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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-03-18 17:11:07 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-03-18 17:11:07 +0000
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parent6d4f734c7dcb73e49cff15cfce4389390a27bda5 (diff)
downloadperl-f78bfc9cd1f8635ff74b5498755525103ee2e6b3.tar.gz
Configure nits: rewording from Sarathy (aka #5796),
and installation directories patch from Robin Barker. p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5802
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@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ bin (bin.U):
this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U):
- This variable contains y if Perl 5.006 should be binary-compatible
- with Perl 5.005.
+ This variable contains y if this version of Perl should be
+ binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.
binexp (bin.U):
This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at
@@ -363,9 +363,10 @@ d_bcopy (d_bcopy.U):
d_bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U):
This variable conditionally defines BINCOMPAT5005 so that embed.h
- can take special action if Perl 5.006 should be binary-compatible
- with Perl 5.005. This is impossible for builds that use features
- like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef for those versions.
+ can take special action if this version of Perl should be
+ binary-compatible with Perl 5.005. This is impossible for builds
+ that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef
+ for those versions.
d_bsd (Guess.U):
This symbol conditionally defines the symbol BSD when running on a