From: Andy Dougherty Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:59:06 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Update metaconfig info X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a8119d38469f151dd6b4e5910e0c600b5f2c21e1;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Update metaconfig info Message-Id: p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1353 --- diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index 9416266..b046831 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ units, which tends to be complicated operations. But be careful, this can quickly spiral out of control. Running metaconfig is not really hard. +Finally, the sample files in the F subdirectory are +generated automatically by the script F 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. @@ -279,10 +284,11 @@ will regenerate Configure and config_h.SH. More information on obtaining and running metaconfig is in the F 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 for a file such as F<5.003_07-02.U.tar.gz>. +directory F for a file such as +F. That file should be unpacked in your main perl source directory. It contains the files needed to run B 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.) @@ -1302,4 +1308,4 @@ All opinions expressed herein are those of the authorZ<>(s). =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 $