From 0c2f97d039ed9d5f34dfbf73fb4bf05e325af471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rrt Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:30:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2001-01-30 12:30:37 by rrt] Modernise Perl paragraph. --- docs/building/building.sgml | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml index 1ad8411..3753f2e 100644 --- a/docs/building/building.sgml +++ b/docs/building/building.sgml @@ -455,18 +455,16 @@ text processing. It is pretty easy to install. -Perl 5 is required. For Win32 platforms, we strongly suggest you -pick up a port of Perl 5 for cygwin32, as the -common Hip/ActiveWare port of Perl is Not Cool Enough for our -purposes. +Perl 5 is required. For Win32 platforms, you should use the binary +supplied in the InstallShield (copy it to cygwin/bin). +The Cygwin-supplied Perl seems not to work (it has problems with line +endings). Perl should be put somewhere so that it can be invoked by the -#! script-invoking mechanism. (I believe -/usr/bin/perl is preferred; we use -/usr/local/bin/perl at Glasgow.) The full -pathname should may need to be less than 32 characters long on some +#! script-invoking mechanism. The full +pathname may need to be less than 32 characters long on some systems. -- 1.7.10.4