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authorKurt D. Starsinic <kstar@wolfetech.com>1998-04-06 11:14:14 -0400
committerMalcolm Beattie <mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>1998-05-14 15:36:30 +0000
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[PATCH] hints for Irix 6
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 15:14:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [PATCH 5.004_64] Threads - an easy way for dual installation Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:39:46 -0400 (EDT) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@958
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@@ -499,6 +499,14 @@ 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