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
+see. It is written in the POD format (see F<pod/perlpod.pod>) which is
specially designed to be readable as is.
=head1 NAME
-README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+perlcygwin - Perl for Cygwin
=head1 SYNOPSIS
system calls and environment these programs expect. More information
about this project can be found at:
- http://www.cygwin.com/
+L<http://www.cygwin.com/>
A recent net or commercial release of Cygwin is required.
-At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.3.6 was current.
+At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.7.16 was current.
=head2 Cygwin Configuration
Perl usage.
B<NOTE:> The binaries that are built will run on all Win32 versions.
-They do not depend on your host system (Win9x/WinME, WinNT/Win2K)
-or your Cygwin configuration (I<ntea>, I<ntsec>, binary/text mounts).
-The only dependencies come from hard-coded pathnames like C</usr/local>.
+They do not depend on your host system (WinXP/Win2K/Win7) or your
+Cygwin configuration (binary/text mounts, cvgserver).
+The only dependencies come from hard-coded pathnames like F</usr/local>.
However, your host system and Cygwin configuration will affect Perl's
runtime behavior (see L</"TEST">).
=item * C<PATH>
Set the C<PATH> environment variable so that Configure finds the Cygwin
-versions of programs. Any Windows directories should be removed or
+versions of programs. Any not-needed Windows directories should be removed or
moved to the end of your C<PATH>.
=item * I<nroff>
If you do not have I<nroff> (which is part of the I<groff> package),
Configure will B<not> prompt you to install I<man> pages.
-=item * Permissions
-
-On WinNT with either the I<ntea> or I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> settings, directory
-and file permissions may not be set correctly. Since the build process
-creates directories and files, to be safe you may want to run a `C<chmod
--R +w *>' on the entire Perl source tree.
-
-Also, it is a well known WinNT "feature" that files created by a login
-that is a member of the I<Administrators> group will be owned by the
-I<Administrators> group. Depending on your umask, you may find that you
-can not write to files that you just created (because you are no longer
-the owner). When using the I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> setting, this is not an
-issue because it "corrects" the ownership to what you would expect on
-a UNIX system.
-
=back
=head1 CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
The default options gathered by Configure with the assistance of
F<hints/cygwin.sh> will build a Perl that supports dynamic loading
-(which requires a shared F<libperl.dll>).
+(which requires a shared F<cygperl5_16.dll>).
This will run Configure and keep a record:
prompts you,
Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)? [none] -s
- Any special flags to pass to gcc to use dynamic linking? [none] -s
- Any special flags to pass to ld2 to create a dynamically loaded library?
+ Any special flags to pass to g++ to create a dynamically loaded library?
[none] -s
+ Any special flags to pass to gcc to use dynamic linking? [none] -s
or you can edit F<hints/cygwin.sh> and uncomment the relevant variables
near the end of the file.
Alternatively, the crypt libraries in GNU libc have been ported to Cygwin.
-The DES based Ultra Fast Crypt port was done by Alexey Truhan:
-
- ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Okhapkin_Sergey/cw32crypt-dist-0.tgz
+=item * C<-lgdbm_compat> (C<use GDBM_File>)
-NOTE: There are various export restrictions on DES implementations,
-see the glibc README for more details.
+GDBM is available for Cygwin.
-The MD5 port was done by Andy Piper:
-
- ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Okhapkin_Sergey/libcrypt.tgz
-
-=item * C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>)
-
-GDBM is available for Cygwin. GDBM's ndbm/dbm compatibility feature
-also makes C<NDBM_File> and C<ODBM_File> possible (although they add
-little extra value).
-
-NOTE: The ndbm/dbm emulations only completely work on NTFS partitions.
+NOTE: The GDBM library only works on NTFS partitions.
=item * C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>)
-BerkeleyDB is available for Cygwin. Some details can be found in
-F<ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm>.
+BerkeleyDB is available for Cygwin.
