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diff --git a/README.machten b/README.machten index 4310bbcde3..8e14fc7117 100644 --- a/README.machten +++ b/README.machten @@ -57,25 +57,13 @@ and limited in its effect on practical Perl programs. =back -=head2 Using external modules - -If warnings are enabled with Perl's C<-w> command-line flag, you are -likely to see warnings when using external modules containing XS -(compiled) code: - - Subroutine DynaLoader::dl_error redefined at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/powerpc-machten/DynaLoader.pm line 93. - -This is a harmless consequence of the static linking used for MachTen -perl. You can suppress the warnings by using the more modern -C<-Mwarnings> instead of the traditional C<-w>. (See L<perllexwarn>.) - =head2 Building external modules To add an external module to perl, build in the normal way, which is documented in L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>, or which can be driven automatically by the CPAN module (see L<CPAN>), which is part of the -standard distribution. If wou want to install a -module contains XS code (C or C++ source which compiles to object code +standard distribution. If you want to install a module which +contains XS code (C or C++ source which compiles to object code for linking with perl), you will have to replace your perl binary with a new version containing the new statically-linked object module. The build process tells you how to do this. @@ -98,4 +86,4 @@ Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> =head1 DATE -Version 1.0 2000-03-22 +Version 1.0.1 2000-03-27 |