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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ dist 4.0 - ** Alpha version ** Copyright (c) 1988, Larry Wall Copyright (c) 1990-1992, Harlan Stenn Copyright (c) 1991-1997, Raphael Manfredi Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi + Copyright (c) 2007+ Many other contributors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -18,15 +18,7 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This version of dist requires you to have at least perl 4.0 PL36. -It has also been ported to work with perl 5.0 PL0, provided you have -at least integrated patches 0a-0h, issued by Andy Dougherty and made -available at the following ftp sites: - - ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/perl/db/perl5.000-p0a-p0h.tar.gz - ftp.funet.fi:/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl5/perl5.000-p0a-p0h.tar.gz - -Please read all the directions below before you proceed any further, and -then follow them carefully. +It has also been ported to work with modern perl 5. After you have unpacked your kit, you should have all the files listed in MANIFEST. @@ -48,31 +40,6 @@ use any of those, however, the directory containing your package (not this package) must be initialized by putting a .package file into it. This can be done by running packinit in that directory. -There is a mailing list hosted in Japan and set up by Shigeya Suzuki -<shigeya@foretune.co.jp>, for discussion about the dist package as a -whole. It's a good place to ask questions (or answer them) and to -send your patches. I will post official patches to the net, as well -as to the dist-users list. - -To send a mail to the list, address it to <dist-users@foretune.co.jp>. -To subscribe, send a mail to <majordomo@foretune.co.jp>. If you don't -know how to use majordomo, the syntax of the subscribe command is: - - subscribe dist-users [address] - -where the address part is optional. You may unsubscribe automatically -at any time by sending: - - unsubscribe dist-users - -If you have a problem with this version of dist, it is recommended that -you subscribe to the list, then send a description of your problem to it. -If you send mail to me personally, I may not be able to answer in a -timely fashion. - -This mailing list has low traffic (a few articles per week, typically), -and it is expected to remain so, with a high signal/noise ratio. - Notes: If you are running on a system with <= 14 char filenames, don't @@ -119,20 +86,10 @@ clean up everything and let you re-distribute this kit, without carrying useless files. You should keep this distribution intact, so that future patches will be applyable. -7) I have an automatic patch sender. Send me the following mail: - - Subject: Command - @SH mailhelp PATH - -and you'll get instructions (PATH stands for YOUR e-mail address, either -in INTERNET or in bang notation). I would recommend you to get all the -issued patches before you start making some modifications on this -package. - -8) If you wish to deinstall the package, you may run "make deinstall". +7) If you wish to deinstall the package, you may run "make deinstall". A separate "make deinstall.man" will remove the manual pages. Be sure the makefiles are correctly set before running any deinstall target. On USG systems, some executable have a chance to remain despite the deinstall (text file busy...). - Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> + Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |