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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlbeos.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlbeos.pod new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0a01f50b9ee --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlbeos.pod @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. +It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially +designed to be readable as is. + +=head1 NAME + +README.beos - Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This file contains instructions how to build Perl under BeOS and lists +known problems. + +=head1 BUILD AND INSTALL + +=head2 Requirements + +I have built and tested Perl 5.8.6 and 5.9.1 under BeOS R5 x86 net server. +I can't say anything with regard to PPC. Since Perl 5.8.0 had been released +for BeOS BONE, I suspect, there is a good chance, that it still compiles on +a BONE system. The only change I've made, that affects BONE systems is the +recognition of whether it is a BONE system or not in C<hints/beos.sh>. Now +network socket support should remain enabled on BONE systems. This might +as well break the build, though. + +As more recent versions of autoconf require flock() support, I wrote a flock() +emulation (flock_server) and released it on BeBits: + + http://www.bebits.com/app/4030 + +If you want to build a Perl with flock() support, you have to install this +package first. + +=head2 Configure + +With flock() support: + + CFLAGS=-I/path/to/flock/server/headers ./configure.gnu \ + --prefix=/boot/home/config + +Replace C</path/to/flock/server/headers> with the path to the directory +containing the C<flock.h> header. + +Without flock() support: + + ./configure.gnu --prefix=/boot/home/config + +=head2 Build + +With flock() support: + + make LDLOADLIBS="-lnet -lflock" + +Without flock() support: + + make LDLOADLIBS="-lnet" + +C<-lnet> is needed on net server systems only and if the compiler doesn't +add it automatically (Be's R5 gcc does, Oliver Tappe's gcc 2.95.3 does not). + +=head2 Install + +Install all perl files: + + make install + +Create a symlink for libperl: + + cd ~/config/lib; ln -s perl5/5.8.6/BePC-beos/CORE/libperl.so . + +Replace C<5.8.6> with your respective version of Perl. + +=head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Network socket support is disabled for BeOS R5 net server. I didn't dare yet +to try enabling it and see what problems occur. + +=item * + +The LFS (large file support) tests (C<t/op/lfs> and C<xt/Fcntl/t/syslfs>) are +disabled as seeking beyond 2 GB is broken according to jhi@iki.fi who was the +last one checking the BeOS port and updating this file before me. Haven't +checked this myself. + +=item * + +The C<t/io/fflush> test fails at #6. As far as I can tell, this is caused by +a bug in the BeOS pipes implementation that occurs when starting other child +processes. In the particular test case a C<system("perl -e 0")> flushes the +stdout pipe of another child process. + +=item * + +The C<ext/POSIX/t/waitpid> test fails at #1. After all child processes are +gone BeOS' waitpid(-1,...) returns 0 instead of -1 (as it should). No idea +how to fix this. + +=back + +=head1 CONTACT + +For BeOS specifics problems feel free to mail to: +Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@cs.tu-berlin.de> + +Last update: 2004-12-16 |