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authorNick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>1997-04-05 16:04:52 +0100
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-04-04 00:00:00 +0000
commit8b88ae9267370552321fe1d45306b5341068d1e2 (patch)
tree72537dafdc5642c708feb27b0210e4379f2d2150 /README.win32
parenta1a6880aa21fe16ebd069bf2c4248476cb7c8598 (diff)
downloadperl-8b88ae9267370552321fe1d45306b5341068d1e2.tar.gz
Fix FindBin under Win32, and document success
private-msgid: 199704051504.QAA09507@ni-s.u-net.com Signed-off-by: Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
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+++ b/README.win32
@@ -138,25 +138,16 @@ PATH environment variable to C:\PERL\BIN (or D:\FOO\PERL\BIN).
=head2 Testing
Type "nmake test". This will run most of the tests from the
-testsuite (many tests will be skipped, and a few tests may fail).
+testsuite (many tests will be skipped, and but no test should fail).
-To get a more detailed breakdown of the tests that failed,
-you may want to say:
+If some tests do fail, it may be because you are using a different command
+shell than the native "cmd.exe". To get a more detailed breakdown of the
+tests that failed, you may want to say:
cd ..\t
.\perl harness
-This should produce a summary of the failed tests. Currently, the
-only known failure is lib\findbin.t:
-
- Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- lib/findbin.t 1 1 100.00% 1
- Failed 1/151 test scripts, 99.34% okay. 1/3902 subtests failed, 99.97% okay.
-
-
-Check if any additional tests other than the ones shown here
-failed, and report them as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
+Please report any failures as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>.
=head1 BUGS AND CAVEATS
@@ -164,11 +155,11 @@ This is still very much an experimental port, and should be considered
alpha quality software. You can expect changes in virtually all of
these areas: build process, installation structure, supported
utilities/modules, and supported perl functionality. Specifically,
-functionality that supports the Win32 environment may ultimately
+functionality specific to the Win32 environment may ultimately
be supported as either core modules or extensions.
-If you have had prior exposure to Perl on Unix platforms, this port
-may exhibit behavior different from what is documented. Most of the
+If you have had prior exposure to Perl on Unix platforms, you will notice
+this port exhibits behavior different from what is documented. Most of the
differences fall under one of these categories.
=over 8
@@ -264,7 +255,6 @@ at the time.
Nick Ing-Simmons and Gurusamy Sarathy have made numerous and
sundry hacks since then.
-Last updated: 04 April 1997
+Last updated: 05 April 1997
=cut
-