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| author | Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> | 1997-03-01 05:28:12 +1200 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-03-01 18:40:49 +1200 |
| commit | f8b3e957194312420089105d39c0b37773519523 (patch) | |
| tree | 51febe6e0703cf92da9c9e8f65c73412600cb511 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 9158562d45c9c138456404fd25cc877b5bd3746f (diff) | |
| download | perl-f8b3e957194312420089105d39c0b37773519523.tar.gz | |
Change 'continuing anyway' to 'probably harmless'
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ specific rule. SCO prior to 3.2.4 may be missing dbmclose(). An upgrade to 3.2.4 that includes libdbm.nfs (which includes dbmclose()) may be available. -=item Warning (will try anyway): No library found for -lposix +=item Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lsomething If you see such a message during the building of an extension, but the extension passes its tests anyway (see L<"make test"> below), @@ -987,13 +987,14 @@ Makefile.PL goes looking for various libraries needed on various systems; few systems will need all the possible libraries listed. For example, a system may have -lcposix or -lposix, but it's unlikely to have both, so most users will see warnings for the one -they don't have. The message 'will try anyway' is intended to -reassure you that the process is continuing. +they don't have. The phrase 'probably harmless' is intended to +reassure you that nothing unusual is happening, and the build +process is continuing. On the other hand, if you are building GDBM_File and you get the message - Warning (will try anyway): No library found for -lgdbm + Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgdbm then it's likely you're going to run into trouble somewhere along the line, since it's hard to see how you can use the GDBM_File |