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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlbeos.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlbeos.pod index 0a01f50b9ee..c72c2293a07 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlbeos.pod +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlbeos.pod @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ designed to be readable as is. =head1 NAME -README.beos - Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS +perlbeos - Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 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 +recognition of whether it is a BONE system or not in F<hints/beos.sh>. Now network socket support should remain enabled on BONE systems. This might as well break the build, though. @@ -81,21 +81,21 @@ 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 +The LFS (large file support) tests (F<t/op/lfs> and F<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 +The F<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 +The F<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. |