Unfortunately we have to downgrade the status of DJGPP.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17537

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 97c92ad..3d5aeb6 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -3206,6 +3206,10 @@ detailed in here: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-12/msg00894.html
 One can build but not install (or test the build of) the NDBM_File
 on FAT filesystems.  Installation (or build) on NTFS works fine.
 
+=head2 DJGPP does not build
+
+Unfortunately DJGPP build broke somewhere after 5.7.1.
+
 =head2 ext/threads/t/libc
 
 If this test fails, it indicates that your libc (C library) is not

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index fffb1bc..82551ff 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -2077,7 +2077,6 @@ available at http://www.cpan.org/src/index.html
         BeOS
         Cygwin
         DG/UX
-        DOS DJGPP       1)
         DYNIX/ptx
         EPOC R5
         FreeBSD
@@ -2105,13 +2104,12 @@ available at http://www.cpan.org/src/index.html
         UNICOS/mk
         UTS
         VOS
-        Win95/98/ME/2K/XP 2)
+        Win95/98/ME/2K/XP 1)
         WinCE
         z/OS            (OS/390)
         VM/ESA
 
-        1) in DOS mode either the DOS or OS/2 ports can be used
-        2) compilers: Borland, MinGW (GCC), VC6
+        1) compilers: Borland, MinGW (GCC), VC6
 
 The following platforms worked with the previous releases (5.6 and
 5.7), but we did not manage either to fix or to test these in time
@@ -2133,6 +2131,12 @@ Known to be broken for 5.8.0 (but 5.6.1 and 5.7.2 can be used):
 
        AmigaOS
 
+Known to be broken for 5.8.0 (but 5.6.1 and 5.7.3 can be used):
+
+        DOS DJGPP       1)
+
+        1) in DOS mode either the DOS or OS/2 ports can be used
+
 The following platforms have been known to build Perl from source in
 the past (5.005_03 and earlier), but we haven't been able to verify
 their status for the current release, either because the