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diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml index 6d1ea285a..5bbd8ff88 100644 --- a/chapter06/perl.xml +++ b/chapter06/perl.xml @@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Perl</title> +<para>First create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which will be +referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as being used used by +the testsuite if you run that.</para> + +<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen> + <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, run the interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way this package is built. If the defaults it auto-detects are suitable, @@ -50,12 +56,6 @@ prepare Perl for compilation with:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>To run the test suite, first create a basic -<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which is needed by a couple of the tests to -resolve the network name localhost:</para> - -<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen> - <para>Now run the tests, if desired:</para> <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen> |