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From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor)
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Perl5.004_01 patch for b18
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 17:16:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EE7Etz.Kp8@bbc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <memo.19970731153202.52505D@horus.cix.co.uk>

In article < memo.19970731153202.52505D@horus.cix.co.uk >,
Pete Jordan <gnu-win32@cygnus.com> wrote:
>Danny Aldham <aldham@lennon.postino.com> 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.
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  reply	other threads:[~1997-07-31 17:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-07-29 11:38 aldham
1997-07-30  6:08 ` Pete Jordan
1997-07-30 20:38   ` aldham
1997-07-31  7:31     ` Pete Jordan
1997-07-31 17:16       ` Chris Faylor [this message]
1997-08-01  7:14         ` Pete Jordan

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