From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Major goof in XS Tutorial regarding subdirs
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Major goof in XS Tutorial regarding subdirs

Subject: [PATCH] Major goof in XS Tutorial (subdirs)

I wondered for a lot of time why I never manage to compile extensions with
debugging enabled if the main Perl library is optimized.  Some time ago
I understood that this is due to the following error in XS tutorial:

p5p-msgid: 199707260920.FAA12453@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
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diff --git a/pod/perlxstut.pod b/pod/perlxstut.pod
index cdd4344..9ebfe82 100644
--- a/pod/perlxstut.pod
+++ b/pod/perlxstut.pod
@@ -529,12 +529,12 @@ and a new replacement subroutine too:
 	sub MY::postamble {
 	'
 	$(MYEXTLIB): mylib/Makefile
-		cd mylib && $(MAKE)
+		cd mylib && $(MAKE) $(PASTHRU)
 	';
 	}
 
 (Note: Most makes will require that there be a tab character that indents
-the line "cd mylib && $(MAKE)", similarly for the Makefile in the
+the line C<cd mylib && $(MAKE) $(PASTHRU)>, similarly for the Makefile in the
 subdirectory.)
 
 Let's also fix the MANIFEST file so that it accurately reflects the contents