1*898184e3SsthenPatching instructions for ExtUtils::CBuilder 2*898184e3Ssthen 3*898184e3Ssthen1. Check for any changes to .pm files since dev or stable Perl release. E.g. 4*898184e3Ssthento check for changes since v5.15.8: 5*898184e3Ssthen 6*898184e3Ssthen $ cd dist/ExtUtils-CBuilder 7*898184e3Ssthen $ git log v5.15.8..blead -- . 8*898184e3Ssthen 9*898184e3Ssthen2. If you are making the first change since the last Perl release, you need to 10*898184e3Ssthenbump the $VERSION in all .pm files and update the Changes file with the new 11*898184e3Ssthenversion. In the Changes file, put the expected *NEXT* release of Perl (dev or 12*898184e3Ssthenstable) as the release date and version. E.g. after v5.15.8, I added this line 13*898184e3Ssthento Changes to indicate what will be next release: 14*898184e3Ssthen 15*898184e3Ssthen 0.280206 - 2012-03-20 (Perl v5.15.9) 16*898184e3Ssthen 17*898184e3Ssthen3. Add an entry to Changes for your work 18*898184e3Ssthen 19*898184e3Ssthen4. Update Makefile.PL, MANIFEST.SKIP or other support files as necessary. E.g. 20*898184e3Ssthenupdate Makefile.PL with any changes to prerequisites. 21*898184e3Ssthen 22*898184e3Ssthen5. Commit all changes (preferably to a branch) 23*898184e3Ssthen 24*898184e3Ssthen6. Run Configure/make/make test and check for errors. If there are any, fix them. 25*898184e3Ssthen 26*898184e3Ssthen7. If all is well, push your commits to blead or send a patch to p5p if you do 27*898184e3Ssthennot have commit access to the Perl 5 repository 28