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diff --git a/README.riscos b/README.riscos index 61202fe5a2..93c365bf65 100644 --- a/README.riscos +++ b/README.riscos @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ README.riscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS =head1 DESCRIPTION -This document give instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is +This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is complicated by the need to cross compile. There is a binary version of perl available from L<http://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to use instead of trying to compile it yourself. @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ Then, in the source to be cross compiled: Select the riscos hint file. The default answers for the rest of the questions are usually sufficient. +Note that, if you wish to run Configure non-interactively (see the INSTALL +document for details), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll +need to provide the argument -Dhintfile=riscos on the Configure +command-line. + =item $ make miniperl @@ -60,4 +65,3 @@ This will use miniperl to complete the rest of the build. =head1 AUTHOR Alex Waugh <alex@alexwaugh.com> - |