=head1 NAME
-README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+perlsolaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Starting with Solaris 8, perl5.00503 (or higher) is supplied with the
operating system, so you might not even need to build a newer version
of perl at all. The Sun-supplied version is installed in /usr/perl5
-with /usr/bin/perl pointing to /usr/perl5/bin/perl. Do not disturb
+with F</usr/bin/perl> pointing to F</usr/perl5/bin/perl>. Do not disturb
that installation unless you really know what you are doing. If you
remove the perl supplied with the OS, you will render some bits of
your system inoperable. If you wish to install a newer version of perl,
to use are /usr/local and /opt/perl.
You may wish to put your version of perl in the PATH of all users by
-changing the link /usr/bin/perl. This is OK, as all perl scripts
-shipped with Solaris use an explicit path. Solaris ships with a
-range of Solaris-specific modules. If you choose to install your own
-version of perl you will find the source of many of these modules is
-available on CPAN under the Sun::Solaris:: namespace.
+changing the link F</usr/bin/perl>. This is probably OK, as most perl
+scripts shipped with Solaris use an explicit path. (There are a few
+exceptions, such as F</usr/bin/rpm2cpio> and F</etc/rcm/scripts/README>, but
+these are also sufficiently generic that the actual version of perl
+probably doesn't matter too much.)
+
+Solaris ships with a range of Solaris-specific modules. If you choose
+to install your own version of perl you will find the source of many of
+these modules is available on CPAN under the Sun::Solaris:: namespace.
Solaris may include two versions of perl, e.g. Solaris 9 includes
both 5.005_03 and 5.6.1. This is to provide stability across Solaris
releases, in cases where a later perl version has incompatibilities
-with the version included in the preceeding Solaris release. The
+with the version included in the preceding Solaris release. The
default perl version will always be the most recent, and in general
the old version will only be retained for one Solaris release. Note
also that the default perl will NOT be configured to search for modules
Several tools needed to build perl are located in /usr/ccs/bin/: ar,
as, ld, and make. Make sure that /usr/ccs/bin/ is in your PATH.
-You need to make sure the following packages are installed
-(this info is extracted from the Solaris FAQ):
+
+On all the released versions of Solaris (8, 9 and 10) you need to make sure the following packages are installed (this info is extracted from the Solaris FAQ):
for tools (sccs, lex, yacc, make, nm, truss, ld, as): SUNWbtool,
SUNWsprot, SUNWtoo
for libraries & headers: SUNWhea, SUNWarc, SUNWlibm, SUNWlibms, SUNWdfbh,
-SUNWcg6h, SUNWxwinc, SUNWolinc
+SUNWcg6h, SUNWxwinc
+
+Additionaly, on Solaris 8 and 9 you also need:
for 64 bit development: SUNWarcx, SUNWbtoox, SUNWdplx, SUNWscpux,
SUNWsprox, SUNWtoox, SUNWlmsx, SUNWlmx, SUNWlibCx
+And only on Solaris 8 you also need:
+
+for libraries & headers: SUNWolinc
+
+
If you are in doubt which package contains a file you are missing,
try to find an installation that has that file. Then do a
=head3 GNU as and GNU ld
The following information applies to gcc version 2. Volunteers to
-update it as appropropriate for gcc version 3 would be appreciated.
+update it as appropriately for gcc version 3 would be appreciated.
The versions of as and ld supplied with Solaris work fine for building
perl. There is normally no need to install the GNU versions to
=head2 op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
-op/stat.t test 4 may fail if you are on a tmpfs of some sort.
+F<op/stat.t> test 4 may fail if you are on a tmpfs of some sort.
Building in /tmp sometimes shows this behavior. The
test suite detects if you are building in /tmp, but it may not be able
to catch all tmpfs situations.
the Solaris Server Intranet Extension, or the Sun Directory Services,
part of Solaris for ISPs) or download the ANDIrand package from
L<http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~andi/>. If you use SUNWski, make a
-symbolic link /dev/urandom pointing to /dev/random.
+symbolic link /dev/urandom pointing to /dev/random. For more details,
+see Document ID27606 entitled "Differing /dev/random support requirements
+within Solaris[TM] Operating Environments", available at
+L<http://sunsolve.sun.com> .
