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@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
Mingw32 with GCC version 2.95.2 or better
The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler. Support for it is still experimental. (Older versions of GCC are known not to work.)
-This port currently supports MakeMaker (the set of modules
+This port currently supports !
MakeMaker (the set of modules
that is used to build extensions to perl). Therefore, you
should be able to build and install most extensions found in
the CPAN sites. See ``Usage Hints'' below for
general hints about this.
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@
If you are using the Borland compiler, you will need dmake.
(The make that Borland supplies is seriously crippled and
-will not work for MakeMaker builds.)
+will not work for !
MakeMaker builds.)
See ``Make'' above.
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@
directory name under which the Visual C dmake configuration
lives) in your environment and edit win32/config.vc to
change ``make=nmake'' into ``make=dmake''. The latter step
is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default
-make for building extensions using MakeMaker.
+make for building extensions using !
MakeMaker.
Mingw32 with GCC
@@ -213,10 +213,10 @@
mentioned fixes already applied is available
here:
- http://downloads.ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/gcc-2.95.2-msvcrt.zip
-ftp://ftp.ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/gcc-2.95.2-msvcrt.zip
+ http://downloads.!
ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/gcc-2.95.2-msvcrt.zip
+ftp://ftp.!
ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/gcc-2.95.2-msvcrt.zip
__Building__
@@ -413,10 +413,10 @@
If you want perl to use globbing that emulates the quirks of
DOS filename conventions, you might want to
-consider using File::DosGlob to override the internal
-''glob()'' implementation. See File::DosGlob for
+consider using File::!
DosGlob to override the internal
+''glob()'' implementation. See File::!
DosGlob for
details.
Using perl from the command line
@@ -555,17 +555,17 @@
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/NI-S/Make-0.03.tar.gz
You may also use dmake. See ``Make'' above on how to get it.
-Note that MakeMaker actually emits makefiles with different
+Note that !
MakeMaker actually emits makefiles with different
syntax depending on what 'make' it thinks you are using.
Therefore, it is important that one of the following values
appears in Config.pm:
- make='nmake' # MakeMaker emits nmake syntax
-make='dmake' # MakeMaker emits dmake syntax
-any other value # MakeMaker emits generic make syntax
+ make='nmake' # !
MakeMaker emits nmake syntax
+make='dmake' # !
MakeMaker emits dmake syntax
+any other value # !
MakeMaker emits generic make syntax
(e.g GNU make, or Perl make)
If the value doesn't match the 'make' program you want to use, edit Config.pm to fix it.
@@ -635,12 +635,12 @@
steps shown in the previous section.
To ensure smooth transitioning of existing code that uses
-the ActiveState port, there is a bundle of Win32 extensions
-that contains all of the ActiveState extensions and most
+the !
ActiveState port, there is a bundle of Win32 extensions
+that contains all of the !
ActiveState extensions and most
other Win32 extensions from CPAN in source
-form, along with many added bugfixes, and with MakeMaker
+form, along with many added bugfixes, and with !
MakeMaker
support. This bundle is available at:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/GSAR/libwin32-0.151.zip
@@ -693,9 +693,9 @@
If you use the 4DOS/NT or similar command shell, note that
``pl2bat'' uses the ``%*'' variable in the generated batch
file to refer to all the command line arguments, so you may
need to make sure that construct works in batch files. As of
-this writing, 4DOS/NT users will need a ``ParameterChar =
+this writing, 4DOS/NT users will need a ``!
ParameterChar =
*'' statement in their 4NT.INI file or will need to execute
``setdos /p*'' in the 4DOS/NT startup file to enable this to
work.
@@ -824,17 +824,17 @@
Ing-Simmons).
Support for PERL_OBJECT was added in 5.005
-(ActiveState Tool Corp).
+(!
ActiveState Tool Corp).
Support for ''fork()'' emulation was added in 5.6
-(ActiveState Tool Corp).
+(!
ActiveState Tool Corp).
Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin
Stuhl).
Last updated: 1 April 2001
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