@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ perlriscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS
1111=head1 DESCRIPTION
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1313This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is
14- complicated by the need to cross compile. There is a binary version of
15- perl available from L<http ://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to
14+ complicated by the need to cross- compile. There is a binary version of
15+ perl available from L<https ://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to
1616use instead of trying to compile it yourself.
1717
1818=head1 BUILD
1919
20- You need an installed and working gccsdk cross compiler
21- L<http ://gccsdk .riscos.info/> and REXEN
22- L<http ://www.cp15.org/programming/>
20+ You need an installed and working
21+ L<GCCSDK|https ://www .riscos.info/downloads/gccsdk/latest/> cross-compiler
22+ and L<REXEN|https ://www.cp15.org/programming/>.
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24- Firstly, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host
25- system.
26- Then, in the source to be cross compiled:
24+ First, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host system.
25+ Then, in the source to be cross-compiled:
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2827=over 4
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@@ -33,34 +32,34 @@ Then, in the source to be cross compiled:
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3433=item 2.
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36- Select the riscos hint file. The default answers for the rest of the
37- questions are usually sufficient.
35+ Select the RISC OS hint file (F<hints/riscos.sh>).
36+ The default answers for the rest of the questions are usually sufficient.
3837
39- Note that, if you wish to run Configure non-interactively (see the INSTALL
40- document for details), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll
41- need to provide the argument -Dhintfile=riscos on the Configure
42- command-line.
38+ Note that, if you wish to run C< Configure> non-interactively
39+ (see the F<INSTALL> document for details), to have it select the correct hint
40+ file, you'll need to provide the argument C< -Dhintfile=riscos> on the
41+ C<Configure> command-line.
4342
4443=item 3.
4544
4645 $ make miniperl
4746
4847=item 4.
4948
50- This should build miniperl and then fail when it tries to run it.
49+ This should build C< miniperl> and then fail when it tries to run it.
5150
5251=item 5.
5352
54- Copy the miniperl executable from the native build done earlier to
55- replace the cross compiled miniperl.
53+ Copy the F< miniperl> executable from the native build done earlier to
54+ replace the cross- compiled F< miniperl> .
5655
5756=item 6.
5857
5958 $ make
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6160=item 7.
6261
63- This will use miniperl to complete the rest of the build.
62+ This will use C< miniperl> to complete the rest of the build.
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6564=back
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