At 04:34 PM 4/2/2001 -0400, John Peacock wrote:
>I would like to build Perl 5.6.1 with the defaults, except that I would
>like to override PERL_ROOT. I tried the obviously wrong invocation:
>
> @Configure "-d" "-DPERL_ROOT=DRA0:[PERL5]"
I think it would be
@Configure "-d" "-Dprefix=dra0:[perl5]"
though I confess I've never tried it. I just build and test, then edit
perl_setup.com so that its definition of PERL_ROOT points where I want it,
then finally install.
>which is the PERL_ROOT I am currently using. This still wants to
>install in the current directory. I looked through CONFIGURE.COM, but
>I am not a DCL person. I cannot see where it should be getting this
>information from; should I just edit CONFIG.SH once I have generated it?
>
>TIA
>
>John Peacock
>
>p.s. Yes, I know I could just step through the install and hit returns
>appropriately, but it seems silly that I cannot use the override
