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authorSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2019-10-20 16:11:56 +0100
committerSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2019-10-20 16:11:56 +0100
commit725c980e2d0a732605eea8b9bc58c8be0dad2886 (patch)
tree850a43a1c83b9fc8888e490ac20ba209756c6436 /INSTALL
parent46a21c0a553a38838c8a47343b03e497a2edb397 (diff)
downloadperl-725c980e2d0a732605eea8b9bc58c8be0dad2886.tar.gz
Bump version to 5.31.6
(includes regen/opcode.pl)
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index eb7a67136a..791162111e 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -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