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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 1623acf20f..6889ab7c59 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ work for MakeMaker builds.) A port of dmake for win32 platforms is available from: - ftp://ftp.linux.activestate.com/pub/staff/gsar/dmake-4.1-win32.zip + http://cpan.perl.org/authors/id/GSAR/dmake-4.1pl1-win32.zip (This is a fixed version of original dmake sources obtained from http://www.wticorp.com/dmake/. As of version 4.1PL1, the original @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(), enable the appropriate option in the makefile. des_fcrypt() is not bundled with the distribution due to US Government restrictions on the export of cryptographic software. Nevertheless, this routine -is part of the "libdes" library (written by Ed Young) which is widely +is part of the "libdes" library (written by Eric Young) which is widely available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay (for example: "ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto/SSLeay/DES/"). Set CRYPT_SRC to the name of the file that implements des_fcrypt(). Alternatively, if @@ -215,21 +215,6 @@ The build process may produce "harmless" compiler warnings (more or less copiously, depending on how picky your compiler gets). The maintainers are aware of these warnings, thankyouverymuch. :) -When building using Visual C++, a perl95.exe will also get built. This -executable is only needed on Windows95, and should be used instead of -perl.exe, and then only if you want sockets to work properly on Windows95. -This is necessitated by a bug in the Microsoft C Runtime that cannot be -worked around in the "normal" perl.exe. perl95.exe gets built with its -own private copy of the C Runtime that is not accessible to extensions -(which see the DLL version of the CRT). Be aware, therefore, that this -perl95.exe will have esoteric problems with extensions like perl/Tk that -themselves use the C Runtime heavily, or want to free() pointers -malloc()-ed by perl. - -You can avoid the perl95.exe problems completely if you either enable -USE_PERLCRT with Visual C++, or use Borland C++ for building perl. In -those cases, perl95.exe is not needed and will not be built. - =back =head2 Testing |