In perl.git, the branch maint-5.12 has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/b5804e7405ca76c66ded7687efef091258faabac?hp=ef9df64588b8411fd2db343c2123797448e756a8>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit b5804e7405ca76c66ded7687efef091258faabac Author: H.Merijn Brand <[email protected]> Date: Mon May 31 14:35:09 2010 +0200 State the requirement of a C89 compliant ANSI C-compiler ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: INSTALL | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 1e5ef68..0ad22c7 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ any prefix location by adding "-Dprefix='/some/dir'" to Configure's args. To explicitly name the perl binary, use the command "make install PERLNAME=myperl". +Building perl from source requires an ANSI compliant C-Compiler. +A minimum of C89 is required. Some features available in C99 will +be probed for and used when found. The perl build process does not +rely on anything more than C89. + These options, and many more, are explained in further detail below. If you have problems, corrections, or questions, please see -- Perl5 Master Repository
