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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-02-20 17:34:32 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-02-20 17:34:32 +0000
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Integrate changes #8853,8854 from maintperl to mainline.
EBDIC fixes, README.win32 Borland update. p4raw-link: @8854 on //depot/maint-5.6/perl: ece00f1416215bb2d7a51174ba7aa627e0b0a3ad p4raw-link: @8853 on //depot/maint-5.6/perl: 3ef34714520621f9238ff67b9f34f043113325c1 p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8857 p4raw-integrated: from //depot/maint-5.6/perl@8851 'merge in' README.win32 (@8175..) handy.h (@8789..) util.c (@8806..)
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@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ default path. You will need to copy the DLLs reported by the messages
from where Borland chose to install it, into the Windows system directory
(usually somewhere like C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32) and rerun the test.
+If you're using Borland compiler versions 5.2 and below, you're risking
+to face a problem with finding incorrect header files. Don't be surprised
+when during compiling perl extension "Tk" you will fail because both perl
+and tk contain a header file with same name - "patchlevel.h". The latest
+Borland compilers are free of this misbehaviour, and they even invented
+option -VI- for backward (bugward) compatibility as "Use old Borland
+search algorithm to locate header files".
+
Please report any other failures as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
=head2 Installation