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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1999-12-02 04:30:22 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1999-12-02 04:30:22 +0000
commit3ce0d27165e3cb29a307d40968a8000b48bea3eb (patch)
treecaa8cc89dfd0952783106715ae8284c4e1067e00 /INSTALL
parent220398a0501cffd114fa4441a4a685dc486ed3d8 (diff)
downloadperl-3ce0d27165e3cb29a307d40968a8000b48bea3eb.tar.gz
various documentation tweaks suggested by M. J. T. Guy
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4616
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@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Install - Build and Installation guide for perl5.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
+First, make sure you are installing an up-to-date version of Perl. If
+you didn't get your Perl source from CPAN, check the latest version at
+<URL:http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/>.
+
The basic steps to build and install perl5 on a Unix system are:
rm -f config.sh Policy.sh
@@ -28,8 +32,6 @@ on the platform. If that's not okay with you, use
make test
make install
-Full configuration instructions can be found in the INSTALL file.
-
For information on non-Unix systems, see the section on
L<"Porting information"> below.