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1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you |
2 | see. It is written in the POD format (see perlpod manpage) which is | |
3 | specially designed to be readable as is. | |
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ab648d5e | 5 | =head1 NAME |
1d84e8df | 6 | |
ab648d5e | 7 | README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE |
b5ab5069 | 8 | |
ab648d5e | 9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
1d84e8df | 10 | |
ab648d5e | 11 | http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html |
feb33499 | 12 | http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/ |
ab648d5e | 13 | Perl language for MPE |
b606c525 | 14 | Last updated July 29, 2003 @ 2100 UTC |
b5ab5069 | 15 | |
ab648d5e | 16 | =head1 NOTE |
1d84e8df | 17 | |
ab648d5e JH |
18 | This is a podified version of the above-mentioned web page, |
19 | podified by Jarkko Hietaniemi 2001-Jan-01. | |
1d84e8df | 20 | |
37a78d01 JH |
21 | =head1 Binary distribution from HP |
22 | ||
23 | The simplest way to obtain Perl for the MPE/iX is to go either of | |
24 | these URLs and follow the instructions within. | |
25 | ||
26 | http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/ | |
27 | http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html | |
28 | ||
29 | Use which ever one is more recent. | |
30 | ||
31 | ||
210b36aa | 32 | =head1 What's New in Perl for MPE/iX |
1d84e8df | 33 | |
ab648d5e | 34 | June 1, 2000 |
b5ab5069 | 35 | |
ab648d5e | 36 | =over 4 |
1d84e8df | 37 | |
ab648d5e | 38 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 39 | |
ab648d5e JH |
40 | Rebuilt to be compatible with mod_perl. If you plan on using |
41 | mod_perl, you MUST download and install this version of Perl/iX! | |
b5ab5069 | 42 | |
ab648d5e | 43 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 44 | |
ab648d5e | 45 | uselargefiles="undef": not available in MPE for POSIX files yet. |
b5ab5069 | 46 | |
ab648d5e | 47 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 48 | |
ab648d5e | 49 | Now bundled with various add-on packages: |
1d84e8df | 50 | |
ab648d5e | 51 | =over 8 |
1d84e8df | 52 | |
ab648d5e | 53 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 54 | |
37a78d01 | 55 | libnet (as seen on CPAN) |
1d84e8df | 56 | |
ab648d5e | 57 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 58 | |
ab648d5e | 59 | libwww-perl (LWP) which lets Perl programs behave like web browsers: |
b5ab5069 | 60 | |
ab648d5e JH |
61 | 1. #!/PERL/PUB/perl |
62 | 2. use LWP::Simple; | |
63 | 3. $doc = get('http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html'); # reads the | |
64 | web page into variable $doc | |
b5ab5069 | 65 | |
ab648d5e | 66 | (http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html) |
1d84e8df | 67 | |
ab648d5e | 68 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 69 | |
ab648d5e JH |
70 | mod_perl (just the perl portion; the actual DSO will be released |
71 | soon with Apache/iX 1.3.12 from bixby.org). This module allows you to | |
72 | write high performance persistent Perl CGI scripts and all sorts of | |
73 | cool things. (http://perl.apache.org/) | |
b5ab5069 | 74 | |
ab648d5e | 75 | and much much more hiding under /PERL/PUB/.cpan/ |
b5ab5069 | 76 | |
ab648d5e | 77 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 78 | |
ab648d5e JH |
79 | The CPAN module now works for automatic downloading and |
80 | installing of add-on packages: | |
1d84e8df | 81 | |
ab648d5e JH |
82 | 1. export FTP_PASSIVE=1 |
83 | 2. perl -MCPAN -e shell | |
84 | 3. Ignore any terminal I/O related complaints! | |
b5ab5069 | 85 | |
ab648d5e | 86 | (http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html) |
1d84e8df | 87 | |
ab648d5e | 88 | =back |
1d84e8df | 89 | |
ab648d5e JH |
90 | =back |
91 | ||
92 | May 20, 2000 | |
93 | ||
94 | =over 4 | |
95 | ||
96 | =item * | |
97 | ||
98 | Updated to version 5.6.0. Builds straight out of the box on MPE/iX. | |
