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| author | Leo Lapworth <leo@cuckoo.org> | 2011-04-03 08:48:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2011-06-07 23:25:06 -0400 |
| commit | 1cffe95bdffd6ee620492bdd2e391256f1d2355e (patch) | |
| tree | 7ee35a99ab560a91eb3b14a7ec9bc62d8332b287 | |
| parent | 42c872b9bc4120939576b21e6a254beb4ef91c7a (diff) | |
| download | perl-1cffe95bdffd6ee620492bdd2e391256f1d2355e.tar.gz | |
Cleanup README.macosx
- Direct people for README.macosx straight away
- Make synopsis copy shorter and clearer
| -rw-r--r-- | README.macos | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/README.macos b/README.macos index ab01d90703..ba7d78a278 100644 --- a/README.macos +++ b/README.macos @@ -8,15 +8,14 @@ README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) =head1 SYNOPSIS -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 early versions of -Mac OS X). +For Mac OS X see README.macosx + +Perl under Mac OS Classic has not been supported since before Perl 5.10 +(April 2004). When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not> Mac OS X. - =head1 DESCRIPTION The port of Perl to to Mac OS was officially removed as of Perl 5.12, @@ -24,11 +23,8 @@ though the last official 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<http://dev.macperl.org> as of October 2009. - =head1 AUTHOR -perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher +Perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. Chris Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt> continued development and maintenance for the duration of the port's life. |