NOTE: The BerkeleyDB library only completely works on NTFS partitions.
-=item * C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
+=item * C<cygserver> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
A port of SysV IPC is available for Cygwin.
and on Win9x the I<shm*()> functions seem to hang. It also creates
a compile time dependency because F<perl.h> includes F<<sys/ipc.h>>
and F<<sys/sem.h>> (which will be required in the future when compiling
-CPAN modules).
+CPAN modules). CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED!
+
+=item * C<-lutil>
+
+Included with the standard Cygwin netrelease is the inetutils package
+which includes libutil.a.
=back
Undefining this symbol forces Perl to be compiled statically.
-=item * C<-Uusemymalloc>
+=item * C<-Dusemymalloc>
-By default Perl uses the malloc() included with the Perl source. If you
-want to force Perl to build with the system malloc() undefine this symbol.
+By default Perl does not use the C<malloc()> included with the Perl source,
+because it was slower and not entirely thread-safe. If you want to force
+Perl to build with the old -Dusemymalloc define this.
=item * C<-Uuseperlio>
-Undefining this symbol disables the PerlIO abstraction, which is now the
-default.
+Undefining this symbol disables the PerlIO abstraction. PerlIO is now the
+default; it is not recommended to disable PerlIO.
=item * C<-Dusemultiplicity>
Multiplicity is required when embedding Perl in a C program and using
-more than one interpreter instance. This works with the Cygwin port.
+more than one interpreter instance. This is only required when you build
+a not-threaded perl with C<-Uuseithreads>.
-=item * C<-Duse64bitint>
+=item * C<-Uuse64bitint>
-By default Perl uses 32 bit integers. If you want to use larger 64
-bit integers, define this symbol. If there is trouble, check that
-your Cygwin installation is up to date.
+By default Perl uses 64 bit integers. If you want to use smaller 32 bit
+integers, define this symbol.
=item * C<-Duselongdouble>
I<gcc> supports long doubles (12 bytes). However, several additional
long double math functions are necessary to use them within Perl
-(I<{atan2, cos, exp, floor, fmod, frexp, isnan, log, modf, pow, sin, sqrt}l,
+(I<{atan2, cos, exp, floor, fmod, frexp, isnan, log, modf, pow, sin, sqrt}l,
strtold>).
-These are B<not> yet available with Cygwin.
+These are B<not> yet available with newlib, the Cygwin libc.
-=item * C<-Dusethreads>
+=item * C<-Uuseithreads>
-POSIX threads are B<not> yet implemented in Cygwin.
+Define this symbol if you want not-threaded faster perl.
=item * C<-Duselargefiles>
-Although Win32 supports large files, Cygwin currently uses 32-bit integers
-for internal size and position calculations.
+Cygwin uses 64-bit integers for internal size and position calculations,
+this will be correctly detected and defined by Configure.
+
+=item * C<-Dmksymlinks>
+
+Use this to build perl outside of the source tree. Details can be
+found in the F<INSTALL> document. This is the recommended way to
+build perl from sources.
=back
=over 4
-=item * I<dlsym()>
-
-I<ld2> is needed to build dynamic libraries, but it does not exist
-when dlsym() checking occurs (it is not created until `C<make>' runs).
-You will see the following message:
-
- Checking whether your dlsym() needs a leading underscore ...
- ld2: not found
- I can't compile and run the test program.
- I'm guessing that dlsym doesn't need a leading underscore.
-
-Since the guess is correct, this is not a problem.
-
=item * Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>
Win9x does not correctly report C<EOF> with a non-blocking read on a
C<_LONG_DOUBLE>:
Guessing which symbols your C compiler and preprocessor define...
- try.c:<line#>: parse error
+ try.c:<line#>: missing binary operator
-This failure does not seem to cause any problems.
+This failure does not seem to cause any problems. With older gcc
+versions, "parse error" is reported instead of "missing binary
+operator".
