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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-12-09 16:05:26 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-12-09 16:05:26 +0800
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tree76684014aaf20b3d0d62673a4552b2ea3b4e6447 /chapter08/perl.xml
parent4640b37d9680598de7979b830c0c9dc05615d9cd (diff)
perl: use "MAJOR.MINOR" instead of "Major.Minor", and explain "patch level"
We are already using "MAJOR" and "MINOR" in OpenSSL, do the same here. The semantic versioning documentation (https://semver.org/) always use "patch level", not "Patch level". But let's explain it a little to prevent puzzling people.
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@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ export BUILD_BZIP2=0</userinput></screen>
<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 (&perl-version;) without
- reinstalling all of the modules.</para>
+ 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>