=head1 SYNOPSIS
-This is a port of Perl version 5, revision 7, to VOS. Perl is a
-scripting or macro language that is popular on many systems. See your
-local computer bookstore for a number of good books on Perl.
+This file contains notes for building perl on the Stratus VOS
+operating system. Perl is a scripting or macro language that is
+popular on many systems. See L<perlbook> for a number of good
+books on Perl.
+
+These are instructions for building Perl from source. Most people can
+simply download a pre-compiled distribution from the VOS anonymous FTP
+site. If you are running VOS Release 14.2.0 or earlier, download Perl
+from ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html If you are
+running VOS Release 14.3.0 or later, download Perl from
+ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/ga/ga.html Instructions for
+unbundling the Perl distribution file are at
+ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/utility.html
+
+If you are running VOS Release 14.4.1 or later, you can obtain a
+pre-compiled, supported copy of perl by purchasing Release 2.0.1
+of the VOS GNU C++ and GNU Tools product from Stratus
+Technologies.
+
+=head2 Multiple methods to build perl for VOS
+
+If you elect to build perl from its source code, you have several
+different ways that you can build perl. The method that you use
+depends on the version of VOS that you are using and on the
+architecture of you Stratus hardware platform.
+
+=over 5
+
+=item 1
+
+If you have a Stratus XA2000 (Motorola 68k-based) platform, you
+must build perl using the alpha version of VOS POSIX support and
+using the VOS Standard C Cross-compiler. You must build perl on
+VOS Release 14.1.0 (or later) on an XA/R or Continuum platform.
+
+This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
+does not contain the full perl functionality.
+
+You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
+in the vos subdirectory.
+
+=item 2
+
+If you have a Stratus XA/R (Intel i860-based) platform, you must
+build perl using the alpha version of VOS POSIX support and using
+the VOS Standard C compiler or cross-compiler. You must build
+perl on VOS Release 14.1.0 (or later) on an XA/R or Continuum
+platform.
+
+This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
+does not contain the full perl functionality.
+
+You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
+in the vos subdirectory.
+
+=item 3
+
+If you have a Stratus Continuum (PARISC-based) platform that is
+running a version of VOS earlier than VOS 14.3.0, you must build
+perl using the alpha version of VOS POSIX support and using the
+VOS Standard C compiler or cross-compiler. You must build perl
+on VOS Release 14.1.0 (or later) on an XA/R or Continuum
+platform.
+
+This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
+does not contain the full perl functionality.
+
+You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
+in the vos subdirectory.
+
+=item 4
+
+If you have a Stratus Continuum (PARISC-based) platform that is
+running VOS Release 14.3.0 through VOS Release 14.4.0, you must
+build perl using the generally-available version of VOS POSIX
+support, and using either the VOS Standard C compiler or the VOS
+GNU C compiler. You must build perl on VOS Release 14.3.0 (or
+later) on a Continuum platform.
+
+This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
+does not contain the full perl functionality.
+
+You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
+in the vos subdirectory.
+
+=item 5
+
+If you have a Stratus Continuum (PA-RISC-based) platform that is
+running VOS Release 14.4.1 or later, you must build perl using
+the generally-available version of VOS POSIX support. You must
+use the VOS GNU C compiler and the VOS GNU Tools product. You
+must build perl on VOS Release 14.4.1 (or later) on a Continuum
+platform.
+
+This version of perl is properly called "full perl" because it
+contains the full perl functionality.
+
+You must use the supplied Configure script and makefiles to build
+perl.
+
+=back
=head2 Stratus POSIX Support
Note that there are two different implementations of POSIX.1
support on VOS. There is an alpha version of POSIX that is
available from the Stratus anonymous ftp site
-(ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html). There
-is a generally-available version of POSIX that comes with the
-VOS Standard C compiler and C runtime in VOS Release 14.3.0 or
-higher. This port of POSIX will compile and bind with either
-version of POSIX.
+( ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html ). There
+is a generally-available version of POSIX that comes with VOS
+Release 14.3.0 or higher. This port of POSIX will compile and
+bind with either version of POSIX.
Most of the Perl features should work on VOS regardless of which
version of POSIX that you are using. However, the alpha version
attempt by perl.pm to call the following unimplemented POSIX
functions will result in an error message and an immediate and
fatal call to the VOS debugger. They are "dup", "fork", and
-"waitpid". The lack of these functions pretty much prevents you
-from starting VOS commands and grabbing their output in perl.
-The workaround is to run the commands outside of perl, then have
-perl process the output file. These functions are all available
-in the generally-available version of POSIX.
+"waitpid". The lack of these functions prevents you from
+starting VOS commands and grabbing their output in perl. The
+workaround is to run the commands outside of perl, then have perl
+process the output file. These functions are all available in
+the generally-available version of POSIX.
