In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/0b7399e1b614f5542d98214516ac2212838d5a7c?hp=afb4252b324d5efda901e4ffbe7b53c432b7e896>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 0b7399e1b614f5542d98214516ac2212838d5a7c Author: Steve Hay <[email protected]> Date: Mon Aug 20 10:21:35 2012 +0100 Update RMG - note sync-with-cpan is untested on Windows ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index 1af7494..2ba59a7 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ bit, or edit F<Porting/exec-bit.txt> =item * -Run C<make>, see if C<perl> compiles. +Run C<make> (or C<nmake> on Windows), see if C<perl> compiles. =item * @@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ For entries with a non-simple C<FILES> section, or with a C<MAP>, you may have to take more steps than listed above. F<Porting/sync-with-cpan> is a script that automates most of the steps -above; but see the comments at the beginning of the file. +above; but see the comments at the beginning of the file. In particular, +it has not yet been exercised on Windows, but will certainly require a set +of Unix tools such as Cygwin, and steps that run C<make> will need to run +C<nmake> instead. =head3 dual-life CPAN module stability -- Perl5 Master Repository
