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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ compiled and/or runs.
 =head2 Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
 
 As of application release September 2001, HP-UX 11.00 is shipped with
-perl-5.6.1 in /opt/perl. The first occurrance is on CD 5012-7954 and
+perl-5.6.1 in /opt/perl. The first occurrence is on CD 5012-7954 and
 can be installed using
 
     swinstall -s /cdrom perl
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ The original version of PA-RISC, HP no longer sells any system with this chip.
 
 The following systems contained PA-RISC 1.0 chips:
 
-    600, 635, 645, 808, 815, 822, 825, 832, 834, 835, 840, 842, 845, 850, 852,
-    855, 860, 865, 870, 890
+    600, 635, 645, 808, 815, 822, 825, 832, 834, 835, 840, 842, 845, 850,
+    852, 855, 860, 865, 870, 890
 
 =head2 PA-RISC 1.1
 
@@ -80,15 +80,16 @@ system.
 
 The following systems contain with PA-RISC 1.1 chips:
 
-    705, 710, 712, 715, 720, 722, 725, 728, 730, 735, 742, 743, 744, 745, 747,
-    750, 755, 770, 777, 778, 779, 800, 801, 803, 806, 807, 809, 811, 813, 816,
-    817, 819, 821, 826, 827, 829, 831, 837, 839, 841, 847, 849, 851, 856, 857,
-    859, 867, 869, 877, 887, 891, 892, 897, A180, A180C, B115, B120, B132L,
-    B132L+, B160L, B180L, C100, C110, C115, C120, C160L, D200, D210, D220,
-    D230, D250, D260, D310, D320, D330, D350, D360, D410, DX0, DX5, DXO, E25,
-    E35, E45, E55, F10, F20, F30, G30, G40, G50, G60, G70, H20, H30, H40, H50,
-    H60, H70, I30, I40, I50, I60, I70, J200, J210, J210XC, K100, K200, K210,
-    K220, K230, K400, K410, K420, S700i, S715, S744, S760, T500, T520
+    705, 710, 712, 715, 720, 722, 725, 728, 730, 735, 742, 743, 744, 745,
+    747, 750, 755, 770, 777, 778, 779, 800, 801, 803, 806, 807, 809, 811,
+    813, 816, 817, 819, 821, 826, 827, 829, 831, 837, 839, 841, 847, 849,
+    851, 856, 857, 859, 867, 869, 877, 887, 891, 892, 897, A180, A180C,
+    B115, B120, B132L, B132L+, B160L, B180L, C100, C110, C115, C120,
+    C160L, D200, D210, D220, D230, D250, D260, D310, D320, D330, D350,
+    D360, D410, DX0, DX5, DXO, E25, E35, E45, E55, F10, F20, F30, G30,
+    G40, G50, G60, G70, H20, H30, H40, H50, H60, H70, I30, I40, I50, I60,
+    I70, J200, J210, J210XC, K100, K200, K210, K220, K230, K400, K410,
+    K420, S700i, S715, S744, S760, T500, T520
 
 =head2 PA-RISC 2.0
 
@@ -96,16 +97,17 @@ The most recent upgrade to the PA-RISC design, it added support for
 64-bit integer data.
 
 As of the date of this document's last update, the following systems
-contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips (this is very likely to be out of date):
-
-    700, 780, 781, 782, 783, 785, 802, 804, 810, 820, 861, 871, 879, 889, 893,
-    895, 896, 898, 899, A400, A500, B1000, B2000, C130, C140, C160, C180,
-    C180+, C180-XP, C200+, C400+, C3000, C360, C3600, CB260, D270, D280, D370,
-    D380, D390, D650, J220, J2240, J280, J282, J400, J410, J5000, J5500XM,
-    J5600, J7000, J7600, K250, K260, K260-EG, K270, K360, K370, K380, K450,
-    K460, K460-EG, K460-XP, K470, K570, K580, L1000, L2000, L3000, N4000,
-    R380, R390, RP8400, SD16000, SD32000, SD64000, T540, T600, V2000, V2200,
-    V2250, V2500, V2600
+contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips:
+
+    700, 780, 781, 782, 783, 785, 802, 804, 810, 820, 861, 871, 879, 889,
+    893, 895, 896, 898, 899, A400, A500, B1000, B2000, C130, C140, C160,
+    C180, C180+, C180-XP, C200+, C400+, C3000, C360, C3600, CB260, D270,
+    D280, D370, D380, D390, D650, J220, J2240, J280, J282, J400, J410,
+    J5000, J5500XM, J5600, J7000, J7600, K250, K260, K260-EG, K270, K360,
+    K370, K380, K450, K460, K460-EG, K460-XP, K470, K570, K580, L1000,
+    L2000, L3000, N4000, R380, R390, RP2400, RP2430, RP2450, RP2470,
+    RP5400, RP5430, RP5450, RP5470, RP7400, RP7410, RP8400, SD16000,
+    SD32000, SD64000, T540, T600, V2000, V2200, V2250, V2500, V2600
 
