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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index b9f6b15d09..e696ab3e0e 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ make for building extensions using MakeMaker. =item Mingw32 with EGCS or GCC -ECGS-1.0.2 binaries can be downloaded from: +ECGS binaries can be downloaded from: ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/ @@ -151,7 +151,12 @@ a perl interpreter that supports the Perl Object abstraction (courtesy ActiveState Tool Corp.) PERL_OBJECT uses C++, and the binaries are therefore incompatible with the regular C build. However, the PERL_OBJECT build does provide something called the C-API, for linking -it with extensions that won't compile under PERL_OBJECT. PERL_OBJECT +it with extensions that won't compile under PERL_OBJECT. Using the C_API +is typically requested through: + + perl Makefile.PL CAPI=TRUE + +PERL_OBJECT requires VC++ 5.0 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or later. It is not yet supported under GCC or EGCS. WARNING: Binaries built with PERL_OBJECT enabled are B<not> compatible with binaries built without. Perl installs PERL_OBJECT binaries under a distinct architecture name, @@ -187,10 +192,7 @@ Perl will also build without des_fcrypt(), but the crypt() builtin will fail at run time. You will also have to make sure CCHOME points to wherever you installed -your compiler. Make sure this path has no spaces in it. If you -insist on spaces in your path names, there is no telling what else -will fail, but you can try putting the path in double quotes. Some -parts of perl try to accomodate that, but not all pieces do. +your compiler. The default value for CCHOME in the makefiles for Visual C++ may not be correct for some versions. Make sure the default exists @@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ you will need to add two components to your PATH environment variable, C<$INST_TOP\$VERSION\bin>, and C<$INST_TOP\$VERSION\bin\$ARCHNAME>. For example: - set PATH c:\perl\5.005\bin;c:\perl\5.005\bin\MSWin32-x6;%PATH% + set PATH c:\perl\5.005\bin;c:\perl\5.005\bin\MSWin32-x86;%PATH% =head2 Usage Hints @@ -745,7 +747,9 @@ Borland support was added in 5.004_01 (Gurusamy Sarathy). GCC/mingw32 support was added in 5.005 (Nick Ing-Simmons). -Last updated: 29 November 1998 +Support for PERL_OBJECT was added in 5.005 (ActiveState Tool Corp). + +Last updated: 18 January 1999 =cut |