[PATCH 5.004_65] Config_65-01: lchown() detection.

Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:25:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PATCH 5.004_65] Config_65-01-02.diff: INSTALL and hints fixes
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:26:18 -0400 (EDT)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1042

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f62e4fd179..43aa51a0ee 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -163,18 +163,11 @@ your perl source directory.  If you do, installperl will attempt
 infinite recursion.
 
 It may seem obvious to say, but Perl is useful only when users can
-easily find it. When possible, it's good for both /usr/bin/perl and
-/usr/local/bin/perl to be symlinks to the actual binary. If that can't
-be done, system administrators are strongly encouraged to put
-(symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc,
-into a directory typically found along a user's PATH, or in another
-obvious and convenient place.
-
-It may seem obvious to say, but Perl is useful only when users can
-easily find it. When possible, it's good for both /usr/bin/perl and
-/usr/local/bin/perl to be symlinks to the actual binary. If that can't
-be done, system administrators are strongly encouraged to put
-(symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc,
+easily find it.  It's often a good idea to have both /usr/bin/perl and
+/usr/local/bin/perl be symlinks to the actual binary.  Be especially
+careful, however, of overwriting a version of perl supplied by your
+vendor.  In any case, system administrators are strongly encouraged to
+put (symlinks to) perl and its accompanying utilities, such as perldoc,
 into a directory typically found along a user's PATH, or in another
 obvious and convenient place.
 
@@ -515,14 +508,6 @@ system.  For most users, the defaults are sensible and will work.
 Some users, however, may wish to further customize perl.  Here are
 some of the main things you can change.
 
-=head2 Installing perl under different names
-
-If you want to install perl under a name other than "perl" (for example,
-when installing perl with special features enabled, such as debugging),
-indicate the alternate name on the "make install" line, such as:
-
-    make install PERLNAME=myperl
-
 =head2 Threads
 
 On some platforms, perl5.005 can be compiled to use threads.  To
@@ -1319,6 +1304,16 @@ pages, however.  You may need to be root to run B<make install>.  If you
 are not root, you must own the directories in question and you should
 ignore any messages about chown not working.
 
+=head2 Installing perl under different names
+
+If you want to install perl under a name other than "perl" (for example,
+when installing perl with special features enabled, such as debugging),
+indicate the alternate name on the "make install" line, such as:
+
+    make install PERLNAME=myperl
+
+=head2 Installed files
+
 If you want to see exactly what will happen without installing
 anything, you can run
 
@@ -1588,4 +1583,4 @@ above.
 
 =head1 LAST MODIFIED
 
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.34 1998/04/23 18:19:41 doughera Released $
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.35 1998/05/18 19:06:26 doughera Released $