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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. | |
4 | ||
5 | =head1 NAME | |
6 | ||
7 | README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400 | |
8 | ||
9 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
10 | ||
11 | This document describes various features of IBM's OS/400 operating | |
12 | system that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is | |
13 | compiled and/or runs. | |
14 | ||
15 | By far the easiest way to build Perl for OS/400 is to use the PASE | |
16 | (Portable Application Solutions Environment), for more information see | |
17 | http://www.iseries.ibm.com/developer/factory/pase/index.html | |
18 | This environment allows one to use AIX APIs while programming, and it | |
19 | provides a runtime that allows AIX binaries to execute directly on the | |
20 | PowerPC iSeries. | |
21 | ||
22 | =head2 Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE | |
23 | ||
24 | The recommended way to build Perl for the OS/400 PASE is to build the | |
25 | Perl 5 source code (release 5.8.1 or later) under AIX. | |
26 | ||
27 | The trick is to give a special parameter to the Configure shell script | |
28 | when running it on AIX: | |
29 | ||
30 | sh Configure -DPASE ... | |
31 | ||
32 | The default installation directory of Perl under PASE is /QOpenSys/perl. | |
33 | This can be modified if needed with Configure parameter -Dprefix=/some/dir. | |
34 | ||
35 | Starting from OS/400 V5R2 the IBM Visual Age compiler is supported | |
36 | on OS/400 PASE, so it is possible to build Perl natively on OS/400. | |
37 | The easier way, however, is to compile in AIX, as just described. | |
38 | ||
39 | If building natively on PASE, please do the build under the /QOpenSys | |
40 | directory, since Perl is happier when built on a case sensitive filesystem. | |
41 | ||
42 | =head2 Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE | |
43 | ||
44 | If you are compiling on AIX, simply do a "make install" on the AIX box. | |
45 | Once the install finishes, tar up the /QOpenSys/perl directory. Transfer | |
46 | the tarball to the OS/400 using FTP with the following commands: | |
47 | ||
48 | > binary | |
49 | > site namefmt 1 | |
50 | > put perl.tar /QOpenSys | |
51 | ||
52 | Once you have it on, simply bring up a PASE shell and extract the tarball. | |
53 | ||
54 | If you are compiling in PASE, then "make install" is the only thing you | |
55 | will need to do. | |
56 | ||
57 | The default path for perl binary is /QOpenSys/perl/bin/perl. You'll | |
58 | want to symlink /QOpenSys/usr/bin/perl to this file so you don't have | |
59 | to modify your path. | |
60 | ||
61 | =head2 Using Perl in OS/400 PASE | |
62 | ||
63 | Perl in PASE may be used in the same manner as you would use Perl on AIX. | |
64 | ||
65 | Scripts starting with #!/usr/bin/perl should work if you have | |
66 | /QOpenSys/usr/bin/perl symlinked to your perl binary. This will not | |
67 | work if you've done a setuid/setgid or have environment variable | |
68 | PASE_EXEC_QOPENSYS="N". If you have V5R1, you'll need to get the | |
69 | latest PTFs to have this feature. Scripts starting with | |
70 | #!/QOpenSys/perl/bin/perl should always work. | |
71 | ||
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72 | =head2 Known Problems |
73 | ||
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74 | When compiling in PASE, there is no "oslevel" command. Therefore, |
75 | you may want to create a script called "oslevel" that echoes the | |
76 | level of AIX that your version of PASE runtime supports. If you're | |
77 | unsure, consult your documentation or use "4.3.3.0". | |
78 | ||
79 | If you have test cases that fail, check for the existence of spool files. | |
80 | The test case may be trying to use a syscall that is not implemented | |
81 | in PASE. To avoid the SIGILL, try setting the PASE_SYSCALL_NOSIGILL | |
82 | environment variable or have a handler for the SIGILL. If you can | |
83 | compile programs for PASE, run the config script and edit config.sh | |
84 | when it gives you the option. If you want to remove fchdir(), which | |
85 | isn't implement in V5R1, simply change the line that says: | |
86 | ||
87 | d_fchdir='define' | |
88 | ||
89 | to | |
90 | ||
91 | d_fchdir='undef' | |
92 | ||
93 | and then compile Perl. The places where fchdir() is used have | |
94 | alternatives for systems that do not have fchdir() available. | |
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96 | =head2 Perl on ILE |
97 | ||
98 | There exists a port of Perl to the ILE environment. This port, however, | |
99 | is based quite an old release of Perl, Perl 5.00502 (August 1998). | |
100 | (As of July 2002 the latest release of Perl is 5.8.0, and even 5.6.1 | |
101 | has been out since April 2001.) If you need to run Perl on ILE, though, | |
102 | you may need this older port: http://www.cpan.org/ports/#os400 | |
103 | Note that any Perl release later than 5.00502 has not been ported to ILE. | |
104 | ||
105 | If you need to use Perl in the ILE environment, you may want to consider | |
106 | using Qp2RunPase() to call the PASE version of Perl. | |
107 | ||
108 | =head1 AUTHORS | |
109 | ||
110 | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | |
111 | Bryan Logan <bryanlog@us.ibm.com> | |
112 | David Larson <larson1@us.ibm.com> | |
113 | ||
114 | =cut |