Changeset 73d91ac for chapter07/perl.xml

Timestamp:

12/05/2023 05:12:55 AM (7 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/arm64

Children:

00de269

Parents:

6b6a1b9 (diff), dc8572f (diff)
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Message:

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/arm64

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• chapter07/perl.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter07/perl.xml

@@ -58 +58 @@
 
     <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the new Configure options:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of the Configure options:</title>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>-des</parameter></term>
@@ -65 +66 @@
           all items; -e ensures completion of all tasks; -s silences
           non-essential output.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>-Dvendorprefix=/usr</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This ensures <command>perl</command> knows how to
+          tell packages where they should install their Perl modules.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>-Duseshrplib</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Build <systemitem class='library'>libperl</systemitem>
+          needed by some Perl modules as a shared library, instead of
+          a static library.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>-Dprivlib,-Darchlib,-Dsitelib,...</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>These settings define where Perl looks for installed
+          modules. The LFS editors chose to put them in a directory structure
+          based on the MAJOR.MINOR version of Perl (&perl-version-min;) which
+          allows upgrading Perl to newer patch levels (the patch level is
+          the last dot separated part in the full version string like
+          &perl-version;) without reinstalling all of the modules.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>