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@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Perl</title>
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<title>Installation of Perl</title>
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+<para>First create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which will be
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+referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as being used used by
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+the testsuite if you run that.</para>
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+<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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<para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, run the
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<para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, run the
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interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way
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interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way
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this package is built. If the defaults it auto-detects are suitable,
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this package is built. If the defaults it auto-detects are suitable,
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@@ -50,12 +56,6 @@ prepare Perl for compilation with:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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-<para>To run the test suite, first create a basic
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-<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which is needed by a couple of the tests to
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-resolve the network name localhost:</para>
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-
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-<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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-
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<para>Now run the tests, if desired:</para>
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<para>Now run the tests, if desired:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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