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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perllinux.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perllinux.pod deleted file mode 100644 index a191c520592..00000000000 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perllinux.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -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 -specifically designed to be readable as is. - -=head1 NAME - -perllinux - Perl version 5 on Linux systems - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -This document describes various features of Linux that will affect how Perl -version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. - -=head2 Experimental Support for Sun Studio Compilers for Linux OS - -Sun Microsystems has released a port of their Sun Studio compilers for -Linux. As of November 2005, only an alpha version has been released. -Until a release of these compilers is made, support for compiling Perl with -these compiler experimental. - -Also, some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on Linux. -Following the normal C<Configure>, you have to run make as follows: - - LDLOADLIBS=-lc make - -C<LDLOADLIBS> is an environment variable used by the linker to link modules -C</ext> modules to glibc. Currently, that environment variable is not getting -populated by a combination of C<Config> entries and C<ExtUtil::MakeMaker>. -While there may be a bug somewhere in Perl's configuration or -C<ExtUtil::MakeMaker> causing the problem, the most likely cause is an -incomplete understanding of Sun Studio by this author. Further investigation -is needed to get this working better. - -=head1 AUTHOR - -Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org> - -Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to F<perlbug@perl.org>. - |