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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlriscos.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlriscos.pod deleted file mode 100644 index 2acd738c8c3..00000000000 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlriscos.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you -see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is -specifically designed to be readable as is. - -=head1 NAME - -perlriscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is -complicated by the need to cross compile. There is a binary version of -perl available from L<http://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to -use instead of trying to compile it yourself. - -=head1 BUILD - -You need an installed and working gccsdk cross compiler -L<http://gccsdk.riscos.info/> and REXEN -L<http://www.cp15.org/programming/> - -Firstly, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host -system. -Then, in the source to be cross compiled: - -=over 4 - -=item 1. - - $ ./Configure - -=item 2. - -Select the riscos hint file. The default answers for the rest of the -questions are usually sufficient. - -Note that, if you wish to run Configure non-interactively (see the INSTALL -document for details), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll -need to provide the argument -Dhintfile=riscos on the Configure -command-line. - -=item 3. - - $ make miniperl - -=item 4. - -This should build miniperl and then fail when it tries to run it. - -=item 5. - -Copy the miniperl executable from the native build done earlier to -replace the cross compiled miniperl. - -=item 6. - - $ make - -=item 7. - -This will use miniperl to complete the rest of the build. - -=back - -=head1 AUTHOR - -Alex Waugh <alex@alexwaugh.com> |