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diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin index 5f8d327db3..8940ca6ed0 100644 --- a/README.cygwin +++ b/README.cygwin @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Configure will B<not> prompt you to install I<man> pages. On WinNT with either the I<ntea> or I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> settings, directory and file permissions may not be set correctly. Since the build process -creates directories and files, to be safe you may want to run a `C<chmod --R +w *>' on the entire Perl source tree. +creates directories and files, to be safe you may want to run a +C<chmod -R +w *> on the entire Perl source tree. Also, it is a well known WinNT "feature" that files created by a login that is a member of the I<Administrators> group will be owned by the @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ You may see some messages during Configure that seem suspicious. =item * I<dlsym()> I<ld2> is needed to build dynamic libraries, but it does not exist -when C<dlsym()> checking occurs (it is not created until `C<make>' runs). +when C<dlsym()> checking occurs (it is not created until C<make> runs). You will see the following message: Checking whether your C<dlsym()> needs a leading underscore ... @@ -287,13 +287,13 @@ Errors like these are normal: =head2 ld2 on Cygwin -During `C<make>', I<ld2> will be created and installed in your $installbin +During C<make>, I<ld2> will be created and installed in your $installbin directory (where you said to put public executables). It does not -wait until the `C<make install>' process to install the I<ld2> script, -this is because the remainder of the `C<make>' refers to I<ld2> without +wait until the C<make install> process to install the I<ld2> script, +this is because the remainder of the C<make> refers to I<ld2> without fully specifying its path and does this from multiple subdirectories. The assumption is that $installbin is in your current C<PATH>. If this -is not the case `C<make>' will fail at some point. If this happens, +is not the case C<make> will fail at some point. If this happens, just manually copy I<ld2> from the source directory to somewhere in your C<PATH>. @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ There are two steps to running the test suite: cd t;./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness The same tests are run both times, but more information is provided when -running as `C<./perl harness>'. +running as C<./perl harness>. Test results vary depending on your host system and your Cygwin configuration. If a test can pass in some Cygwin setup, it is always @@ -506,10 +506,10 @@ This will install Perl, including I<man> pages. make install 2>&1 | tee log.make-install -NOTE: If C<STDERR> is redirected `C<make install>' will B<not> prompt +NOTE: If C<STDERR> is redirected C<make install> will B<not> prompt you to install I<perl> into F</usr/bin>. -You may need to be I<Administrator> to run `C<make install>'. If you +You may need to be I<Administrator> to run C<make install>. If you are not, you must have write access to the directories in question. Information on installing the Perl documentation in HTML format can be |