From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: Perl5.004_01 patch for b18 31 Jul 1997 18:31:15 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: <199707310334.DAA28096@lennon.postino.com> Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.28 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article , Pete Jordan wrote: >Danny Aldham wrote: > >> No, none of the above. I moved the source to a trusty unix box where I >> could apply the patch. Also found I had to make a lot of changes to the >> hints file: paths etc. Certainly is more bleeding edge than I expected. > >Yep, it's not yet a straightforward process. All the signs are that things >will work much better when 5.004_02 emerges though. Actually since, to the best of my knowledge, the patch that is pending for perl5.004_02 is actually the patch on my web site, then I wouldn't be too certain that things will work much better at all. When I receive feedback that is of the order of "I had to make a lot of changes", however, it is difficult to know exactly where to improve things. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".