99 | ||
100 | =item * | |
101 | ||
102 | Perl's getpwnam() function which had regressed to being | |
103 | unimplemented on MPE is now implemented once again. | |
b5ab5069 | 104 | |
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105 | =back |
106 | ||
107 | September 17, 1999 | |
108 | ||
109 | =over 4 | |
110 | ||
111 | =item * | |
112 | ||
113 | Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org. | |
114 | ||
115 | =back | |
b5ab5069 | 116 | |
a83b6f46 | 117 | =head1 Welcome to Perl/iX |
ab648d5e JH |
118 | |
119 | This is the official home page for the HP e3000 MPE/iX | |
f224927c JH |
120 | ( http://www.hp.com/go/e3000 ) port of the Perl scripting |
121 | language ( http://www.perl.com/ ) which gives you all of the power of C, | |
ab648d5e JH |
122 | awk, sed, and sh in a single language. Check here for the latest news, |
123 | implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports | |
124 | about major milestones will also be posted to the HP3000-L mailing list | |
f224927c | 125 | ( http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU ) and |
ab648d5e | 126 | its associated gatewayed newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe. |
b5ab5069 | 127 | |
ab648d5e JH |
128 | I'm doing this port because I can't live without Perl on the Unix |
129 | machines that I administer, and I want to have the same power | |
130 | available to me on MPE. | |
b5ab5069 | 131 | |
ab648d5e | 132 | Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me, |
03cf1158 | 133 | Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ). Or just post them to HP3000-L. |
b5ab5069 | 134 | |
ab648d5e JH |
135 | The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running |
136 | MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler | |
f224927c | 137 | ( http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html ). |
b5ab5069 | 138 | |
ab648d5e JH |
139 | The combined porting wisdom from all of my ports can be found in my |
140 | MPE/iX Porting Guide (http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html). | |
b5ab5069 | 141 | |
ab648d5e JH |
142 | IMPORTANT NOTICE: Yes, I do work for the HP CSY R&D lab, but ALL of |
143 | the software you download from bixby.org is my personal freeware that | |
144 | is NOT supported by HP. | |
145 | ||
a83b6f46 | 146 | =head1 System Requirements for Perl/iX |
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147 | |
148 | =over 4 | |
149 | ||
150 | =item * | |
151 | ||
152 | MPE/iX 5.5 or later. This version of Perl/iX does NOT run on | |
153 | MPE/iX 5.0 or earlier, nor does it run on "classic" MPE/V machines. | |
154 | ||
155 | =item * | |
156 | ||
157 | If you wish to recompile Perl, you must install both GNUCORE and | |
158 | GNUGCC from jazz (http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html). | |
159 | ||
160 | =item * | |
161 | ||
162 | Perl/iX will be happier on MPE/iX 5.5 if you install the MPEKX40B | |
163 | extended POSIX filename characters patch, but this is optional. | |
164 | ||
165 | =item * | |
166 | ||
167 | Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to | |
168 | prevent Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference | |
169 | to _getenv_libc. | |
170 | ||
171 | =item * | |
172 | ||
173 | If you will be compiling Perl/iX yourself, you will also need | |
f224927c | 174 | Syslog/iX ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html ) and the |
ab648d5e | 175 | /BIND/PUB/include and /BIND/PUB/lib portions of BIND/iX |
f224927c | 176 | ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html ). |
ab648d5e JH |
177 | |
178 | =back | |
179 | ||
180 | =head1 How to Obtain Perl/iX | |
181 | ||
182 | =over 4 | |
183 | ||
184 | =item 1. | |
185 | ||
186 | Download Perl using either FTP.ARPA.SYS or some other client | |
187 | ||
188 | =item 2. | |
189 | ||
190 | Extract the installation script | |
191 | ||
192 | =item 3. | |
193 | ||
194 | Edit the installation script | |
195 | ||
196 | =item 4. | |
