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tweak JVM support warnings
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stmuk committed Jul 21, 2017
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Build Prerequisites for Rakudo on the JVM
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Please note that this release of Rakudo Star is *not* fully functional with the
JVM backend from the Rakudo compiler. Use the MoarVM backend only if you are
trying to help with fixing JVM support (which is best done upstream with the
monthly Rakudo release). This is a known issue and it's not worth reporting
JVM failures as bugs unless you have patches.

To build an experimental Rakudo Star on the JVM, you need at least a 'make'
utility, both 'java' and 'javac' available in your path, and Perl 5.10.0 or
newer. The 'java' and 'javac' are obtained by installing a Java Development
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--gen-nqp, which builds NQP, a subset of Perl 6 that is used to implement
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. 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
the source archive directory. Running make install will *not* install anything
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Should this be "Use the JVM backend only"

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D'uh thanks for the heads up. Will fix.

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