id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
690	Perl Chapter 5 static extension improvements.	greg@…	lfs-book@…	"Currently, we do:

chmod u+w hints/linux.sh
echo 'static_ext=""IO re Fcntl""' >> hints/linux.sh

1) the 're' in the list is not required.
2) the build can be simplified by dropping the above 2 lines and configuring
like so:

./configure.gnu --prefix=/tools -Dstatic_ext=""IO Fcntl""

Deal with after 5.0 release. Tested with perl-5.8.1."	defect	closed	low		Book	CVS	normal	fixed