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author | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2019-10-20 16:11:56 +0100 |
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committer | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2019-10-20 16:11:56 +0100 |
commit | 725c980e2d0a732605eea8b9bc58c8be0dad2886 (patch) | |
tree | 850a43a1c83b9fc8888e490ac20ba209756c6436 /INSTALL | |
parent | 46a21c0a553a38838c8a47343b03e497a2edb397 (diff) | |
download | perl-725c980e2d0a732605eea8b9bc58c8be0dad2886.tar.gz |
Bump version to 5.31.6
(includes regen/opcode.pl)
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 34 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories. =item Directories for the perl distribution -By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.31.5. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.31.6. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure @@ -2436,11 +2436,11 @@ L<https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html> =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5 -Perl 5.31.5 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. +Perl 5.31.6 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules. -In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl -(e.g. 5.31.3) to another similar minor version (e.g. 5.31.5))) without +In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one stable version of Perl +(e.g. 5.30.0) to another similar minor version (e.g. 5.30.1) without re-compiling all of your extensions. You can also safely leave the old version around in case the new version causes you problems for some reason. @@ -2511,9 +2511,9 @@ won't interfere with another version. (The defaults guarantee this for libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as - sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.31.5 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.31.6 -and adding /opt/perl5.31.5/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.31.6/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl. @@ -2526,13 +2526,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out yet. -=head2 Upgrading from 5.31.4 or earlier +=head2 Upgrading from 5.31.5 or earlier -B<Perl 5.31.5 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.31.4 or +B<Perl 5.31.6 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.31.5 or earlier Perl releases.> Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.31.5. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.31.5, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.31.6. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.31.6, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.) @@ -2565,15 +2565,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script print("$f\n"); } -in Linux with perl-5.31.5 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): +in Linux with perl-5.31.6 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): ./bin/perl - ./lib/perl5/5.31.5/strict.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.31.5/warnings.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.31.5/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.31.5/feature.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.31.5/XSLoader.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.31.5/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so + ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/strict.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/warnings.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/feature.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/XSLoader.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591 files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its |