From bb14ff96c54db23fbbf7447aceb0dda1ce2c24f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Perl 5 Porters Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 01:51:08 +0000 Subject: Updated. --- README.os2 | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.os2') diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2 index 785a6098bb..3af22d14da 100644 --- a/README.os2 +++ b/README.os2 @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Contents: Target Binary Install Reading the docs + Quieting warnings Notes on build on OS/2 Compile summary Tests which fail @@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ Contents: Notes on the patch: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -patches should be applied as +patches in ./os2 should be applied as patch -p0 <..... All the diff.* files and POSIX.mkfifo should be applied. @@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ caching DLLs. In particular, it is VERY IMPORTANT to have a correct perl.dll on LIBPATH during build, otherwise DLLs with wrong names will be -created. Or have a perl.dll with the same naming convention for DLLs +created. Either have a perl.dll with the same naming convention for DLLs (hopefully, it should not change any time soon), or remove it from LIBPATH, add . to LIBPATH, wait until the build of DynaLoader fails, and then move the built DLL into LIBPATH. @@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ so make sure you access Perl from one thread only). In particular, it is no longer needed to statically link X11_s.lib if you compile Perl/Tk/XFree. +Note however, that current Perl malloc is NOT MT-safe, and your extension +will use Perl malloc if perl does (as the default built does). + This newer port includes . numeric first argument to system(), see OS2::Process docs; . modules OS2::Process, OS2::REXX, OS2::PrfDB, OS2::ExtAttrib. @@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ Target: This is not supposed to make a perfect Perl on OS/2. This patch is concerned only with perfect _build_ of Perl on OS/2. Some good -features from Andreas Kaiser port missed this port. However, most of +features from Andreas Kaiser port may have missed this port. However, most of the features are available (possibly in different form). !!! Note that [gs]etpriority functions in this port are compatible @@ -87,8 +91,8 @@ that a module is missing, then perl will try to scan the builtin directories nevertheless. If perl was intended to be installed on f:/perllib, but your f: is a CDROM, then you may have some trouble. b2) Best: binary edit perl.dll and perl_.exe (using perl -itself as a binary editor) to fix the paths. Note that the new paths -should be better no longer than the old. +itself as a binary editor) to fix the paths. Note that for best results ;-) +the new paths should be no longer than the old. b3) More convinient: set PERLLIB_PREFIX environment variable. It should contain two components, separated by whitespace and/or semicolon `;'. The first component is translated to the second @@ -100,6 +104,14 @@ Say, if you install perllibrary into c:/lib/perl/ instead of f:/perllib/, set it to set PERLLIB_PREFIX=f:/perllib/;c:/lib/perl/ +!!!! Note that if you have bin/sh.exe or Perl library in non-standard +!!!! location, you need to hand-edit Config.pm. The last time I +!!!! checked one should have scaned this file for `f:' and/or `F:' to find +!!!! all the entries to fix. + +!!!!!!!!!!!!! Somebody should write an install script which would auto-edit +!!!!!!!!!!!!! Config.pm. + Reading the docs: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If your `man' is correctly installed, you should just add @@ -132,6 +144,11 @@ net, as usual, .INF is available on CPAN/.../os2/ilyaz. There are also _very_ good docs in TexInfo and Adobe PDF format. +Quieting warnings: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Set environment variables PERL_BADFREE and/or PERL_BADLANG to 0 to +quiet the corresponding warnings. + Notes on build on OS/2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a) Make sure your sort is not the broken OS/2 one, and that you have /tmp @@ -148,6 +165,9 @@ or c) Necessary manual intervention when compiling on OS/2: Need to put perl.dll on LIBPATH after it is created. + I also have seen errors building ext/OS2/*/, during + generation of manpages, if there is a conflict of perl.exe + and perl.dll. It is safe to ignore these errors. d) Compile summary: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -179,17 +199,12 @@ make test # To run finer tests, cd t && perl harness make install -e) At the end of July 1996 GNU make was too buggy for compile. -The maintainer has the patch (for a year now) that make it possible to -compile perl. The binaries are included in - ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/os2 -patches are available too. - -Note that the pdksh5.2.7 or later is required. +e) At the end of August 1996 GNU make 3.74 is OK. + Note that the pdksh5.2.7 or later is required. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you see that some '/' became '\' in pdksh, you use an old pdksh! -Same with segfaults in Make 3.76 (?) - use my patched verions. +Same with segfaults in Make 3.7? - use my patched verions. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! f) As distributed the DB library db.a-db.lib is not suitable for @@ -202,11 +217,14 @@ If you see: it means you use a wrong db.lib. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +g) Make sure your gcc is good for -Zomf linking: run `omflibs' script in +/emx/lib directory. + Problems reported: a) one of the latest tr is broken, get an old one :-( 1.11 works. (On compuserver?) -b) You need a perlglob.exe and link386. +b) You need link386. c) Get rid of invalid perl.dll on your LIBPATH. -- cgit v1.2.1