197 | ||
198 | Run the installation script | |
199 | ||
200 | =item 5. | |
201 | ||
202 | Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries | |
b5ab5069 | 203 | |
ab648d5e | 204 | =back |
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205 | |
206 | Download Perl using FTP.ARPA.SYS from your HP 3000 (the preferred | |
207 | method)..... | |
b5ab5069 | 208 | |
ab648d5e JH |
209 | :HELLO MANAGER.SYS |
210 | :XEQ FTP.ARPA.SYS | |
211 | open ftp.bixby.org | |
212 | anonymous | |
213 | your@email.address | |
214 | bytestream | |
215 | cd /pub/mpe | |
216 | get perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z /tmp/perl.tar.Z;disc=2147483647 | |
217 | exit | |
1d84e8df JH |
218 | |
219 | .....Or download using some other generic web or ftp client (the alternate | |
220 | method) | |
b5ab5069 | 221 | |
1d84e8df JH |
222 | Download the following files (make sure that you use "binary mode" or |
223 | whatever client feature that is 8-bit clean): | |
224 | ||
ab648d5e JH |
225 | =over 4 |
226 | ||
227 | =item * | |
228 | ||
229 | Perl from | |
230 | ||
231 | http://www.bixby.org/ftp/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z | |
232 | ||
233 | or | |
234 | ||
235 | ftp://ftp.bixby.org/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z | |
b5ab5069 | 236 | |
ab648d5e | 237 | =item * |
1d84e8df JH |
238 | |
239 | Upload those files to your HP 3000 in an 8-bit clean bytestream manner to: | |
240 | ||
ab648d5e | 241 | /tmp/perl.tar.Z |
b5ab5069 | 242 | |
ab648d5e | 243 | =item * |
1d84e8df JH |
244 | |
245 | Then extract the installation script (after both download methods) | |
b5ab5069 | 246 | |
ab648d5e JH |
247 | :CHDIR /tmp |
248 | :XEQ TAR.HPBIN.SYS 'xvfopz /tmp/perl.tar.Z INSTALL' | |
1d84e8df | 249 | |
ab648d5e | 250 | =item * |
1d84e8df JH |
251 | |
252 | Edit the installation script | |
b5ab5069 | 253 | |
ab648d5e JH |
254 | Examine the accounting structure creation commands and modify if |
255 | necessary (adding additional capabilities, choosing a non-system | |
256 | volume set, etc). | |
1d84e8df | 257 | |
ab648d5e | 258 | :XEQ VI.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL |
1d84e8df | 259 | |
ab648d5e | 260 | =item * |
1d84e8df | 261 | |
ab648d5e | 262 | Run the installation script. |
b5ab5069 | 263 | |
1d84e8df JH |
264 | The accounting structure will be created and then all files will be |
265 | extracted from the archive. | |
266 | ||
ab648d5e JH |
267 | :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL |
268 | ||
269 | =item * | |
270 | ||
271 | Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries | |
b5ab5069 | 272 | |
ab648d5e JH |
273 | You only have to do this ONCE on your MPE/iX 5.5 machine in order to |
274 | convert /lib/lib*.a and /usr/lib/lib*.a libraries to their *.sl | |
275 | equivalents. This step should not be necessary on MPE/iX 6.0 or later | |
276 | machines because the 6.0 or later update process does it for you. | |
277 | ||
278 | :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K | |
279 | ||
280 | =back | |
281 | ||
a83b6f46 | 282 | =head1 Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights |
ab648d5e JH |
283 | |
284 | =over 4 | |
285 | ||
286 | =item README | |
287 | ||
288 | The file you're reading now. | |
b5ab5069 | 289 | |
ab648d5e JH |
290 | =item INSTALL |
291 | ||
292 | Perl/iX Installation script. | |
b5ab5069 | 293 | |
ab648d5e JH |
294 | =item LIBSHP3K |
295 | ||
296 | Script to convert *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries. | |
b5ab5069 | 297 | |
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298 | =item PERL |
299 | ||
300 | Perl NMPRG executable. A version-numbered backup copy also | |
301 | exists. You might wish to "ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl". | |
b5ab5069 | 302 | |
ab648d5e JH |
303 | =item .cpan/ |
304 | ||
305 | Much add-on source code downloaded with the CPAN module. | |
b5ab5069 | 306 | |
ab648d5e JH |
307 | =item lib/ |
308 | ||