=back
make 2>&1 | tee log.make
-=head2 Warnings on Cygwin
-
-Warnings like these are normal:
-
- warning: overriding commands for target <file>
- warning: ignoring old commands for target <file>
-
- dllwrap: no export definition file provided
- dllwrap: creating one, but that may not be what you want
-
-=head2 ld2 on Cygwin
-
-During `C<make>', I<ld2> will be created and installed in your $installbin
-directory (where you said to put public executables). It does not
-wait until the `C<make install>' process to install the I<ld2> script,
-this is because the remainder of the `C<make>' refers to I<ld2> without
-fully specifying its path and does this from multiple subdirectories.
-The assumption is that $installbin is in your current C<PATH>. If this
-is not the case `C<make>' will fail at some point. If this happens,
-just manually copy I<ld2> from the source directory to somewhere in
-your C<PATH>.
-
=head1 TEST ON CYGWIN
There are two steps to running the test suite:
make test 2>&1 | tee log.make-test
- cd t;./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness
+ cd t; ./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness
The same tests are run both times, but more information is provided when
-running as `C<./perl harness>'.
+running as C<./perl harness>.
Test results vary depending on your host system and your Cygwin
configuration. If a test can pass in some Cygwin setup, it is always
have a F<.{com,bat,exe}> extension or begin with C<#!>, directories are
always readable and executable). On WinNT with the I<ntea> C<CYGWIN>
setting, the additional mode bits are stored as extended file attributes.
-On WinNT with the I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> setting, permissions use the standard
-WinNT security descriptors and access control lists. Without one of
-these options, these tests will fail:
+On WinNT with the default I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> setting, permissions use the
+standard WinNT security descriptors and access control lists. Without one of
+these options, these tests will fail (listing not updated yet):
Failed Test List of failed
------------------------------------
lib/sdbm.t 2
op/stat.t 9, 20 (.tmp not an executable extension)
+=head2 NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+Do not use NDBM_File or ODBM_File on FAT filesystem. They can be
+built on a FAT filesystem, but many tests will fail:
+
+ ../ext/NDBM_File/ndbm.t 13 3328 71 59 83.10% 1-2 4 16-71
+ ../ext/ODBM_File/odbm.t 255 65280 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../lib/AnyDBM_File.t 2 512 12 2 16.67% 1 4
+ ../lib/Memoize/t/errors.t 0 139 11 5 45.45% 7-11
+ ../lib/Memoize/t/tie_ndbm.t 13 3328 4 4 100.00% 1-4
+ run/fresh_perl.t 97 1 1.03% 91
+
+If you intend to run only on FAT (or if using AnyDBM_File on FAT),
+run Configure with the -Ui_ndbm and -Ui_dbm options to prevent
+NDBM_File and ODBM_File being built.
+
+With NTFS (and no CYGWIN=nontsec), there should be no problems even if
+perl was built on FAT.
+
+=head2 C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+A C<fork()> failure may result in the following tests failing:
+
+ ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_multihomed.t
+ ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t
+ ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_unix.t
+
+See comment on fork in L</Miscellaneous> below.
+
+=head1 Specific features of the Cygwin port
+
=head2 Script Portability on Cygwin
Cygwin does an outstanding job of providing UNIX-like semantics on top of
=item * Pathnames
-Cygwin pathnames can be separated by forward (F</>) or backward (F<\>)
-slashes. They may also begin with drive letters (F<C:>) or Universal
-Naming Codes (F<//UNC>). DOS device names (F<aux>, F<con>, F<prn>,
-F<com*>, F<lpt?>, F<nul>) are invalid as base filenames. However, they
-can be used in extensions (e.g., F<hello.aux>). Names may contain all
-printable characters except these:
-
- : * ? " < > |
+Cygwin pathnames are separated by forward (F</>) slashes, Universal
+Naming Codes (F<//UNC>) are also supported Since cygwin-1.7 non-POSIX
+pathnames are discouraged. Names may contain all printable
+characters.
