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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1998-10-02 01:33:16 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1998-10-02 01:33:16 +0000
commitebb9925428467601f365b797b9f30a0507ef87e1 (patch)
tree8f15a5d3c40237021126409f551907e58be60c35 /Porting/pumpkin.pod
parentaba27d8868c4da5501a93098d949549307dd9a6a (diff)
downloadperl-ebb9925428467601f365b797b9f30a0507ef87e1.tar.gz
tweak run_byacc recipe
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1901
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diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
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+++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ output statements mean the patch won't apply cleanly. Long ago I
started to fix F<perly.fixer> to detect this, but I never completed the
task.
+If C<perly.c> changes, make sure you run C<perl vms/vms_yfix.pl> to
+update the corresponding VMS files. See L<VMS-specific updates>.
+
Some additional notes from Larry on this:
Don't forget to regenerate perly_c.diff.
@@ -520,8 +523,8 @@ things that need to be fixed in Configure.
=head2 VMS-specific updates
-If you have changed F<perly.y>, then you may want to update
-F<vms/perly_{h,c}.vms> by running C<perl vms/vms_yfix.pl>.
+If you have changed F<perly.y> or F<perly.c>, then you most probably want
+to update F<vms/perly_{h,c}.vms> by running C<perl vms/vms_yfix.pl>.
The Perl version number appears in several places under F<vms>.
It is courteous to update these versions. For example, if you are