can quickly spiral out of control. Running metaconfig is not really
hard.
+Finally, the sample files in the F<Porting/> subdirectory are
+generated automatically by the script F<U/mksample> included
+with the metaconfig units. See L<"run metaconfig"> below for
+information on obtaining the metaconfig units.
+
=head1 How to Make a Distribution
There really ought to be a 'make dist' target, but there isn't.
obtaining and running metaconfig is in the F<U/README> file that comes
with Perl's metaconfig units. Perl's metaconfig units should be
available the same place you found this file. On CPAN, look under my
-directory F<authors/id/ANDYD/> for a file such as F<5.003_07-02.U.tar.gz>.
+directory F<authors/id/ANDYD/> for a file such as
+F<mc_units-5.004_70-01.tar.gz>.
That file should be unpacked in your main perl source directory. It
contains the files needed to run B<metaconfig> to reproduce Perl's
-Configure script. (Those units are for 5.003_07. There have been
+Configure script. (Those units are for 5.004_70. There may have been
changes since then; please contact me if you want more recent
versions, and I will try to point you in the right direction.)
=head1 LAST MODIFIED
-$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.17 1998/06/30 17:00:06 doughera Released $
+$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.19 1998/07/06 20:48:55 doughera Released $