File names are case insensitive, but case preserving. A pathname that
-contains a backslash or drive letter is a Win32 pathname (and not subject
-to the translations applied to POSIX style pathnames).
+contains a backslash or drive letter is a Win32 pathname, and not
+subject to the translations applied to POSIX style pathnames, but
+cygwin will warn you, so better convert them to POSIX.
+
+For conversion we have C<Cygwin::win_to_posix_path()> and
+C<Cygwin::posix_to_win_path()>.
+
+Since cygwin-1.7 pathnames are UTF-8 encoded.
=item * Text/Binary
+Since cygwin-1.7 textmounts are deprecated and strongly discouraged.
+
When a file is opened it is in either text or binary mode. In text mode
a file is subject to CR/LF/Ctrl-Z translations. With Cygwin, the default
-mode for an open() is determined by the mode of the mount that underlies
-the file. Perl provides a binmode() function to set binary mode on files
-that otherwise would be treated as text. sysopen() with the C<O_TEXT>
-flag sets text mode on files that otherwise would be treated as binary:
+mode for an C<open()> is determined by the mode of the mount that underlies
+the file. See L</Cygwin::is_binmount>(). Perl provides a C<binmode()> function
+to set binary mode on files that otherwise would be treated as text.
+C<sysopen()> with the C<O_TEXT> flag sets text mode on files that otherwise
+would be treated as binary:
sysopen(FOO, "bar", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TEXT)
-lseek(), tell() and sysseek() only work with files opened in binary mode.
+C<lseek()>, C<tell()> and C<sysseek()> only work with files opened in binary
+mode.
The text/binary issue is covered at length in the Cygwin documentation.
+=item * PerlIO
+
+PerlIO overrides the default Cygwin Text/Binary behaviour. A file will
+always be treated as binary, regardless of the mode of the mount it lives
+on, just like it is in UNIX. So CR/LF translation needs to be requested in
+either the C<open()> call like this:
+
+ open(FH, ">:crlf", "out.txt");
+
+which will do conversion from LF to CR/LF on the output, or in the
+environment settings (add this to your .bashrc):
+
+ export PERLIO=crlf
+
+which will pull in the crlf PerlIO layer which does LF -> CRLF conversion
+on every output generated by perl.
+
=item * F<.exe>
-The Cygwin stat(), lstat() and readlink() functions make the F<.exe>
+The Cygwin C<stat()>, C<lstat()> and C<readlink()> functions make the F<.exe>
extension transparent by looking for F<foo.exe> when you ask for F<foo>
(unless a F<foo> also exists). Cygwin does not require a F<.exe>
extension, but I<gcc> adds it automatically when building a program.
However, when accessing an executable as a normal file (e.g., I<cp>
-in a makefile) the F<.exe> is not transparent. The I<install> included
-with Cygwin automatically appends a F<.exe> when necessary.
+in a makefile) the F<.exe> is not transparent. The I<install> program
+included with Cygwin automatically appends a F<.exe> when necessary.
+
+=item * Cygwin vs. Windows process ids
+
+Cygwin processes have their own pid, which is different from the
+underlying windows pid. Most posix compliant Proc functions expect
+the cygwin pid, but several Win32::Process functions expect the
+winpid. E.g. C<$$> is the cygwin pid of F</usr/bin/perl>, which is not
+the winpid. Use C<Cygwin::pid_to_winpid()> and C<Cygwin::winpid_to_pid()>
+to translate between them.
-=item * chown()
+=item * Cygwin vs. Windows errors
-On WinNT chown() can change a file's user and group IDs. On Win9x chown()
+Under Cygwin, $^E is the same as $!. When using L<Win32 API Functions|Win32>,
+use C<Win32::GetLastError()> to get the last Windows error.
