From f47c6b77ec522f28199db279c17c9d9211ec47cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:15:57 +0000
Subject: Upgraded to Perl-5.8.2 and streamlined build commands for Perl\'s
 Chapter 5 static extensions. Closes Bug 690.

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 chapter05/perl.xml | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/chapter05/perl.xml b/chapter05/perl.xml
index 21ec2f969..be1597e30 100644
--- a/chapter05/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter05/perl.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Estimated required disk space:  &perl-compsize-tools;</screen>
 &aa-perl-dep;
 
 <sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Perl</title>
 
@@ -16,14 +17,17 @@ Estimated required disk space:  &perl-compsize-tools;</screen>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-libc-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>And make sure some static extensions get built:</para>
+<para>Now prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chmod u+w hints/linux.sh
-echo 'static_ext="IO re Fcntl"' >> hints/linux.sh</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/tools -Dstatic_ext='IO Fcntl'</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Now prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
+<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><userinput>-Dstatic_ext='IO Fcntl'</userinput>: This tells
+Perl to build the minimum set of static extensions needed for running the
+Coreutils test suite in the next chapter.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
 
 <para>Compile only the required tools:</para>
 
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