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1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. |
| 2 | It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially | |
| 3 | designed to be readable as is. | |
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| 5 | =head1 NAME | |
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| 7 | README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) | |
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9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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| 11 | This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic). | |
| 12 | If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be | |
| 13 | here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X). | |
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15 | When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not> |
| 16 | Mac OS X. | |
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17 | |
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| 19 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
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21 | The latest perl source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional |
| 22 | pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl is kept | |
| 23 | in close sync with regular perl releases. | |
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| d72c2fc9 | 25 | To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition |
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26 | of the F<macos> subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra |
| 27 | source files, config files, and make files. It also includes extra | |
| 28 | Mac-specific modules. | |
| d72c2fc9 | 29 | |
| d1faa5de | 30 | To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the F<macperl> |
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31 | directory, which includes the source files for creating the |
| 32 | application itself. | |
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| dbb4888c | 34 | All of this is available from the development site, via |
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35 | HTTP (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source |
| 36 | and binaries) and anonymous CVS. | |
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38 | http://dev.macperl.org/ |
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40 | The source is also in the main perl repository in the macperl |
| 41 | branch (the 5.6 source is in the maint-5.6/macperl branch). | |
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42 | |
| 43 | You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely | |
| 44 | available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site | |
| 45 | for all things having to do with MacPerl development. | |
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47 | MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040 |
| 48 | and PowerPC architectures. The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS 7.5.5 | |
| 49 | and 68030 computers. | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It | |
| b9309dcc | 52 | is based on perl 5.004, and works with Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 computers. |
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53 | |
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| 55 | =head1 AUTHOR | |
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| 57 | perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher | |
| 58 | E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris | |
| 59 | Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>. | |
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| 62 | =head1 DATE | |
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| b9309dcc | 64 | Last modified 2002.05.02. |