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@@ -2079,6 +2079,83 @@ and skip installman altogether. See also L<"Maintaining completely separate versions"> for another approach. +=head1 cd /usr/include; h2ph *.h sys/*.h + +Some perl scripts need to be able to obtain information from the +system header files. This command will convert the most commonly used +header files in /usr/include into files that can be easily interpreted +by perl. These files will be placed in the architecture-dependent +library ($archlib) directory you specified to Configure. + +Note: Due to differences in the C and perl languages, the conversion +of the header files is not perfect. You will probably have to +hand-edit some of the converted files to get them to parse correctly. +For example, h2ph breaks spectacularly on type casting and certain +structures. + +=head1 installhtml --help + +Some sites may wish to make perl documentation available in HTML +format. The installhtml utility can be used to convert pod +documentation into linked HTML files and install them. + +Currently, the supplied ./installhtml script does not make use of the +html Configure variables. This should be fixed in a future release. + +The following command-line is an example of one used to convert +perl documentation: + + ./installhtml \ + --podroot=. \ + --podpath=lib:ext:pod:vms \ + --recurse \ + --htmldir=/perl/nmanual \ + --htmlroot=/perl/nmanual \ + --splithead=pod/perlipc \ + --splititem=pod/perlfunc \ + --libpods=perlfunc:perlguts:perlvar:perlrun:perlop \ + --verbose + +See the documentation in installhtml for more details. It can take +many minutes to execute a large installation and you should expect to +see warnings like "no title", "unexpected directive" and "cannot +resolve" as the files are processed. We are aware of these problems +(and would welcome patches for them). + +You may find it helpful to run installhtml twice. That should reduce +the number of "cannot resolve" warnings. + +=head1 cd pod && make tex && (process the latex files) + +Some sites may also wish to make the documentation in the pod/ directory +available in TeX format. Type + + (cd pod && make tex && <process the latex files>) + +=head1 Starting all over again + +If you wish to re-build perl from the same build directory, you should +clean it out with the command + + make distclean + +or + + make realclean + +The only difference between the two is that make distclean also removes +your old config.sh and Policy.sh files. + +If you are upgrading from a previous version of perl, or if you +change systems or compilers or make other significant changes, or if +you are experiencing difficulties building perl, you should not re-use +your old config.sh. + +If your reason to reuse your old config.sh is to save your particular +installation choices, then you can probably achieve the same effect by +using the Policy.sh file. See the section on L<"Site-wide Policy +settings"> above. + =head1 Reporting Problems Wherever possible please use the perlbug tool supplied with this Perl @@ -2232,83 +2309,6 @@ See your installed copy of the perllocal.pod file for a (possibly incomplete) list of locally installed modules. Note that you want perllocal.pod, not perllocale.pod, for installed module information. -=head1 cd /usr/include; h2ph *.h sys/*.h - -Some perl scripts need to be able to obtain information from the -system header files. This command will convert the most commonly used -header files in /usr/include into files that can be easily interpreted -by perl. These files will be placed in the architecture-dependent -library ($archlib) directory you specified to Configure. - -Note: Due to differences in the C and perl languages, the conversion -of the header files is not perfect. You will probably have to -hand-edit some of the converted files to get them to parse correctly. -For example, h2ph breaks spectacularly on type casting and certain -structures. - -=head1 installhtml --help - -Some sites may wish to make perl documentation available in HTML -format. The installhtml utility can be used to convert pod -documentation into linked HTML files and install them. - -Currently, the supplied ./installhtml script does not make use of the -html Configure variables. This should be fixed in a future release. - -The following command-line is an example of one used to convert -perl documentation: - - ./installhtml \ - --podroot=. \ - --podpath=lib:ext:pod:vms \ - --recurse \ - --htmldir=/perl/nmanual \ - --htmlroot=/perl/nmanual \ - --splithead=pod/perlipc \ - --splititem=pod/perlfunc \ - --libpods=perlfunc:perlguts:perlvar:perlrun:perlop \ - --verbose - -See the documentation in installhtml for more details. It can take -many minutes to execute a large installation and you should expect to -see warnings like "no title", "unexpected directive" and "cannot -resolve" as the files are processed. We are aware of these problems -(and would welcome patches for them). - -You may find it helpful to run installhtml twice. That should reduce -the number of "cannot resolve" warnings. - -=head1 cd pod && make tex && (process the latex files) - -Some sites may also wish to make the documentation in the pod/ directory -available in TeX format. Type - - (cd pod && make tex && <process the latex files>) - -=head1 Starting all over again - -If you wish to re-build perl from the same build directory, you should -clean it out with the command - - make distclean - -or - - make realclean - -The only difference between the two is that make distclean also removes -your old config.sh and Policy.sh files. - -If you are upgrading from a previous version of perl, or if you -change systems or compilers or make other significant changes, or if -you are experiencing difficulties building perl, you should not re-use -your old config.sh. - -If your reason to reuse your old config.sh is to save your particular -installation choices, then you can probably achieve the same effect by -using the Policy.sh file. See the section on L<"Site-wide Policy -settings"> above. - =head1 Minimizing the Perl installation The following section is meant for people worrying about squeezing the |