Doc updates: INSTALL-1.13, pumpkin.pod-1.9

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 451c6da..cdd74ff 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -971,7 +971,8 @@ If you have problems with dynamic loading using gcc on SunOS or
 Solaris, and you are using GNU as and GNU ld, you may need to add
 -B/bin/ (for SunOS) or -B/usr/ccs/bin/ (for Solaris) to your
 $ccflags, $ldflags, and $lddlflags so that the system's versions of as
-and ld are used.  Alternatively, you can use the GCC_EXEC_PREFIX
+and ld are used.  Note that the trailing '/' is required.
+Alternatively, you can use the GCC_EXEC_PREFIX
 environment variable to ensure that Sun's as and ld are used.  Consult
 your gcc documentation for further information on the -B option and
 the GCC_EXEC_PREFIX variable.
@@ -1283,6 +1284,11 @@ and adding /opt/perl5.004/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.
 
+If you are installing a development subversion, you probably ought to
+seriously consider using a separate directory, since development
+subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out
+yet.
+
 =head1 Coexistence with perl4
 
 You can safely install perl5 even if you want to keep perl4 around.
@@ -1378,4 +1384,4 @@ feedback from the perl5-porters@perl.org folks.
 
 =head1 LAST MODIFIED
 
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.13 1997/04/03 18:29:14 doughera Released $
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.15 1997/04/16 20:49:24 doughera Exp $

diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
index 5804a4f..d047d92 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod
+++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
@@ -189,6 +189,16 @@ may help out folks on another platform who have the same problem.
 We should never release a main version without testing it as a
 subversion first.
 
+=head2 Test popular applications and modules.
+
+We should never release a main version without testing whether or not
+it breaks various popular modules and applications.  A partial list of
+such things would include majordomo, metaconfig, apache, Tk, CGI,
+libnet, and libwww, to name just a few.  Of course it's quite possible
+that some of those things will be just plain broken and need to be fixed,
+but, in general, we ought to try to avoid breaking widely-installed
+things.
+
 =head2 Automate generation of derivative files
 
 The F<embed.h>, F<keywords.h>, F<opcode.h>, and F<perltoc.pod> files
@@ -1150,10 +1160,10 @@ and/or fcntl() file locking.  It's a mess.
 
 Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>.
 
-Additions by Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>.
+Additions by Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>.
 
 All opinions expressed herein are those of the authorZ<>(s).
 
 =head1 LAST MODIFIED
 
-$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.9 1997/02/24 20:37:43 doughera Released $
+$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.10 1997/04/16 20:46:47 doughera Released $