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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ on the build partition.
b) when extraction perl5.*.tar.gz you need to extract perl5.*/Configure
separately, since by default perl5.001m/configure may overwrite it;
like this:
- tar vzxf perl5.004.tar.gz perl5.004/Configure
+ tar vzxf perl5.004.tar.gz --case-sensitive perl5.004/Configure
c) Necessary manual intervention when compiling on OS/2:
@@ -212,13 +212,14 @@ cannot test it.
OS/2 extensions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I include 3 extensions by Andread Kaiser, OS2::REXX, OS2::UPM, and OS2::FTP,
-with minor changes needed to compile them by standard tools. I cannot
+into my ftp directory, mirrored on CPAN. I made
+some minor changes needed to compile them by standard tools. I cannot
test UPM and FTP, so I will appreciate your feedback.
The -R switch of older perl is deprecated. If you need to call a REXX code
which needs access to variables, include the call into a REXX compartment
created by
- REXX_call {block};
+ REXX_call {...block...};
Two new functions are supported by REXX code,
REXX_eval 'string';