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| author | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1996-12-24 16:07:29 +1200 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1996-12-25 11:25:00 +1200 |
| commit | 308abf662e41491148d7d8b4ba287dafb7cfc7be (patch) | |
| tree | daca01805bd3d241c5470ec187a6edc917c39985 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 043bf81409f10ec3af5da98074284c28ddb66628 (diff) | |
| download | perl-308abf662e41491148d7d8b4ba287dafb7cfc7be.tar.gz | |
Edit INSTALL to describe new binary compat setup
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 12 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -653,14 +653,8 @@ with "Perl_". However, its list of global symbols was incomplete. This error has been rectified in Perl 5.004. However, some sites may need to maintain complete binary compatibility -with Perl 5.003. If you are building Perl for such a site, then after -B<Configure> you should run these two commands: - - perl old_embed.pl - sh old_perl_exp.SH - -These commands will make your new Perl as binary-compatible with -version 5.003 as possible. +with Perl 5.003. If you are building Perl for such a site, then when +B<Configure> asks if you want binary compatibility, answer "y". =head1 make depend @@ -1095,4 +1089,4 @@ from the original README by Larry Wall. =head1 LAST MODIFIED -9 October 1996 +24 December 1996 |