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| author | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> | 1998-07-06 12:59:06 -0400 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-07-06 23:33:38 +0000 |
| commit | a8119d38469f151dd6b4e5910e0c600b5f2c21e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 8bee4bd0033dce82066f806a1adf1ff591019a6e /Porting/pumpkin.pod | |
| parent | 3a6175e10304541293925e263645d3ac0b54f22f (diff) | |
| download | perl-a8119d38469f151dd6b4e5910e0c600b5f2c21e1.tar.gz | |
Update metaconfig info
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diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index 9416266ab3..b046831025 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ units, which tends to be complicated operations. But be careful, this can quickly spiral out of control. Running metaconfig is not really hard. +Finally, the sample files in the F<Porting/> subdirectory are +generated automatically by the script F<U/mksample> included +with the metaconfig units. See L<"run metaconfig"> below for +information on obtaining the metaconfig units. + =head1 How to Make a Distribution There really ought to be a 'make dist' target, but there isn't. @@ -279,10 +284,11 @@ will regenerate Configure and config_h.SH. More information on obtaining and running metaconfig is in the F<U/README> file that comes with Perl's metaconfig units. Perl's metaconfig units should be available the same place you found this file. On CPAN, look under my -directory F<authors/id/ANDYD/> for a file such as F<5.003_07-02.U.tar.gz>. +directory F<authors/id/ANDYD/> for a file such as +F<mc_units-5.004_70-01.tar.gz>. That file should be unpacked in your main perl source directory. It contains the files needed to run B<metaconfig> to reproduce Perl's -Configure script. (Those units are for 5.003_07. There have been +Configure script. (Those units are for 5.004_70. There may have been changes since then; please contact me if you want more recent versions, and I will try to point you in the right direction.) @@ -1302,4 +1308,4 @@ All opinions expressed herein are those of the authorZ<>(s). =head1 LAST MODIFIED -$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.17 1998/06/30 17:00:06 doughera Released $ +$Id: pumpkin.pod,v 1.19 1998/07/06 20:48:55 doughera Released $ |