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author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-04-24 06:11:56 +0000 |
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committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-04-24 06:11:56 +0000 |
commit | 4375e838ae24b385ae79fa7b6918e613bedaaee6 (patch) | |
tree | 9418d63a58345f7e8f9e1ff644fa85c022b18650 /README.machten | |
parent | 94a371ee7128c99a38226de46cbec028ae3a990e (diff) | |
download | perl-4375e838ae24b385ae79fa7b6918e613bedaaee6.tar.gz |
various pod nits (from Larry Virden and others)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5917
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diff --git a/README.machten b/README.machten index 4310bbcde3..8e14fc7117 100644 --- a/README.machten +++ b/README.machten @@ -57,25 +57,13 @@ and limited in its effect on practical Perl programs. =back -=head2 Using external modules - -If warnings are enabled with Perl's C<-w> command-line flag, you are -likely to see warnings when using external modules containing XS -(compiled) code: - - Subroutine DynaLoader::dl_error redefined at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/powerpc-machten/DynaLoader.pm line 93. - -This is a harmless consequence of the static linking used for MachTen -perl. You can suppress the warnings by using the more modern -C<-Mwarnings> instead of the traditional C<-w>. (See L<perllexwarn>.) - =head2 Building external modules To add an external module to perl, build in the normal way, which is documented in L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>, or which can be driven automatically by the CPAN module (see L<CPAN>), which is part of the -standard distribution. If wou want to install a -module contains XS code (C or C++ source which compiles to object code +standard distribution. If you want to install a module which +contains XS code (C or C++ source which compiles to object code for linking with perl), you will have to replace your perl binary with a new version containing the new statically-linked object module. The build process tells you how to do this. @@ -98,4 +86,4 @@ Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> =head1 DATE -Version 1.0 2000-03-22 +Version 1.0.1 2000-03-27 |