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| author | David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> | 2011-05-18 16:37:58 +0100 |
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| committer | David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> | 2011-05-18 16:37:58 +0100 |
| commit | 8891dd8d4c5444371851ec339d7cc20f956ffb5f (patch) | |
| tree | 0e57585ce9fc920d80f40b217ae9536706e7a922 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 066dc4d9061322fc2bcc1ae08c05d4ef354ac4ab (diff) | |
| download | perl-8891dd8d4c5444371851ec339d7cc20f956ffb5f.tar.gz | |
Bump the perl version in various places for 5.15.0
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories. =item Directories for the perl distribution -By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.14.0. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.15.0. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. -5.14.0 or 5.9.5, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, +5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure variables are in the file Porting/Glossary. @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ must contain a space separated list of directories under the site_perl directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately, eg. - sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.14.0/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ... + sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.15.0/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ... When using the newer perl, you can add these paths again in the $PERL5LIB environment variable or with perl's -I runtime option. @@ -2374,9 +2374,9 @@ won't interfere with another version. (The defaults guarantee this for libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as - sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.14.0 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.15.0 -and adding /opt/perl5.14.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.15.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl. @@ -2391,11 +2391,11 @@ yet. =head2 Upgrading from 5.13.11 or earlier -B<Perl 5.14.0 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.13.11 and any earlier +B<Perl 5.15.0 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.14.* and any earlier Perl release.> Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.14.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.14.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.15.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.15.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.) |