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diff --git a/ext/Devel/PPPort/HACKERS b/ext/Devel/PPPort/HACKERS index 8aa9c571ae..7e386bdb8e 100644 --- a/ext/Devel/PPPort/HACKERS +++ b/ext/Devel/PPPort/HACKERS @@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ lying around in this distribution. =head1 DESCRIPTION -=head2 How to build 87 versions of Perl +=head2 How to build 98 versions of Perl C<Devel::PPPort> supports Perl versions between 5.003 and bleadperl. To guarantee this support, I need some of these versions on my -machine. I currently have 87 different Perl version/configuration +machine. I currently have 98 different Perl version/configuration combinations installed on my laptop. As many of the old Perl distributions need patching to compile -cleanly on newer systems (and because building 87 Perls by hand +cleanly on newer systems (and because building 98 Perls by hand just isn't fun), I wrote a tool to build all the different versions and configurations. You can find it in F<devel/buildperl.pl>. It can currently build the following Perl releases: @@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ in the root directory of the distribution. Finally, add the remaining baseline information by running - perl devel/scanprov + perl Makefile.PL && make + perl devel/scanprov write =back @@ -204,12 +205,13 @@ all Perl binaries you want to test. =head2 Special Makefile targets -You can use +You can use make regen -to regenerate all of the autogenerated files. To get rid of -all generated files (except for parts/todo/*), use +to regenerate all of the autogenerated files. To get rid of all +generated files (except for F<parts/todo/*> and F<parts/base/*>), +use make purge_all |