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@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ perlriscos - Perl version 5 for RISC OS
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is
complicated by the need to cross compile. There is a binary version of
perl available from L<http://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to
complicated by the need to cross-compile. There is a binary version of
perl available from L<https://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to
use instead of trying to compile it yourself.
=head1 BUILD
You need an installed and working gccsdk cross compiler
L<http://gccsdk.riscos.info/> and REXEN
L<http://www.cp15.org/programming/>
You need an installed and working
L<GCCSDK|https://www.riscos.info/downloads/gccsdk/latest/> cross-compiler
and L<REXEN|https://www.cp15.org/programming/>.
Firstly, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host
system.
Then, in the source to be cross compiled:
First, copy the source and build a native copy of perl for your host system.
Then, in the source to be cross-compiled:
=over 4
@ -33,13 +32,13 @@ Then, in the source to be cross compiled:
=item 2.
Select the riscos hint file. The default answers for the rest of the
questions are usually sufficient.
Select the RISC OS hint file (F<hints/riscos.sh>).
The default answers for the rest of the questions are usually sufficient.
Note that, if you wish to run Configure non-interactively (see the INSTALL
document for details), to have it select the correct hint file, you'll
need to provide the argument -Dhintfile=riscos on the Configure
command-line.
Note that, if you wish to run C<Configure> non-interactively
(see the F<INSTALL> document for details), to have it select the correct hint
file, you'll need to provide the argument C<-Dhintfile=riscos> on the
C<Configure> command-line.
=item 3.
@ -47,12 +46,12 @@ command-line.
=item 4.
This should build miniperl and then fail when it tries to run it.
This should build C<miniperl> and then fail when it tries to run it.
=item 5.
Copy the miniperl executable from the native build done earlier to
replace the cross compiled miniperl.
Copy the F<miniperl> executable from the native build done earlier to
replace the cross-compiled F<miniperl>.
=item 6.
@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ replace the cross compiled miniperl.
=item 7.
This will use miniperl to complete the rest of the build.
This will use C<miniperl> to complete the rest of the build.
=back