309 | Perl libraries, both core and add-on. | |
b5ab5069 | 310 | |
ab648d5e JH |
311 | =item man/ |
312 | ||
313 | Perl man page documentation. | |
314 | ||
315 | =item public_html/feedback.cgi | |
316 | ||
317 | Sample feedback CGI form written in Perl. | |
b5ab5069 | 318 | |
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319 | =item src/perl-5.6.0-mpe |
320 | ||
321 | Source code. | |
322 | ||
323 | =back | |
b5ab5069 | 324 | |
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325 | =head1 How to Compile Perl/iX |
326 | ||
327 | =over 4 | |
328 | ||
329 | =item 1. | |
330 | ||
331 | cd src/perl-5.6.0-mpe | |
332 | ||
333 | =item 2. | |
334 | ||
335 | Read the INSTALL file for the official instructions | |
336 | ||
337 | =item 3. | |
338 | ||
339 | ./Configure -d | |
340 | ||
341 | =item 4. | |
342 | ||
343 | make | |
344 | ||
345 | =item 5. | |
346 | ||
347 | ./mpeix/relink | |
348 | ||
349 | =item 6. | |
350 | ||
351 | make test (expect approximately 15 out of 11306 subtests to fail, | |
352 | mostly due to MPE not supporting hard links, UDP socket problems, | |
353 | and handling exit() return codes improperly) | |
354 | ||
355 | =item 7. | |
356 | ||
357 | make install | |
358 | ||
359 | =item 8. | |
360 | ||
361 | Optionally create symbolic links that point to the Perl | |
362 | executable, i.e. ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl | |
b5ab5069 | 363 | |
ab648d5e | 364 | =back |
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365 | |
366 | The summary test results from "cd t; ./perl -I../lib harness": | |
367 | ||
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368 | Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed |
369 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
370 | io/fs.t 29 8 27.59% 2-5, 7-9, 11 | |
371 | io/openpid.t 10 1 10.00% 7 | |
372 | lib/io_sock.t 14 1 7.14% 13 | |
373 | lib/io_udp.t 7 2 28.57% 3, 5 | |
374 | lib/posix.t 27 1 3.70% 12 | |
375 | op/lex_assign.t 187 1 0.53% 13 | |
376 | op/stat.t 58 1 1.72% 3 | |
377 | 15 tests and 94 subtests skipped. | |
378 | Failed 7/236 test scripts, 97.03% okay. 15/11306 subtests failed, 99.87% okay. | |
379 | ||
380 | =head1 Getting Started with Perl/iX | |
381 | ||
382 | Create your Perl script files with "#!/PERL/PUB/perl" (or an | |
383 | equivalent symbolic link) as the first line. Use the chmod command to | |
384 | make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script! | |
b5ab5069 | 385 | |
ab648d5e | 386 | Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list |
f224927c | 387 | ( http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html ). A wide variety of free Perl software |
ab648d5e | 388 | is available. You can automatically download these packages by using |
f224927c | 389 | the CPAN module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ). |
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390 | |
391 | =head1 MPE/iX Implementation Considerations | |
392 | ||
393 | There some minor functionality issues to be aware of when comparing | |
394 | Perl for Unix (Perl/UX) to Perl/iX: | |
395 | ||
396 | =over 4 | |
397 | ||
398 | =item * | |
399 | ||
400 | MPE gcc/ld doesn't properly support linking NMPRG executables against | |
401 | NMXL dynamic libraries, so you must manually run mpeix/relink after | |
402 | each re-build of Perl. | |
403 | ||
404 | =item * | |
405 | ||
406 | Perl/iX File::Copy will use MPE's /bin/cp command to copy files by | |
407 | name in order to preserve file attributes like file code. | |
408 | ||
409 | =item * | |
410 | ||
411 | MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for setgrent(), endgrent(), | |
412 | setpwent(), endpwent(). | |
413 | ||
414 | =item * | |
415 | ||
416 | MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for hard links. | |
417 | ||
418 | =item * | |
419 | ||
420 | MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to bind() to ports less than 1024. | |
421 | Perl/iX will call GETPRIVMODE() automatically on your behalf if you | |
