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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix
index 30e8f1e29d..def6cb904d 100644
--- a/README.aix
+++ b/README.aix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Before installing the patches to the IBM C-compiler you need to know the
level of patching for the Operating System. IBM's command 'oslevel' will
show the base, but is not always complete:
+For AIX 4.3:
+
# oslevel
4.3.0.0
# lslpp -l | grep 'bos.rte '
@@ -55,11 +57,29 @@ show the base, but is not always complete:
bos.rte 4.3.2.0 COMMITTED Base Operating System Runtime
#
-As a side note, perl cannot be built without bos.adt.syscalls installed
+For AIX 5.1:
+
+ # oslevel
+ 5.1.0.0
+ # lslpp -l | grep 'bos.rte '
+ bos.rte 5.1.0.25 COMMITTED Base Operating System Runtime
+ bos.rte 5.1.0.25 COMMITTED Base Operating System Runtime
- # lslpp -l | grep syscalls
+As a side note, perl cannot be built without bos.adt.syscalls and
+bos.adt.libm installed.
+
+For AIX 4.3:
+
+ # lslpp -l | egrep "syscalls|libm"
+ bos.adt.libm 4.3.3.50 COMMITTED Base Application Development
bos.adt.syscalls 4.3.3.51 COMMITTED System Calls Application
#
+
+For AIX 5.1:
+
+ # lslpp -l | egrep "syscalls|libm"
+ bos.adt.libm 5.1.0.25 COMMITTED Base Application Development
+ bos.adt.syscalls 5.1.0.25 COMMITTED System Calls Application
=head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
@@ -166,7 +186,9 @@ Follow the messages ... and you're done.
=head2 Using GNU's gcc for building perl
-Using gcc-3.0 (tested with 3.0.4) now works out of the box.
+Using gcc-3.0 (tested with 3.0.4) now works out of the box, as does the
+most recent gcc-2.9 available directly from IBM (as part of their Linux
+compatibility packages).
=head2 Using Large Files with Perl
@@ -199,6 +221,6 @@ H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl>
=head1 DATE
-Version 0.0.4: 13 May 2002
+Version 0.0.5: 21 May 2002
=cut