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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 |
6 | ||
de2902a6 | 7 | perlbeos - Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS |
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8 | |
9 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
10 | ||
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11 | This file contains instructions how to build Perl under BeOS and lists |
12 | known problems. | |
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e56d2c04 | 14 | =head1 BUILD AND INSTALL |
c4f23d77 | 15 | |
e56d2c04 | 16 | =head2 Requirements |
c4f23d77 | 17 | |
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18 | I have built and tested Perl 5.8.6 and 5.9.1 under BeOS R5 x86 net server. |
19 | I can't say anything with regard to PPC. Since Perl 5.8.0 had been released | |
20 | for BeOS BONE, I suspect, there is a good chance, that it still compiles on | |
21 | a BONE system. The only change I've made, that affects BONE systems is the | |
4daee454 | 22 | recognition of whether it is a BONE system or not in F<hints/beos.sh>. Now |
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23 | network socket support should remain enabled on BONE systems. This might |
24 | as well break the build, though. | |
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26 | As more recent versions of autoconf require flock() support, I wrote a flock() |
27 | emulation (flock_server) and released it on BeBits: | |
c4f23d77 | 28 | |
e56d2c04 | 29 | http://www.bebits.com/app/4030 |
a83b6f46 | 30 | |
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31 | If you want to build a Perl with flock() support, you have to install this |
32 | package first. | |
c4f23d77 | 33 | |
e56d2c04 | 34 | =head2 Configure |
c4f23d77 | 35 | |
e56d2c04 | 36 | With flock() support: |
a83b6f46 | 37 | |
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38 | CFLAGS=-I/path/to/flock/server/headers ./configure.gnu \ |
39 | --prefix=/boot/home/config | |
a83b6f46 | 40 | |
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41 | Replace C</path/to/flock/server/headers> with the path to the directory |
42 | containing the C<flock.h> header. | |
a83b6f46 | 43 | |
e56d2c04 | 44 | Without flock() support: |
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e56d2c04 | 46 | ./configure.gnu --prefix=/boot/home/config |
a83b6f46 | 47 | |
e56d2c04 | 48 | =head2 Build |
a83b6f46 | 49 | |
e56d2c04 | 50 | With flock() support: |
a83b6f46 | 51 | |
e56d2c04 | 52 | make LDLOADLIBS="-lnet -lflock" |
c4f23d77 | 53 | |
e56d2c04 | 54 | Without flock() support: |
c4f23d77 | 55 | |
e56d2c04 | 56 | make LDLOADLIBS="-lnet" |
c4f23d77 | 57 | |
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58 | C<-lnet> is needed on net server systems only and if the compiler doesn't |
59 | add it automatically (Be's R5 gcc does, Oliver Tappe's gcc 2.95.3 does not). | |
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e56d2c04 | 61 | =head2 Install |
dff18f87 | 62 | |
e56d2c04 | 63 | Install all perl files: |
dff18f87 | 64 | |
e56d2c04 | 65 | make install |
dff18f87 | 66 | |
e56d2c04 | 67 | Create a symlink for libperl: |
dff18f87 | 68 | |
e56d2c04 | 69 | cd ~/config/lib; ln -s perl5/5.8.6/BePC-beos/CORE/libperl.so . |
dff18f87 | 70 | |
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71 | Replace C<5.8.6> with your respective version of Perl. |
72 | ||
73 | =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS | |
74 | ||
75 | =over 4 | |
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76 | |
77 | =item * | |
78 | ||
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79 | Network socket support is disabled for BeOS R5 net server. I didn't dare yet |
80 | to try enabling it and see what problems occur. | |
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81 | |
82 | =item * | |
83 | ||
4daee454 | 84 | The LFS (large file support) tests (F<t/op/lfs> and F<xt/Fcntl/t/syslfs>) are |
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85 | disabled as seeking beyond 2 GB is broken according to jhi@iki.fi who was the |
86 | last one checking the BeOS port and updating this file before me. Haven't | |
87 | checked this myself. | |
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88 | |
89 | =item * | |
90 | ||
4daee454 | 91 | The F<t/io/fflush> test fails at #6. As far as I can tell, this is caused by |
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92 | a bug in the BeOS pipes implementation that occurs when starting other child |
93 | processes. In the particular test case a C<system("perl -e 0")> flushes the | |
94 | stdout pipe of another child process. | |
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95 | |
96 | =item * | |
97 | ||
4daee454 | 98 | The F<ext/POSIX/t/waitpid> test fails at #1. After all child processes are |
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99 | gone BeOS' waitpid(-1,...) returns 0 instead of -1 (as it should). No idea |
100 | how to fix this. | |
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102 | =back |
103 | ||
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104 | =head1 CONTACT |
105 | ||
106 | For BeOS specifics problems feel free to mail to: | |
107 | Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@cs.tu-berlin.de> | |
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e56d2c04 | 109 | Last update: 2004-12-16 |