Remove the Perl XS wrapper

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual/building.rst b/doc/manual/building.rst
index c2a6d2678..f7870c865 100644
--- a/doc/manual/building.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/building.rst
@@ -425,41 +425,3 @@ build step is required, just import botan2.py
 
 See :doc:`Python Bindings <python>` for more information about the
 Python bindings.
-
-Building the Perl XS wrappers
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-To build the Perl XS wrappers, after building the main library change
-your directory to ``src/contrib/perl-xs`` and run ``perl Makefile.PL``,
-then run ``make`` to build the module and ``make test`` to run the
-test suite::
-
-  $ perl Makefile.PL
-  Checking if your kit is complete...
-  Looks good
-  Writing Makefile for Botan
-  $ make
-  cp Botan.pm blib/lib/Botan.pm
-  AutoSplitting blib/lib/Botan.pm (blib/lib/auto/Botan)
-  /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  [...]
-  g++ -c   -Wno-write-strings -fexceptions  -g   [...]
-  Running Mkbootstrap for Botan ()
-  chmod 644 Botan.bs
-  rm -f blib/arch/auto/Botan/Botan.so
-  g++  -shared Botan.o  -o blib/arch/auto/Botan/Botan.so  \
-             -lbotan -lbz2 -lpthread -lrt -lz     \
-
-  chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Botan/Botan.so
-  cp Botan.bs blib/arch/auto/Botan/Botan.bs
-  chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Botan/Botan.bs
-  Manifying blib/man3/Botan.3pm
-  $ make test
-  PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 [...]
-  t/base64......ok
-  t/filt........ok
-  t/hex.........ok
-  t/oid.........ok
-  t/pipe........ok
-  t/x509cert....ok
-  All tests successful.
-  Files=6, Tests=83,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.08 cusr +  0.02 csys =  0.10 CPU)