422 | attempt to bind() to these low-numbered ports. Note that the Perl/iX | |
423 | executable and the PERL account do not normally have CAP=PM, so if you | |
424 | will be bind()-ing to these privileged ports, you will manually need | |
425 | to add PM capability as appropriate. | |
426 | ||
427 | =item * | |
428 | ||
429 | MPE requires that you bind() to an IP address of zero. Perl/iX | |
430 | automatically replaces the IP address that you pass to bind() with | |
431 | a zero. | |
432 | ||
433 | =item * | |
434 | ||
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435 | MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to setuid(). There are too many |
436 | calls to setuid() within Perl/iX, so I have not attempted an automatic | |
437 | GETPRIVMODE() solution similar to bind(). | |
438 | ||
439 | =back | |
b5ab5069 | 440 | |
a83b6f46 | 441 | =head1 Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation |
ab648d5e JH |
442 | |
443 | None. | |
b5ab5069 | 444 | |
a83b6f46 | 445 | =head1 Perl/iX To-Do List |
ab648d5e JH |
446 | |
447 | =over 4 | |
448 | ||
449 | =item * | |
450 | ||
451 | Make setuid()/setgid() support work. | |
452 | ||
453 | =item * | |
454 | ||
455 | Make sure that fcntl() against a socket descriptor is redirected to sfcntl(). | |
456 | ||
457 | =item * | |
458 | ||
459 | Add support for Berkeley DB once I've finished porting Berkeley DB. | |
460 | ||
461 | =item * | |
462 | ||
463 | Write an MPE XS extension library containing miscellaneous important | |
464 | MPE functions like GETPRIVMODE(), GETUSERMODE(), and sfcntl(). | |
b5ab5069 | 465 | |
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466 | =back |
467 | ||
a83b6f46 | 468 | =head1 Perl/iX Change History |
ab648d5e JH |
469 | |
470 | May 6, 1999 | |
b5ab5069 | 471 | |
ab648d5e JH |
472 | =over 4 |
473 | ||
474 | =item * | |
475 | ||
476 | Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to prevent | |
477 | Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference to _getenv_libc. | |
b5ab5069 | 478 | |
ab648d5e JH |
479 | =back |
480 | ||
481 | April 7, 1999 | |
482 | ||
483 | =over 4 | |
484 | ||
485 | =item * | |
486 | ||
487 | Updated to version 5.005_03. | |
488 | ||
489 | =item * | |
490 | ||
491 | The official source distribution once again compiles "straight out | |
492 | of the box" for MPE. | |
493 | ||
494 | =item * | |
495 | ||
496 | The current incarnation of the 5.5 POSIX filename extended | |
497 | characters patch is now MPEKX40B. | |
498 | ||
499 | =item * | |
500 | ||
501 | The LIBSHP3K *.a -> *.sl library conversion script is now included | |
502 | as /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K. | |
b5ab5069 | 503 | |
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504 | =back |
505 | ||
506 | November 20, 1998 | |
507 | ||
508 | =over 4 | |
509 | ||
510 | =item * | |
511 | ||
512 | Updated to version 5.005_02. | |
513 | ||
514 | =item * | |
515 | ||
516 | Fixed a DynaLoader bug that was unable to load symbols from relative | |
517 | path name libraries. | |
518 | ||
519 | =item * | |
520 | ||
521 | Fixed a .xs compilation bug where the mpeixish.sh include file wasn't | |
522 | being installed into the proper directory. | |
523 | ||
524 | =item * | |
525 | ||
526 | All bugfixes will be submitted back to the official Perl developers. | |
527 | ||
528 | =item * | |
529 | ||
530 | The current incarnation of the POSIX filename extended characters | |
531 | patch is now MPEKXJ3A. | |
b5ab5069 | 532 | |
ab648d5e | 533 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 534 | |
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535 | August 14, 1998 |
536 | ||
537 | =over 4 | |
538 | ||
539 | =item * | |
540 | ||
541 | The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX44C has | |
542 | been superseded by MPEKXB5A. | |
b5ab5069 | 543 | |
ab648d5e | 544 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 545 | |
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546 | August 7, 1998 |