+
+=item * rebase errors on fork or system
+
+Using C<fork()> or C<system()> out to another perl after loading multiple dlls
+may result on a DLL baseaddress conflict. The internal cygwin error
+looks like like the following:
+
+ 0 [main] perl 8916 child_info_fork::abort: data segment start: parent
+ (0xC1A000) != child(0xA6A000)
+
+or:
+
+ 183 [main] perl 3588 C:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe: *** fatal error - unable to remap
+ C:\cygwin\bin\cygsvn_subr-1-0.dll to same address as parent(0x6FB30000) != 0x6FE60000
+ 46 [main] perl 3488 fork: child 3588 - died waiting for dll loading, errno11
+
+See L<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures>
+It helps if not too many DLLs are loaded in memory so the available address space is larger,
+e.g. stopping the MS Internet Explorer might help.
+
+Use the perlrebase or rebase utilities to resolve the conflicting dll addresses.
+The rebase package is included in the Cygwin setup. Use F<setup.exe>
+from L<http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> to install it.
+
+1. kill all perl processes and run C<perlrebase> or
+
+2. kill all cygwin processes and services, start dash from cmd.exe and run C<rebaseall>.
+
+=item * C<chown()>
+
+On WinNT C<chown()> can change a file's user and group IDs. On Win9x C<chown()>
is a no-op, although this is appropriate since there is no security model.
=item * Miscellaneous
-File locking using the C<F_GETLK> command to fcntl() is a stub that
+File locking using the C<F_GETLK> command to C<fcntl()> is a stub that
returns C<ENOSYS>.
-Win9x can not rename() an open file (although WinNT can).
+Win9x can not C<rename()> an open file (although WinNT can).
-The Cygwin chroot() implementation has holes (it can not restrict file
+The Cygwin C<chroot()> implementation has holes (it can not restrict file
access by native Win32 programs).
+Inplace editing C<perl -i> of files doesn't work without doing a backup
+of the file being edited C<perl -i.bak> because of windowish restrictions,
+therefore Perl adds the suffix C<.bak> automatically if you use C<perl -i>
+without specifying a backup extension.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Prebuilt methods:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<Cwd::cwd>
+
+Returns the current working directory.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::pid_to_winpid>
+
+Translates a cygwin pid to the corresponding Windows pid (which may or
+may not be the same).
+
+=item C<Cygwin::winpid_to_pid>
+
+Translates a Windows pid to the corresponding cygwin pid (if any).
+
+=item C<Cygwin::win_to_posix_path>
+
+Translates a Windows path to the corresponding cygwin path respecting
+the current mount points. With a second non-null argument returns an
+absolute path. Double-byte characters will not be translated.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::posix_to_win_path>
+
+Translates a cygwin path to the corresponding cygwin path respecting
+the current mount points. With a second non-null argument returns an
+absolute path. Double-byte characters will not be translated.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::mount_table()>
+
+Returns an array of [mnt_dir, mnt_fsname, mnt_type, mnt_opts].
+
+ perl -e 'for $i (Cygwin::mount_table) {print join(" ",@$i),"\n";}'
+ /bin c:\cygwin\bin system binmode,cygexec
+ /usr/bin c:\cygwin\bin system binmode
+ /usr/lib c:\cygwin\lib system binmode
+ / c:\cygwin system binmode
+ /cygdrive/c c: system binmode,noumount
+ /cygdrive/d d: system binmode,noumount
+ /cygdrive/e e: system binmode,noumount
+
+=item C<Cygwin::mount_flags>
+
+Returns the mount type and flags for a specified mount point.
+A comma-separated string of mntent->mnt_type (always
+"system" or "user"), then the mntent->mnt_opts, where
+the first is always "binmode" or "textmode".
+
+ system|user,binmode|textmode,exec,cygexec,cygdrive,mixed,
+ notexec,managed,nosuid,devfs,proc,noumount
+
+If the argument is "/cygdrive", then just the volume mount settings,
+and the cygdrive mount prefix are returned.
