From b7cae1662bbde95833e694c3d26b714fbd1ed417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:37:45 +0100 Subject: mention deleting ~/.perl6 and ~/.zef as upgrade work around. Stronger language about JVM brokeness --- README | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 743feb6..ea4e587 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ Note that --gen-moar automatically builds a MoarVM for you, and implies 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. +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 @@ -161,6 +162,10 @@ A list of modules available in the "ecosystem" is at http://modules.perl6.org/ Git is useful for both zef and panda (and required with the latter). +When upgrading between versions of perl6 it may currently be necessary to +remove ~/.perl6 and/or ~/.zef due to a possible pre-compilation bug. + + Where to get help or answers to questions ----------------------------------------- 'p6doc faq' will display a version of the FAQ. -- cgit v1.1