Improvements and fixes to the _ prototype

[perl5.git] / README.mpeix

diff --git a/README.mpeix b/README.mpeix
index 926fbe6..f6727b1 100644 (file)
--- a/README.mpeix
+++ b/README.mpeix
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
    http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
+   http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
    Perl language for MPE
-   Last updated June 2, 2000 @ 0400 UTC
+   Last updated January 12, 2006 @ 2100 UTC
+
 
 =head1 NOTE
 
@@ -30,6 +32,58 @@ Use which ever one is more recent.
 
 =head1 What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
 
+January 12, 2006
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Updated for perl-5.8.8 and perl-5.9.3 by Ken Hirsch.
+
+Simplified the build process by using the MPEAUTOCONF
+functionality in Mark Klein's ld.
+
+If you build this from scratch, make sure you have a version
+of ld which supports it.  In the shell, type
+
+  ld --help
+    and look for AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF near the bottom
+
+  or do this:
+  ld --help 2>&1 | grep AUTOCONF
+
+If you see don't see AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF, make sure you get a new
+version.
+
+You also do not have to use mpeix/relink after building, so the
+recommend sequence is:
+
+  ./Configure -de
+
+      # or ./Configure -de -Dusedevel 
+      # if you're building a development version
+
+  make
+  make test
+     # if you run this in a job, do "make test_notty"
+
+  make install
+
+Be prepared for a wait. These take much longer on MPE/iX than on a Unix
+system, because of a slow forking, mostly.  On a lightly-loaded HP3000
+Series 979 running MPE/iX 7.5:
+
+    Configure: 1 hour
+    make:      1 hour 15 minutes
+    make test  1 hour 45 minutes
+
+Various socket problems were fixed in mpeix.c.
+
+Mark Klein provided a fixed sigsetjmp (that works with dynamic
+libraries) in mpeix_setjmp.c
+
+=item *
+
 June 1, 2000
 
 =over 4
@@ -41,9 +95,6 @@ mod_perl, you MUST download and install this version of Perl/iX!
 
 =item *
 
-bincompat5005="undef": sorry, but you will have to recompile any
-binary 5.005 extensions that you may be using (if any; there is no
-5.005 code in what you download from bixby.org)
 uselargefiles="undef": not available in MPE for POSIX files yet.
 
 =item *
@@ -119,12 +170,12 @@ Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org.
 =head1 Welcome to Perl/iX
 
 This is the official home page for the HP e3000 MPE/iX
-(http://www.hp.com/go/e3000) port of the Perl scripting
-language (http://www.perl.com/) which gives you all of the power of C,
+( http://www.hp.com/go/e3000 ) port of the Perl scripting
+language ( http://www.perl.com/ ) which gives you all of the power of C,
 awk, sed, and sh in a single language. Check here for the latest news,
 implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports
 about major milestones will also be posted to the HP3000-L mailing list
-(http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU) and
+( http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU ) and
 its associated gatewayed newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe.
 
 I'm doing this port because I can't live without Perl on the Unix
@@ -132,12 +183,11 @@ machines that I administer, and I want to have the same power
 available to me on MPE.
 
 Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me,
-Mark Bixby (http://www.bixby.org/mark/), by e-mailing to
-mark@bixby.org. Or just post them to HP3000-L.
+Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ). Or just post them to HP3000-L.
 
 The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running
 MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler
-(http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html).
+( http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html ).
 
 The combined porting wisdom from all of my ports can be found in my
 MPE/iX Porting Guide (http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html).
@@ -174,9 +224,9 @@ to _getenv_libc.
 =item *
 
 If you will be compiling Perl/iX yourself, you will also need
-Syslog/iX (http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html) and the
+Syslog/iX ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html ) and the
 /BIND/PUB/include and /BIND/PUB/lib portions of BIND/iX
-(http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html).
+( http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html ).
 
 =back
 
@@ -387,9 +437,9 @@ equivalent symbolic link) as the first line.  Use the chmod command to
 make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script!
 
 Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list
-(http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html). A wide variety of free Perl software
+( http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html ). A wide variety of free Perl software
 is available.  You can automatically download these packages by using
-the CPAN module (http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html).
+the CPAN module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ).
 
 =head1 MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
 
@@ -435,12 +485,6 @@ a zero.
 
 =item *
 
-If you use Perl/iX fcntl() against a socket it will fail, because MPE
-requires that you use sfcntl() instead.  Perl/iX does not presently
-support sfcntl().
-
-=item *
-
 MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to setuid().  There are too many
 calls to setuid() within Perl/iX, so I have not attempted an automatic
 GETPRIVMODE() solution similar to bind().
@@ -682,5 +726,5 @@ Porting begins.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-Mark Bixby, mark@bixby.org
+Mark Bixby, http://www.bixby.org/mark/