+
+User mounts override system mounts.
+
+ $ perl -e 'print Cygwin::mount_flags "/usr/bin"'
+ system,binmode,cygexec
+ $ perl -e 'print Cygwin::mount_flags "/cygdrive"'
+ binmode,cygdrive,/cygdrive
+
+=item C<Cygwin::is_binmount>
+
+Returns true if the given cygwin path is binary mounted, false if the
+path is mounted in textmode.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::sync_winenv>
+
+Cygwin does not initialize all original Win32 environment variables.
+See the bottom of this page L<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html>
+for "Restricted Win32 environment".
+
+Certain Win32 programs called from cygwin programs might need some environment
+variable, such as e.g. ADODB needs %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%.
+Call Cygwin::sync_winenv() to copy all Win32 environment variables to your
+process and note that cygwin will warn on every encounter of non-POSIX paths.
+
=back
=head1 INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
This will install Perl, including I<man> pages.
- make install | tee log.make-install
+ make install 2>&1 | tee log.make-install
-NOTE: If C<STDERR> is redirected `C<make install>' will B<not> prompt
+NOTE: If C<STDERR> is redirected C<make install> will B<not> prompt
you to install I<perl> into F</usr/bin>.
-You may need to be I<Administrator> to run `C<make install>'. If you
+You may need to be I<Administrator> to run C<make install>. If you
are not, you must have write access to the directories in question.
Information on installing the Perl documentation in HTML format can be
=item Documentation
INSTALL README.cygwin README.win32 MANIFEST
- Changes Changes5.005 Changes5.004 Changes5.6
pod/perl.pod pod/perlport.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod
pod/perldelta.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod pod/perl56delta.pod
- pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perltoc.pod
+ pod/perl561delta.pod pod/perl570delta.pod pod/perl572delta.pod
+ pod/perl573delta.pod pod/perl58delta.pod pod/perl581delta.pod
+ pod/perl590delta.pod pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod
+ pod/perltoc.pod Porting/Glossary pod/perlgit.pod
+ Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
+ dist/Cwd/Changes ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/Changes
+ ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/README ext/Compress-Zlib/Changes
+ ext/DB_File/Changes ext/Encode/Changes ext/Sys-Syslog/Changes
+ ext/Time-HiRes/Changes ext/Win32API-File/Changes
+ lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Changes lib/ExtUtils/Changes lib/ExtUtils/NOTES
+ lib/ExtUtils/PATCHING lib/ExtUtils/README
+ lib/Net/Ping/Changes lib/Test/Harness/Changes
+ lib/Term/ANSIColor/ChangeLog lib/Term/ANSIColor/README README.symbian
+ symbian/TODO
=item Build, Configure, Make, Install
cygwin/Makefile.SHs
- cygwin/ld2.in
- cygwin/perlld.in
ext/IPC/SysV/hints/cygwin.pl
ext/NDBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl
ext/ODBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl
hints/cygwin.sh
Configure - help finding hints from uname,
shared libperl required for dynamic loading
- Makefile.SH - linklibperl
+ Makefile.SH Cross/Makefile-cross-SH
+ - linklibperl
Porting/patchls - cygwin in port list
installman - man pages with :: translated to .
