NAME Perl::Dist::Bootstrap - A bootstrap Perl for building Perl distributions DESCRIPTION "Bootstrap Perl" is a Perl distribution, and a member of the "Vanilla Perl" series of distributions. The Perl::Dist::Bootstrap module can be used to create a bootstrap Perl distribution. Most of the time nobody will be using Perl::Dist::Bootstrap directly, but will be downloading the pre-built installer for Bootstrap Perl from the Vanilla Perl website at . For people building Win32 Perl distributions based on Perl::Dist, one gotcha is that the distributions have hard-coded install paths. As a result of this, it is not possible to use a distribution to build a new/modified version of the same distribution. To compensate for this, and make the process of building custom distributions easier, this distribution has been created. As an additional convenience, Bootstrap Perl comes with Perl::Dist, and several distribution subclasses (Perl::Dist::Vanilla, Perl::Dist::Strawberry etc) already installed, as well as some additional Perl development tools that might be useful during the Perl distribution creation process. CONFIGURATION Bootstrap Perl must be installed in C:\strawberry-perl. The executable installer adds the following environment variable changes: * adds directories to PATH - C:\strawberry-perl\perl\bin - C:\strawberry-perl\dmake\bin - C:\strawberry-perl\mingw - C:\strawberry-perl\mingw\bin * adds directories to LIB - C:\strawberry-perl\mingw\lib - C:\strawberry-perl\perl\bin * adds directories to INCLUDE - C:\strawberry-perl\mingw\include - C:\strawberry-perl\perl\lib\CORE - C:\strawberry-perl\perl\lib\encode LIB and INCLUDE changes are likely more than are necessary, but attempt to head off potential problems compiling external programs for use with Perl. The first time that the "cpan" program is run, users will be prompted for configuration settings. With the defaults provided in Strawberry Perl, users may answer "no" to manual configuration and the installation should still work. Manual CPAN configuration may be repeated by running the following command: perl -MCPAN::FirstTime -e "CPAN::FirstTime::init" SUPPORT Vanilla Perl discussion is centered at . Other venues for discussion may be listed there. Please report bugs or feature requests using the CPAN Request Tracker. Bugs can be sent by email to "bug-Perl-Dist-Bootstrap@rt.cpan.org" or submitted using the web interface at AUTHOR Adam Kennedy COPYRIGHT Copyright 2007 Adam Kennedy. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.