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| author | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2017-07-21 10:52:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2017-07-21 10:52:07 +0100 |
| commit | 5284d0c62f142c8e57b0dc48364c766a5382d903 (patch) | |
| tree | 531df9a8ed2d7fb1d212f463646a598565e34d89 /README | |
| parent | b7cae1662bbde95833e694c3d26b714fbd1ed417 (diff) | |
tweak JVM support warnings
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ with less. Build Prerequisites for Rakudo on the JVM ----------------------------------------- +Please note that this release of Rakudo Star is *not* fully functional with the +JVM backend from the Rakudo compiler. Use the MoarVM backend only if you are +trying to help with fixing JVM support (which is best done upstream with the +monthly Rakudo release). This is a known issue and it's not worth reporting +JVM failures as bugs unless you have patches. + To build an experimental Rakudo Star on the JVM, you need at least a 'make' utility, both 'java' and 'javac' available in your path, and Perl 5.10.0 or newer. The 'java' and 'javac' are obtained by installing a Java Development @@ -57,10 +63,6 @@ Note that --gen-moar automatically builds a MoarVM for you, and implies --gen-nqp, which builds NQP, a subset of Perl 6 that is used to implement Rakudo. -Please note that this release of Rakudo Star is not fully functional with the -JVM backend from the Rakudo compiler. Please use the MoarVM backend only. This -is a known issue and it's not worth reporting JVM failures as bugs. - Configured this way, one or more Perl 6 executables and selected Perl 6 modules will be installed into the install/ subdirectory, which resides inside the source archive directory. Running make install will *not* install anything |