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[perl #134164] Clarify documentation for bisection

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From:
James E Keenan
Date:
June 2, 2019 01:33
Subject:
[perl #134164] Clarify documentation for bisection
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rt-4.0.24-2679-1559439192-1404.134164-75-0@perl.org
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Some dialog from irc.perl.org #p5p this evening:

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(08:09:00 PM) hydahy: Anyone familiar with Porting/bisect.pl bailing out 
early in Configure with the error "./Configure: 1: ./posthint.sh: Bad 
substitution" ?
...
(09:10:34 PM) kid51: What is the command you provided for bisection?
...
(09:17:15 PM) hydahy: Started with: ./Porting/bisect.pl --target 
t/io/pipe.t --start v5.31.0 -A -Alibpth="/system/lib /vendor/lib"
(09:17:31 PM) hydahy: Error also occurs with ./Porting/bisect.pl 
--test-build -A -Alibpth="/system/lib /vendor/lib"
(09:21:38 PM) kid51: Remove the first '-A' and start over.
(09:23:14 PM) hydahy: ohhhh, I misunderstood the POD then
(09:23:26 PM) kid51: You're not the first!
(09:23:34 PM) khw: clarifying patches welcome
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hydahy is not the first, because I know I have had to pose this question 
at least twice before.

TonyC and other frequent bisectors, please review patch attached.

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