547 | ||
548 | =over 4 | |
549 | ||
550 | =item * | |
551 | ||
552 | The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX76A has | |
553 | been superseded by MPEKX44C. | |
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554 | |
555 | =back | |
b5ab5069 | 556 | |
ab648d5e JH |
557 | July 28, 1998 |
558 | ||
b5ab5069 JH |
559 | =over 4 |
560 | ||
ab648d5e JH |
561 | =item * |
562 | ||
563 | Updated to version 5.005_01. | |
b5ab5069 | 564 | |
ab648d5e | 565 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 566 | |
ab648d5e JH |
567 | July 23, 1998 |
568 | ||
569 | =over 4 | |
570 | ||
571 | =item * | |
572 | ||
573 | Updated to version 5.005 (production release). The public | |
574 | freeware sources are now 100% MPE-ready "straight out of the box". | |
b5ab5069 | 575 | |
ab648d5e | 576 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 577 | |
ab648d5e JH |
578 | July 17, 1998 |
579 | ||
580 | =over 4 | |
581 | ||
582 | =item * | |
583 | ||
584 | Updated to version 5.005b1 (public beta release). The public | |
585 | freeware sources are now 99.9% MPE-ready. By installing and | |
586 | testing this beta on your own HP3000, you will be helping to | |
587 | insure that the final release of 5.005 will be 100% MPE-ready and | |
588 | 100% bug free. | |
589 | ||
590 | =item * | |
591 | ||
592 | My MPE binary release is now extracted using my standard INSTALL script. | |
b5ab5069 | 593 | |
ab648d5e | 594 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 595 | |
ab648d5e JH |
596 | July 15, 1998 |
597 | ||
598 | =over 4 | |
599 | ||
600 | =item * | |
601 | ||
602 | Changed startperl to #!/PERL/PUB/perl so that Perl will recognize | |
603 | scripts more easily and efficiently. | |
b5ab5069 | 604 | |
ab648d5e | 605 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 606 | |
ab648d5e JH |
607 | July 8, 1998 |
608 | ||
609 | =over 4 | |
610 | ||
611 | =item * | |
612 | ||
613 | Updated to version 5.004_70 (internal developer release) which is now | |
614 | MPE-ready. The next public freeware release of Perl should compile | |
615 | "straight out of the box" on MPE. Note that this version of Perl/iX | |
616 | was strictly internal to me and never publicly released. Note that | |
617 | [21]BIND/iX is now required (well, the include files and libbind.a) if | |
618 | you wish to compile Perl/iX. | |
b5ab5069 | 619 | |
ab648d5e | 620 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 621 | |
ab648d5e JH |
622 | November 6, 1997 |
623 | ||
624 | =over 4 | |
625 | ||
626 | =item * | |
627 | ||
628 | Updated to version 5.004_04. No changes in MPE-specific functionality. | |
b5ab5069 | 629 | |
ab648d5e | 630 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 631 | |
ab648d5e JH |
632 | October 16, 1997 |
633 | ||
634 | =over 4 | |
635 | ||
636 | =item * | |
637 | ||
638 | Added Demos section to the Perl/iX home page so you can see some | |
639 | sample Perl applications running on my 3000. | |
b5ab5069 | 640 | |
ab648d5e | 641 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 642 | |
ab648d5e JH |
643 | October 3, 1997 |
644 | ||
645 | =over 4 | |
646 | ||
647 | =item * | |
648 | ||
649 | Added System Requirements section to the Perl/iX home page just so the | |
650 | prerequisites stand out more. Various other home page tweaks. | |
b5ab5069 | 651 | |
ab648d5e | 652 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 653 | |
ab648d5e JH |
654 | October 2, 1997 |
655 | ||
656 | =over 4 | |
657 | ||
658 | =item * | |
659 | ||
660 | Initial public release. | |
b5ab5069 | 661 | |
ab648d5e | 662 | =back |
b5ab5069 | 663 | |
ab648d5e JH |
664 | September 1997 |
665 | ||
666 | =over 4 | |
667 | ||
668 | =item * | |
669 | ||
670 | Porting begins. | |
671 | ||
672 | =back | |
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a83b6f46 | 674 | =head1 AUTHOR |
b5ab5069 | 675 | |
03cf1158 | 676 | Mark Bixby, http://www.bixby.org/mark/ |
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