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6 perlivp - Perl Installation Verification Procedure
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9 perlivp [-p] [-v] [-h]
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12 The perlivp program is set up at Perl source code build time to test
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17 (or your platform's equivalent procedure) to verify that perl and its
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39 · print "# Perl binary '$perlpath' does not appear executable.\n";
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41 Likely to occur for a perl binary that was not properly installed.
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44 · print "# Perl version '$]' installed, expected $ivp_VERSION.\n";
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46 Likely to occur for a perl that was not properly installed.
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