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| author | Gerrit P. Haase <gp@familiehaase.de> | 2003-03-20 22:23:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2003-03-20 20:16:43 +0000 |
| commit | 270085805fa918837f9a23b71589ce94ac7477d6 (patch) | |
| tree | bc76993ab7a7a80ba3590650c5a8db00f9770144 /README.cygwin | |
| parent | 4ecd490ccf7bf09140e24e001c5acc2d417d685c (diff) | |
| download | perl-270085805fa918837f9a23b71589ce94ac7477d6.tar.gz | |
[DOC-PATCH] for README.cygwin, bleadperl version
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp@familiehaase.de>
Message-ID: <941032389637.20030320212328@familiehaase.de>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19037
Diffstat (limited to 'README.cygwin')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.cygwin | 17 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin index 9888b18aee..b1406c3997 100644 --- a/README.cygwin +++ b/README.cygwin @@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ These are B<not> yet available with Cygwin. =item * C<-Dusethreads> -POSIX threads are B<not> yet implemented in Cygwin completely. +POSIX threads are implemented in Cygwin, define this symbol if you want +a threaded perl. If there is trouble, check that your Cygwin installation +is up to date. =item * C<-Duselargefiles> @@ -441,7 +443,8 @@ access by native Win32 programs). Inplace editing C<perl -i> of files doesn't work without doing a backup of the file being edited C<perl -i.bak> because of windowish restrictions, -so Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you just use C<perl -i>. +therefore Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you use C<perl -i> +without specifying a backup extension. Using fork() after loading multiple dlls may fail with an internal cygwin error like the following: @@ -451,9 +454,9 @@ error like the following: 200 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: child -395691(0xB8) died before initialization with status code 0x1 1370 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: *** child state child loading dlls -Use the rebase utility to resolve the conflicting dll addresses. -See: http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/rebase/ -and http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-07/msg00276.html +Use the rebase utility to resolve the conflicting dll addresses. The +rebase package is included in the Cygwin netrelease. Use setup.exe from +F<http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> to install it. =back @@ -565,8 +568,8 @@ alexander smishlajev <als@turnhere.com>, Steven Morlock <newspost@morlock.net>, Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>, Teun Burgers <burgers@ecn.nl>, -Gerrit Haase <gh@familiehaase.de>. +Gerrit P. Haase <gp@familiehaase.de>. =head1 HISTORY -Last updated: 2002-10-07 +Last updated: 2003-03-20 |