On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 04:56:54PM +0100, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > On Wed 11 Feb 2004 15:54, Dominic Dunlop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > OK. Here's a patch against perl-current for Configure and > > README.machten. (pod/perlmachten.pod needs no attention, as it's simply > > a symlink to README.machten.) You should also remove the > > hints/machten.sh by hand. (Easier for me than persuading your patch > > program to do it, provided you've allowed it to!) > > I propose the following: > > 1. Leave Configure as it is, this also to simplify integration > to older versions, as Configure is still shared amongst all > 2. Make hints/machten.sh exit with a warning for any perl > higher than 5.8.x. This exit will have the same effect as > you intended with the change to Configure: it won't build > 3. Add a note to README.machten that 5.8.x is the last perl > to support machten and only apply that to 5.8.x and below > 4. Replace the content of README.machten with the patch you > supplied for blead and up I like all of this. In fact I was thinking about the last 2 points when I read the previous message in the thread. Nicholas Clark