It may be possible to use the Entropy Gathering Daemon (written in
Perl!), available from L<http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/>.
... relocation truncated to fit: BASE13 ...
and dies. Therefore the SunOS 4.1 hints file explicitly sets the
-ld to be /usr/bin/ld.
+ld to be F</usr/bin/ld>.
As of Perl 5.8.1 the dynamic loading of libraries (DynaLoader, XSLoader)
also seems to have become broken in in SunOS 4.x. Therefore the default
is to build Perl statically.
+Running the test suite in SunOS 4.1 is a bit tricky since the
+F<lib/Tie/File/t/09_gen_rs> test hangs (subtest #51, FWIW) for some
+unknown reason. Just stop the test and kill that particular Perl
+process.
+
+There are various other failures, that as of SunOS 4.1.4 and gcc 3.2.2
+look a lot like gcc bugs. Many of the failures happen in the Encode
+tests, where for example when the test expects "0" you get "0"
+which should after a little squinting look very odd indeed.
+Another example is earlier in F<t/run/fresh_perl> where chr(0xff) is
+expected but the test fails because the result is chr(0xff). Exactly.
+
+This is the "make test" result from the said combination:
+
+ Failed 27 test scripts out of 745, 96.38% okay.
+
+Running the C<harness> is painful because of the many failing
+Unicode-related tests will output megabytes of failure messages,
+but if one patiently waits, one gets these results:
+
+ Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
+ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ ...
+ ../ext/Encode/t/at-cn.t 4 1024 29 4 13.79% 14-17
+ ../ext/Encode/t/at-tw.t 10 2560 17 10 58.82% 2 4 6 8 10 12
+ 14-17
+ ../ext/Encode/t/enc_data.t 29 7424 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../ext/Encode/t/enc_eucjp.t 29 7424 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../ext/Encode/t/enc_module.t 29 7424 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../ext/Encode/t/encoding.t 29 7424 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../ext/Encode/t/grow.t 12 3072 24 12 50.00% 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
+ 16 18 20 22 24
+ Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ ../ext/Encode/t/guess.t 255 65280 29 40 137.93% 10-29
+ ../ext/Encode/t/jperl.t 29 7424 15 30 200.00% 1-15
+ ../ext/Encode/t/mime-header.t 2 512 10 2 20.00% 2-3
+ ../ext/Encode/t/perlio.t 22 5632 38 22 57.89% 1-4 9-16 19-20
+ 23-24 27-32
+ ../ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t 0 139 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../ext/PerlIO/t/encoding.t 14 1 7.14% 11
+ ../ext/PerlIO/t/fallback.t 9 2 22.22% 3 5
+ ../ext/Socket/t/socketpair.t 0 2 45 70 155.56% 11-45
+ ../lib/CPAN/t/vcmp.t 30 1 3.33% 25
+ ../lib/Tie/File/t/09_gen_rs.t 0 15 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../lib/Unicode/Collate/t/test.t 199 30 15.08% 7 26-27 71-75
+ 81-88 95 101
+ 103-104 106 108-
+ 109 122 124 161
+ 169-172
+ ../lib/sort.t 0 139 119 26 21.85% 107-119
+ op/alarm.t 4 1 25.00% 4
+ op/utfhash.t 97 1 1.03% 31
+ run/fresh_perl.t 91 1 1.10% 32
+ uni/tr_7jis.t ?? ?? % ??
+ uni/tr_eucjp.t 29 7424 6 12 200.00% 1-6
+ uni/tr_sjis.t 29 7424 6 12 200.00% 1-6
+ 56 tests and 467 subtests skipped.
+ Failed 27/811 test scripts, 96.67% okay. 1383/75399 subtests failed, 98.17% okay.
+
+The alarm() test failure is caused by system() apparently blocking
+alarm(). That is probably a libc bug, and given that SunOS 4.x
+has been end-of-lifed years ago, don't hold your breath for a fix.
+In addition to that, don't try anything too Unicode-y, especially
+with Encode, and you should be fine in SunOS 4.x.
+
=head1 AUTHOR
The original was written by Andy Dougherty F<doughera@lafayette.edu>
and many other Solaris users over the years.
Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to F<perlbug@perl.org>.
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