Commit 4b16fa79 authored by Andy Polyakov's avatar Andy Polyakov
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README.PERL: clarify "matching" Perl requirement on Windows.



Reviewed-by: default avatarRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
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 Notes on Perl on Windows
 Notes on Perl on Windows
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 If you will build on Cygwin (and possibly some other POSIX layers),
 There are a number of build targets that can be viewed as "Windows".
 Perl is already part of your distribution.  Simply use the Cygwin
 Indeed, there are VC-* configs targeting VisualStudio C, as well as
 package manager to make sure Perl gets installed.
 MinGW and Cygwin. The key recommendation is to use "matching" Perl,

 one that matches build environment. For example, if you will build
 Otherwise, you will need to install Perl separately.  The Perl
 on Cygwin be sure to use the Cygwin package manager to install Perl.
 package that we know of is ActiveState Perl, available from
 For VC-* builds we recommend ActiveState Perl, available from
 http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl.
 http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl.


 Notes on Perl on VMS
 Notes on Perl on VMS