ChangeLog
2008/09/16 - 5.8.8 -> 5.10.0
- Removed -Dcccdlflags='-fPIC' from the configure line,
it's already a default
- Remove perlcc, no longer part of Perl
Apr 3, 2006 - 5.8.7 -> 5.8.8
- Only run removepkg when it exists
Oct 7, 2005 - Added note about perl modules going into
/usr/local/lib/perl5, creating a symlink for it
(right before make install)
Jun 6, 2005 - 5.8.6 -> 5.8.7
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
- root.root -> root:root, only run it if $UID = 0
- Rearranged options to shut up the new version of find
- Moved 'exit' to below configuring CPAN
Feb 21, 2005 - 5.8.5 -> 5.8.6
- Changed the link to The Gimp from it's home page to my howto
Sep 10, 2004 - 5.8.4 -> 5.8.5
Jun 10, 2004 - 5.8.3 -> 5.8.4
- Changed the md5sum -> textutils link to point to coreutils
Jan 19, 2004 - 5.8.2 -> 5.8.3
- Updated notes about specifying -march=pentium3
- Updated notes about modules with C code
Nov 13, 2003 - 5.8.1 -> 5.8.2
- Updated a few misc notes
- Added note about /usr/bin/perl?.?.? (previous ver binaries)
Oct 9, 2003 - 5.8.0 -> 5.8.1
- Added md5sum verification of the tarball
- Create ~/installed with mode 700
- Set to re-use existing tarball
- Added update of CPAN after installing the new perl
- Moved -Dotherlibdirs from the default to a note at the top
- Updated notes about building perl to use older versions'
modules
- Added -Dcccdlflags='-fPIC' to ./Configure
- /usr/bin/perl is no longer overwritten if it exists, so
we rename it to perl.old if it's a binary and we zap it if
it's a symlink (usually to a binary like /usr/bin/perl5.8.0)
- If you don't have any /usr/bin/perl (you won't), make
install will install the binary as /usr/bin/perl and
/usr/bin/perl5.8.1, so we replace /usr/bin/perl with a
symlink to /usr/bin/perl5.8.1, and add a symlink from
/usr/local/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl to cover all the
bases (a Slack upgrade, a source upgrade, those who keep
multiple versions of perl, ...)
- Added note about reading perldelta
- Set to remove old version tarballs from ~/installed
- Added note about CPAN module settings
- Make /usr/bin/perl a symlink, create one in /usr/local/bin too
- Updated a few more notes
- Added removal of old source directories in /usr/local/src
Aug 14, 2002 - Added note about upgrading from non-version specific perl
(like Slack packaged perl, older Jason source-built perl)
Aug 12, 2002 - Added note about modules with c code