From: Jesse Vincent Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:05:50 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Eviscerate README.macos to match the state of the world X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c22d4cd038b9aba734088cd649559b23b16fc394;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Eviscerate README.macos to match the state of the world --- diff --git a/README.macos b/README.macos index d0ac88e..8c0a66f 100644 --- a/README.macos +++ b/README.macos @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic). If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be -here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X). +here (unless you are in the Classic environment under early versions of +Mac OS X). When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I Mac OS X. @@ -18,47 +19,16 @@ Mac OS X. =head1 DESCRIPTION -The latest perl source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional -pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl is kept -in close sync with regular perl releases. - -To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition -of the F subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra -source files, config files, and make files. It also includes extra -Mac-specific modules. - -To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the F -directory, which includes the source files for creating the -application itself. - -All of this is available from the development site, via -HTTP (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source -and binaries) and anonymous CVS. - - http://dev.macperl.org/ - -The source is also in the main perl repository in the macperl -branch (the 5.6 source is in the maint-5.6/macperl branch). - -You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely -available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site -for all things having to do with MacPerl development. - -MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040 -and PowerPC architectures. The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS 7.5.5 -and 68030 computers. - -MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It -is based on perl 5.004, and works with Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 computers. +The port of Perl to to Mac OS was officially removed as of Perl 5.12, +though the last offical production release of MacPerl corresponded to +Perl 5.6. While Perl 5.10 included the port to Mac OS, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, +a core part of Perl's module installation infrastructure officially dropped support for Mac OS in April 2004. +Historical information (and working binaries of the last released version) +are available from L as of October 2009. =head1 AUTHOR perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher -Eneeracher@mac.comE. It is currently maintained by Chris -Nandor Epudge@pobox.comE. - - -=head1 DATE - -Last modified 2002.05.02. +Eneeracher@mac.comE. Chris Nandor Epudge@pobox.comE +continued development and maintenance for the duration of the port's life.