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authorSteve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com>2017-07-21 13:41:23 +0100
committerSteve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com>2017-07-21 13:41:23 +0100
commitacbc51a0e236335750780ab0760383cca20288eb (patch)
tree9d03b98db56b7a23049d526269294251ac7128ee /tools/star
parentc29ad2d196fa51fe67214c964e2b5ff3595c8f9c (diff)
whitespace and replace panda by zef
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diff --git a/tools/star/windows-msi.pod b/tools/star/windows-msi.pod
index b4af01e..dae1783 100644
--- a/tools/star/windows-msi.pod
+++ b/tools/star/windows-msi.pod
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ components.
=head2 Steps to create an MSI package
-If this is your first time releasing, B<read the whole guide before
-starting>. That way you can ask questions and clear up and confusions before
-you're in the thick of it.
+If this is your first time releasing, B<read the whole guide before starting>.
+That way you can ask questions and clear up and confusions before you're in the
+thick of it.
If you have done this before, you might want to check for and read any changes
to this release guide since your last run.
@@ -26,36 +26,36 @@ to this release guide since your last run.
=item 0.
-Download and install WiX Toolset, if needed adjust the PATH environment variable
-to point to its bin directory. The tools `heat`, `candle` and `light` should be
-available now.
+Download and install WiX Toolset, if needed adjust the PATH environment
+variable to point to its bin directory. The tools `heat`, `candle` and `light`
+should be available now.
-Install ActivePerl and make sure it is in PATH. `perl -V` should give a sensible
-output.
+Install ActivePerl and make sure it is in PATH. `perl -V` should give a
+sensible output.
-If you do not have the C compiler "cl" installed yet, install the Microsoft Visual
-C++ Express for version 2010 or perhaps newer.
+If you do not have the C compiler "cl" installed yet, install the Microsoft
+Visual C++ Express for version 2010 or perhaps newer.
Finally, install the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for your Windows
version.
=item 1.
-Make sure there is no C:\rakudo directory, as this will be our installation target.
-If there is one, remove it, perhaps after creating backup.
+Make sure there is no C:\rakudo directory, as this will be our installation
+target. If there is one, remove it, perhaps after creating backup.
=item 2.
-Use your browser to download the latest star release, replace YYYY.MM by year and month:
-https://rakudo.perl6.org/downloads/star/rakudo-star-YYYY.MM.tar.gz
+Use your browser to download the latest star release, replace YYYY.MM by year
+and month: https://rakudo.perl6.org/downloads/star/rakudo-star-YYYY.MM.tar.gz
-Unpack this .tar.gz to your hard disk. You will get a folder rakudo-star-YYYY.MM, again
-YYYY.MM is year and month of the star release.
+Unpack this .tar.gz to your hard disk. You will get a folder
+rakudo-star-YYYY.MM, again YYYY.MM is year and month of the star release.
=item 3.
-Run the Command Line for Visual Studio from the start menu. Alternatively you can
-run cmd.exe followed by vcvars32.bat.
+Run the Command Line for Visual Studio from the start menu. Alternatively you
+can run cmd.exe followed by vcvars32.bat.
In either case, this should return a valid path:
@@ -96,17 +96,17 @@ or:
=item 7.
-Delete your C:\rakudo folder and make sure it got deleted. Then run the just created
-installer, and do some sanity tests:
+Delete your C:\rakudo folder and make sure it got deleted. Then run the just
+created installer, and do some sanity tests:
perl6 -e "say $*KERNEL.bits"
- panda --installed list
- panda install Inline
+ zef list --installed
+ zef install Inline
=item 8.
-Stop the release process if step 7 failed. Post any issues to the irc channel or mailing
-list.
+Stop the release process if step 7 failed. Post any issues to the irc channel
+or mailing list.
=item 9.
@@ -137,4 +137,3 @@ You're done! Celebrate with the appropriate amount of fun.
=back
=cut
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