I was about to try my first 5.6.2 build, using -Dusedevel, and stopped to wonder if it would do what I wanted (i.e. what it does in 5.8.x and blead). A quick look at Configure showed that it wouldn't have. --- perl-5.6.2/Configure.orig 2003-09-02 13:52:58.000000000 -0700 +++ perl-5.6.2/Configure 2003-09-03 09:51:17.000000000 -0700 @@ -1806,7 +1806,8 @@ dflt='n' . ./myread case "$ans" in - [yY]) echo >&4 "Okay, continuing." ;; + [yY]) echo >&4 "Okay, continuing." + usedevel="$define" ;; *) echo >&4 "Okay, bye." exit 1 ;; @@ -1815,6 +1816,16 @@ esac ;; esac +case "$usedevel" in +$define|true|[yY]*) + case "$versiononly" in + '') versiononly="$define" ;; + esac + case "$installusrbinperl" in + '') installusrbinperl="$undef" ;; + esac + ;; +esac : general instructions needman=true End of Patch.Thread Next