From 418a837897e597c5dc2eb4e458462bd04b2abde7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 06:38:08 -0400
Subject: Remove perl dependency.

Fixes #341
---
 doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml
index f8583700393c..d5bc1c592553 100644
--- a/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ purposes.  It uses <command>ssh</command> and
 <command>nix-copy-closure</command> to copy the build inputs and
 outputs and perform the remote build.  To use it, you should set
 <envar>NIX_BUILD_HOOK</envar> to
-<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/libexec/nix/build-remote.pl</filename>.
+<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/libexec/nix/build-remote</filename>.
 You should also define a list of available build machines and point
 the environment variable <envar>NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS</envar> to
 it. <envar>NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS</envar> must be an absolute path. An
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bits of information:
   should not have a passphrase!</para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para>The maximum number of builds that
-  <filename>build-remote.pl</filename> will execute in parallel on the
+  <filename>build-remote</filename> will execute in parallel on the
   machine.  Typically this should be equal to the number of CPU cores.
   For instance, the machine <literal>itchy</literal> in the example
   will execute up to 8 builds in parallel.</para></listitem>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ bits of information:
   <listitem><para>A comma-separated list of <emphasis>supported
   features</emphasis>.  If a derivation has the
   <varname>requiredSystemFeatures</varname> attribute, then
-  <filename>build-remote.pl</filename> will only perform the
+  <filename>build-remote</filename> will only perform the
   derivation on a machine that has the specified features.  For
   instance, the attribute
 
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ requiredSystemFeatures = [ "kvm" ];
 You should also set up the environment variable
 <envar>NIX_CURRENT_LOAD</envar> to point at a directory (e.g.,
 <filename>/var/run/nix/current-load</filename>) that
-<filename>build-remote.pl</filename> uses to remember how many builds
+<filename>build-remote</filename> uses to remember how many builds
 it is currently executing remotely.  It doesn't look at the actual
 load on the remote machine, so if you have multiple instances of Nix
 running, they should use the same <envar>NIX_CURRENT_LOAD</envar>
-file.  Maybe in the future <filename>build-remote.pl</filename> will
+file.  Maybe in the future <filename>build-remote</filename> will
 look at the actual remote load.</para>
 
 </chapter>
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From 2b4c24f46a9a5ab5b0eb6d714efa73de201344f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janus Troelsen <ysangkok@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:01:58 +0200
Subject: Remove Perl dependency listing in doc

---
 doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
index cd6d61356ba1..7311e4885e74 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
   <listitem><para>A version of GCC or Clang that supports C++11.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>Perl 5.8 or higher.</para></listitem>
-
   <listitem><para><command>pkg-config</command> to locate
   dependencies.  If your distribution does not provide it, you can get
   it from <link
@@ -34,11 +32,6 @@
   or higher.  If your distribution does not provide it, please install
   it from <link xlink:href="http://www.sqlite.org/" />.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>The Perl DBI and DBD::SQLite libraries, which are
-  available from <link
-  xlink:href="http://search.cpan.org/">CPAN</link> if your
-  distribution does not provide them.</para></listitem>
-
   <listitem><para>The <link
   xlink:href="http://www.hboehm.info/gc/">Boehm
   garbage collector</link> to reduce the evaluator’s memory
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