl, rather than requiring a separate download of the Platform SDK like previous versions did. -The Beta 2 package is currently available from - -http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/future/default.aspx -http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/express/future/default.aspx - -The final release version will probably be found by searching in the Download -Center at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en in due -course. +This package can be downloaded by searching for "Visual Studio 2008 Express +Edition" in the Download Center at +http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. (Providing exact +links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on +changing so often.) Install Visual C++ 2008, then setup your environment using @@ -432,7 +429,7 @@ 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, -perl510.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's +perl511.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.