- installperl - install dll/ld2/perlld, install to pods
+ installperl - install dll, install to 'pods'
makedepend.SH - uwinfix
+ regen_lib.pl - file permissions
+
+ NetWare/Makefile
+ plan9/mkfile
+ symbian/sanity.pl symbian/sisify.pl
+ hints/uwin.sh
+ vms/descrip_mms.template
+ win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk
=item Tests
+ t/io/fs.t - no file mode checks if not ntsec
+ skip rename() check when not check_case:relaxed
t/io/tell.t - binmode
- t/lib/b.t - ignore Cwd from os_extras
- t/lib/glob-basic.t - Win32 directory list access differs from read mode
+ t/lib/cygwin.t - builtin cygwin function tests
+ t/op/groups.t - basegroup has ID = 0
t/op/magic.t - $^X/symlink WORKAROUND, s/.exe//
t/op/stat.t - no /dev, skip Win32 ftCreationTime quirk
(cache manager sometimes preserves ctime of file
previously created and deleted), no -u (setuid)
+ t/op/taint.t - can't use empty path under Cygwin Perl
+ t/op/time.t - no tzset()
=item Compiled Perl Source
EXTERN.h - __declspec(dllimport)
XSUB.h - __declspec(dllexport)
- cygwin/cygwin.c - os_extras (getcwd, spawn)
- perl.c - os_extras
+ cygwin/cygwin.c - os_extras (getcwd, spawn, and several Cygwin:: functions)
+ perl.c - os_extras, -i.bak
perl.h - binmode
doio.c - win9x can not rename a file when it is open
- pp_sys.c - do not define h_errno, pp_system with spawn
+ pp_sys.c - do not define h_errno, init _pwent_struct.pw_comment
util.c - use setenv
+ util.h - PERL_FILE_IS_ABSOLUTE macro
+ pp.c - Comment about Posix vs IEEE math under Cygwin
+ perlio.c - CR/LF mode
+ perliol.c - Comment about EXTCONST under Cygwin
=item Compiled Module Source
+ ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/Makefile.PL
+ - Can't install via CPAN shell under Cygwin
+ ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/zlib-src/zutil.h
+ - Cygwin is Unix-like and has vsnprintf
+ ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL - Special handling for Win32 Perl under Cygwin
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs - tzname defined externally
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.c
- EXTCONST needs to be redefined from EXTERN.h
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
- binary open
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.xs
+ - Cygwin has syslog.h
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/win32/compile.pl
+ - Convert paths to Windows paths
+ ext/Time-HiRes/HiRes.xs
+ - Various timers not available
+ ext/Time-HiRes/Makefile.PL
+ - Find w32api/windows.h
+ ext/Win32/Makefile.PL - Use various libraries under Cygwin
+ ext/Win32/Win32.xs - Child dir and child env under Cygwin
+ ext/Win32API-File/File.xs
+ - _open_osfhandle not implemented under Cygwin
+ ext/Win32CORE/Win32CORE.c
+ - __declspec(dllexport)
=item Perl Modules/Scripts
+ ext/B/t/OptreeCheck.pm - Comment about stderr/stdout order under Cygwin
+ ext/Digest-SHA/bin/shasum
+ - Use binary mode under Cygwin
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/win32/Win32.pm
+ - Convert paths to Windows paths
+ ext/Time-HiRes/HiRes.pm
+ - Comment about various timers not available
+ ext/Win32API-File/File.pm
+ - _open_osfhandle not implemented under Cygwin
+ ext/Win32CORE/Win32CORE.pm
+ - History of Win32CORE under Cygwin
lib/Cwd.pm - hook to internal Cwd::cwd
+ lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform/cygwin.pm
+ - use gcc for ld, and link to libperl.dll.a
+ lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder.pm
+ - Cygwin is Unix-like
+ lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm - Install and rename issues under Cygwin
+ lib/ExtUtils/MM.pm - OS classifications
+ lib/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm - Example for Cygwin
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
- require MM_Cygwin.pm
lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm
- canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
+ lib/File/Fetch.pm - Comment about quotes using a Cygwin example
lib/File/Find.pm - on remote drives stat() always sets st_nlink to 1
+ lib/File/Spec/Cygwin.pm - case_tolerant
lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm - preserve //unc
+ lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm - References a message on cygwin.com
+ lib/File/Spec.pm - Pulls in lib/File/Spec/Cygwin.pm
lib/File/Temp.pm - no directory sticky bit
+ lib/Module/CoreList.pm - List of all module files and versions
+ lib/Net/Domain.pm - No domainname command under Cygwin
+ lib/Net/Netrc.pm - Bypass using stat() under Cygwin
+ lib/Net/Ping.pm - ECONREFUSED is EAGAIN under Cygwin
+ lib/Pod/Find.pm - Set 'pods' dir
+ lib/Pod/Perldoc/ToMan.pm - '-c' switch for pod2man
+ lib/Pod/Perldoc.pm - Use 'less' pager, and use .exe extension
+ lib/Term/ANSIColor.pm - Cygwin terminal info
lib/perl5db.pl - use stdin not /dev/tty
- utils/perldoc.PL - version comment
+ utils/perlbug.PL - Add CYGWIN environment variable to report
+
+=item Perl Module Tests
+
+ dist/Cwd/t/cwd.t
+ ext/Compress-Zlib/t/14gzopen.t
+ ext/DB_File/t/db-btree.t
+ ext/DB_File/t/db-hash.t
+ ext/DB_File/t/db-recno.t
+ ext/DynaLoader/t/DynaLoader.t
+ ext/File-Glob/t/basic.t
+ ext/GDBM_File/t/gdbm.t
+ ext/POSIX/t/sysconf.t
+ ext/POSIX/t/time.t
+ ext/SDBM_File/t/sdbm.t
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/t/syslog.t
+ ext/Time-HiRes/t/HiRes.t
+ ext/Win32/t/Unicode.t
+ ext/Win32API-File/t/file.t
+ ext/Win32CORE/t/win32core.t
+ lib/AnyDBM_File.t
+ lib/Archive/Extract/t/01_Archive-Extract.t
+ lib/Archive/Tar/t/02_methods.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/eu_command.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/MM_Cygwin.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/MM_Unix.t
+ lib/File/Compare.t
+ lib/File/Copy.t
+ lib/File/Find/t/find.t
+ lib/File/Path.t
+ lib/File/Spec/t/crossplatform.t
+ lib/File/Spec/t/Spec.t
+ lib/Net/hostent.t
+ lib/Net/Ping/t/110_icmp_inst.t
+ lib/Net/Ping/t/500_ping_icmp.t
+ lib/Net/t/netrc.t
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlcyg.pod
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlcygo.txt
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlfaq.pod
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlfaqo.txt
+ lib/User/grent.t
+ lib/User/pwent.t
=back
=head1 BUGS ON CYGWIN
-When I<make> starts, it warns about overriding commands for F<perlmain.o>.
-
-`C<make clean>' does not remove library F<.def> or F<.exe.stackdump>
-files.
-
-The I<ld2> script contains references to the source directory. You should
-change these to $installbin after `C<make install>'.
-
Support for swapping real and effective user and group IDs is incomplete.
-On WinNT Cygwin provides setuid(), seteuid(), setgid() and setegid().
+On WinNT Cygwin provides C<setuid()>, C<seteuid()>, C<setgid()> and C<setegid()>.
However, additional Cygwin calls for manipulating WinNT access tokens
and security contexts are required.
-When building DLLs, `C<dllwrap --export-all-symbols>' is used to export
-global symbols. It might be better to generate an explicit F<.def> file
-(see F<makedef.pl>). Also, DLLs can now be build with `C<gcc -shared>'.
-
=head1 AUTHORS
Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>,
alexander smishlajev <als@turnhere.com>,
Steven Morlock <newspost@morlock.net>,
Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>,
-Teun Burgers <burgers@ecn.nl>.
+Teun Burgers <burgers@ecn.nl>,
+Gerrit P. Haase <gp@familiehaase.de>,
+Reini Urban <rurban@cpan.org>,
+Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com>,
+Jerry D. Hedden <jdhedden@cpan.org>.
=head1 HISTORY
-Last updated: 9 November 2000
+Last updated: 2012-02-08
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