Q172756: DocErr: In Readme.txt in \Perl Folder of NT 4.0 ResKit

Article: Q172756
Product(s): Microsoft Press
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Keyword(s): kbdocerr
Last Modified: 08-JAN-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-344-7 
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-343-9 
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit, Supplement One ISBN 1-57231-559-8 
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit, Supplement Two ISBN 1-57231-626-8 
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SUMMARY
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This article summarizes multiple errors in the Readme.txt files in these
folders:

  \Common\Common\Perl\Readme.txt
  \Source\Gnu\Perl\Readme.txt

MORE INFORMATION
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NTPerl5.htm Referenced in Readme.txt
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The following text appears in the Readme.txt files listed above:

  The entire Perl 5 manual can be viewed with your WWW browser of choice (i.e.
  Netscape) by opening the file "NTPERL5.HTM" in the 'html-docs' directory.

NTPerl5.htm was not included on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit
CD-ROM.

NTPerl5.htm was included on the "Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Resource Kit Update
Volume 2" CD-ROM, but was dropped from subsequent releases of the Microsoft
Windows NT Resource Kit.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the
beginning of this article.

Invalid FTP Site Cited In Readme.txt
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The following text appears in the Readme.txt files listed above:

  The release version of Perl for Win32 will be available from from
  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ [TBD: subdir, please?]


This is not a valid FTP site address. The source code for Perl is not available
from the Microsoft FTP site. Instead, the source code is available on the CD-ROM
included with the products listed at the beginning of this article. The source
code can be found in the following folder:

  \Source\Gnu\Perl\

The Perl source code is also available from the following World Wide Web site:

  http://www.activeware.com

NOTE: this site is not under the control of Microsoft and may change without
notice. For Microsoft's official statement regarding other servers, please see
the following World Wide Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/misc/nonms.htm

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the
beginning of this article.

Additional query words: mspress ms_press press ntrk ntreskit 1-57231-344-7 1-57231-343-9 1-57231-559-8 1-57231-626-8

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Keywords          : kbdocerr 
Technology        : kbMSPressSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3
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Solution Type     : kbpending

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