Win9x + GCC update from Benjamin Stuhl <sho_pi@hotmail.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4729

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 2420e6409d..37df1d4088 100644
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ following compilers:
 
       Borland C++		version 5.02 or later
       Microsoft Visual C++	version 4.2 or later
-      Mingw32 with EGCS		versions 1.0.2, 1.1
-      Mingw32 with GCC		version 2.8.1
+      Mingw32 with GCC		version 2.95.2 or better
 
-The last two of these are high quality freeware compilers.  Support
-for them is still experimental.
+The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler.  Support
+for it is still experimental.  (Older versions of GCC are known
+not to work.)
 
 This port currently supports MakeMaker (the set of modules that
 is used to build extensions to perl).  Therefore, you should be
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ A port of dmake for win32 platforms is available from:
 
     ftp://ftp.linux.activestate.com/pub/staff/gsar/dmake-4.1-win32.zip
 
+(This is a fixed version of original dmake sources obtained from
+http://www.wticorp.com/dmake/.  As of version 4.1PL1, the original
+sources did not build as shipped, and had various other problems.
+A patch is included in the above fixed version.)
+
 Fetch and install dmake somewhere on your path (follow the instructions
 in the README.NOW file).
 
@@ -108,24 +113,17 @@ and edit win32/config.vc to change "make=nmake" into "make=dmake".  The
 latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default
 make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
 
-=item Mingw32 with EGCS or GCC
+=item Mingw32 with GCC
 
-ECGS binaries can be downloaded from:
+GCC-2.95.2 binaries can be downloaded from:
 
     ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/
 
-GCC-2.8.1 binaries are available from:
-
-    http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/
+The GCC-2.95.2 bundle comes with Mingw32 libraries and headers.
 
-You only need either one of those, not both.  Both bundles come with
-Mingw32 libraries and headers.  While both of them work to build perl,
-the EGCS binaries are currently favored by the maintainers, since they
-come with more up-to-date Mingw32 libraries.
-
-Make sure you install the binaries as indicated in the web sites
-above.  You will need to set up a few environment variables (usually
-run from a batch file).
+Make sure you install the binaries as indicated in the README for
+the GCC bundle.  You may need to set up a few environment variables
+(usually run from a batch file).
 
 You also need dmake.  See L</"Borland C++"> above on how to get it.
 
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ is typically requested through:
     perl Makefile.PL CAPI=TRUE
 
 PERL_OBJECT requires VC++ 5.0 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or later. It
-is not yet supported under GCC or EGCS.  WARNING:  Binaries built with
+is not yet supported under GCC.  WARNING:  Binaries built with
 PERL_OBJECT enabled are B<not> compatible with binaries built without.
 Perl installs PERL_OBJECT binaries under a distinct architecture name,
 so they B<can> coexist, though.
@@ -745,10 +743,8 @@ L<perl>
 
 This port was originally contributed by Gary Ng around 5.003_24,
 and borrowed from the Hip Communications port that was available
-at the time.
-
-Nick Ing-Simmons and Gurusamy Sarathy have made numerous and
-sundry hacks since then.
+at the time.  Various people have made numerous and sundry hacks
+since then.
 
 Borland support was added in 5.004_01 (Gurusamy Sarathy).
 
@@ -756,7 +752,10 @@ GCC/mingw32 support was added in 5.005 (Nick Ing-Simmons).
 
 Support for PERL_OBJECT was added in 5.005 (ActiveState Tool Corp).
 
-Last updated: 18 January 1999
+Support for fork() emulation was added in 5.6 (ActiveState Tool Corp).
 
-=cut
+Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl).
+
+Last updated: 28 December 1999
 
+=cut