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Diffstat (limited to 'Policy_sh.SH')
| -rw-r--r-- | Policy_sh.SH | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Policy_sh.SH b/Policy_sh.SH index 133a9faba4..cb8536c454 100644 --- a/Policy_sh.SH +++ b/Policy_sh.SH @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ esac # Installation prefixes. Allow a Configure -D override. You # may wish to reinstall perl under a different prefix, perhaps # in order to test a different configuration. +# For an explanation of the installation directories, see the +# INSTALL file section on "Installation Directories". case "\$prefix" in '') prefix='$prefix' ;; esac @@ -59,8 +61,18 @@ esac # this too is handled automatically by Configure based on # $installprefix, so it isn't included here either. # +# Note also that there are three broad hierarchies of installation +# directories, as discussed in the INSTALL file under +# "Installation Directories": +# +# =item Directories for the perl distribution +# +# =item Directories for site-specific add-on files +# +# =item Directories for vendor-supplied add-on files +# # See Porting/Glossary for the definitions of these names, and see the -# INSTALL file for some examples. +# INSTALL file for further explanation and some examples. # # In each case, if your previous value was the default, leave it commented # out. That way, if you override prefix, all of these will be @@ -110,7 +122,7 @@ do html1dir) dflt='' ;; htm31dir) dflt='' ;; - # Site-specific add-ons. + # Directories for site-specific add-on files sitebin) dflt=$siteprefix/bin ;; # The scriptdir test is more complex, but this is probably usually ok. sitescriptdir) @@ -134,7 +146,8 @@ do sitehtml1dir) dflt='' ;; sitehtm31dir) dflt='' ;; - # Vendor-specific add-ons. These are all usually empty. + # Directories for vendor-supplied add-on files + # These are all usually empty. vendor*) if test X"$vendorprefix" = X""; then dflt='' @@ -197,5 +210,5 @@ $spitshell <<!GROK!THIS! >>Policy.sh # The original design for this Policy.sh file came from Wayne Davison, # maintainer of trn. # This version for Perl5.004_61 originally written by -# Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>. +# Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>. # This file may be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. |