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Re: [perl #134164] Clarify documentation for bisection

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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
June 16, 2019 10:28
Subject:
Re: [perl #134164] Clarify documentation for bisection
Message ID:
20190616122634.5b4e57d2@pc09.procura.nl
On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 18:33:12 -0700, "James E Keenan \(via RT\)"
<perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:

> # New Ticket Created by  James E Keenan 
> # Please include the string:  [perl #134164]
> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. 
> # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134164 >
> 
> 
> Some dialog from irc.perl.org #p5p this evening:
> 
> #####
> (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
> #####
> 
> 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.

Not using bisectors a lot, but I fully agree with this patch

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