 =head2 Itanium
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ chip type used. (Start browsing at the bottom to prevent confusion ;-)
 An executable compiled on a PA-RISC 2.0 platform will not execute on a
 PA-RISC 1.1 platform, even if they are running the same version of
 HP-UX.  If you are building Perl on a PA-RISC 2.0 platform and want that
-Perl to to also run on a PA-RISC 1.1, the compiler flags +DAportable and
+Perl to also run on a PA-RISC 1.1, the compiler flags +DAportable and
 +DS32 should be used.
 
 It is no longer possible to compile PA-RISC 1.0 executables on either
@@ -199,10 +201,13 @@ library that is already linked into perl.
 
 Some extensions, like DB_File and Compress::Zlib use/require prebuilt
 libraries for the perl extensions/modules to work. If these libraries
-are built using the default configuration, it might happen that you run
-into an error like "invalid loader fixup" during load phase. HP is aware
-of this problem and address it at
-  http://devresource.hp.com/devresource/Docs/TechTips/cxxTips.html#tip13
+are built using the default configuration, it might happen that you
+run into an error like "invalid loader fixup" during load phase.
+HP is aware of this problem.  Search the HP-UX cxx-dev forums for
+discussions about the subject.  The short answer is that B<everything>
+(all libraries, everything) must be compiled with C<+z> or C<+Z> to be
+PIC (position independent code).  In HP-UX 11.00 or newer the linker
+error message should tell the name of the offending object file.
 
 A more general approach is to intervene manually, as with an example for
 the DB_File module, which requires SleepyCat's libdb.sl:
@@ -297,12 +302,37 @@ is listed before -lc in the list of libraries to link Perl with. The
 hints provided for HP-UX during Configure will try very hard to get
 this right for you.
 
-HP-UX versions before 10.30 require a seperate installation of a POSIX
+HP-UX versions before 10.30 require a separate installation of a POSIX
 threads library package. Two examples are the HP DCE package, available
 on "HP-UX Hardware Extensions 3.0, Install and Core OS, Release 10.20,
 April 1999 (B3920-13941)" or the Freely available PTH package, available
 though worldwide HP-UX mirrors of precompiled packages
-(e.g. http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/alpha.html)
+(e.g. http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/)
+
+If you are going to use the HP DCE package, the library used for threading
+is /usr/lib/libcma.sl, but there have been multiple updates of that
+library over time. Perl will build with the first version, but it
+will not pass the test suite. Older Oracle versions might be a compelling
+reason not to update that library, otherwise please find a newer version
+in one of the following patches: PHSS_19739, PHSS_20608, or PHSS_23672
+
+reformatted output:
+
+  d3:/usr/lib 106 > what libcma-*.1
+  libcma-00000.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5               Module: libcma.sl (Export)
+                                   Date: Apr 29 1996 22:11:24
+  libcma-19739.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5 PHSS_19739-40 Module: libcma.sl (Export)
+                                   Date: Sep  4 1999 01:59:07
+  libcma-20608.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5 PHSS_20608    Module: libcma.1 (Export)
+                                   Date: Dec  8 1999 18:41:23
+  libcma-23672.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5 PHSS_23672    Module: libcma.1 (Export)
+                                   Date: Apr  9 2001 10:01:06
+  d3:/usr/lib 107 >
+
 
 =head2 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
 
@@ -414,11 +444,12 @@ the same bug affects also Solaris.
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@corp.hp.com>
+H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl>
 
 With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella.
 
 =head1 DATE
 
-Version 0.6.4: 2001-10-09
+Version 0.6.5: 2002-02-27
 
 =cut