-Notes on Perl on the Hurd
-Last Updated: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:50:30 +0200
-Written by: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
+If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
+It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
+designed to be readable as is.
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+perlhurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
-GNU/Hurd distribution (see http://www.debian.org), even if an
-official, stable release has not yet been made. The old `gnu-0.2'
+GNU/Hurd distribution ( see http://www.debian.org/ ), even if an
+official, stable release has not yet been made. The old "gnu-0.2"
Both failures are not really specific to the Hurd, as indicated by the
test suite output.
The socket tests may fail if the network is not configured. You have
Both failures are not really specific to the Hurd, as indicated by the
test suite output.
The socket tests may fail if the network is not configured. You have
-to make `/hurd/pfinet' the translator for `/servers/socket/2', giving
-it the right arguments. Try `/hurd/pfinet --help' for more
+to make "/hurd/pfinet" the translator for "/servers/socket/2", giving
+it the right arguments. Try "/hurd/pfinet --help" for more
-Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12
-pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215
-8 tests and 24 subtests skipped.
-Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay.
+ Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12
+ pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215
+
+ 8 tests and 24 subtests skipped.
+ Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay.
There are quite a few systems out there that do worse!
However, since I am running a very recent Hurd snapshot, in which a lot of
bugs that were exposed by the Perl test suite have been fixed, you may
There are quite a few systems out there that do worse!
However, since I am running a very recent Hurd snapshot, in which a lot of
bugs that were exposed by the Perl test suite have been fixed, you may
-encounter more failures. Likely candidates are: `op/stat', `lib/io_pipe',
-`lib/io_sock', `lib/io_udp' and `lib/time'.
+encounter more failures. Likely candidates are: "op/stat", "lib/io_pipe",
+"lib/io_sock", "lib/io_udp" and "lib/time".
In any way, if you're seeing failures beyond those mentioned in this
document, please consider upgrading to the latest Hurd before reporting
the failure as a bug.
In any way, if you're seeing failures beyond those mentioned in this
document, please consider upgrading to the latest Hurd before reporting
the failure as a bug.