On Thu Nov 19 02:41:01 2009, sco...@dd.com.au wrote: > Picked up a compile time problem with Rakudo today. It is actually > Parrot that uses perl5 to calculate which libraries and headers to > use, and it was using invalid/old entries between an OS upgrade on > Mac OS X. This was fixed by running /usr/bin/perl Configure.pl > --gen-parrot instead of just perl Configure-pl --gen-parrot. > > Scott > > diff --git a/README b/README > index ed46305..c3c5d8f 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ This will create a "perl6" or "perl6.exe" > executable in the > current (rakudo) directory. Programs can then be run from > the build directory using a command like: > > +Parrot uses perl 5 executable to calculate build dependencies. You > may > +need to check that your version of perl is correct for the system. > +Check "which perl" is being used as some applications install a > +special version of perl. Mac OS X package management such as 'ports' > +has a differnet compile to the OS native perl, which may not work > +when compiling Rakudo. > + > $ ./perl6 hello.pl > > The C<--gen-parrot> above option tells Configure.pl to automatically >
Applied in spirit. Thanks for the patch! -- Will "Coke" Coleda