=head1 INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
=item 1
-The VOS Standard C Compiler and Runtime, or the VOS Standard C
-Cross-Compiler. This is a standard Stratus product.
+The VOS Standard C Compiler (or the VOS Standard C
+Cross-Compiler) and the VOS C Runtime. If you are using
+the generally-available version of POSIX support, you may
+instead use the VOS GNU C/C++ Compiler. These are
+standard Stratus products.
=item 2
get the file /pub/vos/posix/alpha/posix.save.evf.gz in
binary file-transfer mode. Or use the Uniform Resource
Locator (URL)
-ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/alpha/posix.save.evf.gz from
+ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/posix.save.evf.gz from
your web browser. Instructions for unbundling this file
-are at ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/utility.html.
+are at ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/utility.html
This is not a standard Stratus product.
-The generally-available version of POSIX.1 support is
-bundled with the VOS Standard C compiler and Runtime (or
-Cross-Compiler) in VOS Release 14.3.0 or higher. This is a
-standard Stratus product.
+In VOS Release 14.3.0, the generally-available version of
+POSIX.1 support is bundled with the VOS Standard C compiler
+(or Standard C Cross-Compiler). In VOS Release 14.4.0 or
+higher, it is also bundled with the VOS C Runtime. These
+are standard Stratus products.
=item 4
release-compatibility rules, this port of perl may not
execute on VOS Release 12 or earlier.
+=item 5
+
+If you are using the generally-available version of VOS POSIX
+support, then you should also acquire the VOS GNU C/C++ Compiler
+and GNU Tools product. When perl is built with this version of
+POSIX support, it assumes that it can find "bash", "sed" and
+other POSIX-compatible commands in the directory
+/system/gnu_library/bin.
+
=back
-To build perl 5, change to the "vos" subdirectory and type the
-command "compile_perl -processor X", where X is the processor
-type (mc68020, i80860, pa7100, pa8000) that you wish to use.
-Note that the generally-available version of POSIX.1 support is
-not available for the mc68020 or i80860 processors.
+To build perl using the supplied VOS command macros, change to
+the "vos" subdirectory and type the command "compile_perl
+-processor X", where X is the processor type (mc68020, i80860,
+pa7100, pa8000) that you wish to use. Note that the
+generally-available version of POSIX.1 support is not available
+for the mc68020 or i80860 processors.
+
+Use the "-version alpha" control argument to build perl with
+the alpha version of POSIX support, and use the "-version
+ga" control argument to build it with the
+generally-available version of POSIX. The default is "ga".
+
+Use the "-compiler cc" control argument to build perl with
+the VOS Standard C compiler. Use the "-compiler gcc"
+control argument to build it with the GNU GCC compiler. The
+default is "cc".
You must have purchased the VOS Standard C Cross Compiler in
order to compile perl for a processor type that is different
that code compiled for the pa8000 processor type can execute on
the PA8000, PA8500 and PA8600 processors.
-=head2 Installing Perl 5 on VOS
+To build perl using the supplied Configure script and makefiles,
+execute the following commands.
-=over 4
+ !add_library_path command >system>gnu_library>bin -after '(current_dir)'
+ !bash
+ gzip -d perl-5.8.0.tar.gz
+ tar -xvf perl-5.8.0.tar
+ cd perl-5.8.0
+ Configure -d
+ gmake
-=item 1
+If you wish to run the test cases, type:
-Create the directory >system>ported>command_library.
+ gmake test
-=item 2
+=head2 Installing Perl 5 on VOS
-Copy the appropriate version of the perl program module to
-this directory. For example, with your current directory
-set to the top-level directory of Perl 5, to install the
-executable program module for the Motorola 68K
-architecture, enter:
+=over 4
- !copy_file vos>obj>perl.pm >system>ported>command_library>*
+=item 1
-(If you wish to use both Perl version 4 and Perl version 5,
-you must give them different names; for example, perl.pm
-and perl5.pm).
+If you have built perl using the Configure script, ensure that
+you have modify permission to C<< >system>ported >> and type
-=item 3
+ gmake install
-Create the directory >system>ported>perl>lib.
+=item 2
-=item 4
+If you have built perl using any of the other methods, type
-Copy all of the files and subdirectories from the lib
-subdirectory into this new directory. For example, with
-the current directory set to the top-level directory of the
-perl distribution, enter:
+ install_perl -processor PROCESSOR -name NAME
- !copy_dir lib >system>ported>perl>lib>5.7
+where PROCESSOR is mc68020, i80860, pa7100, or pa8000, as
+appropriate, and NAME is perl or perl5, according to which name
+you wish to use.
-=item 5
+This command macro will install perl and all of its related
+files in the proper directories.
+
+=item 3
While there are currently no architecture-specific
extensions or modules distributed with perl, the following
directories can be used to hold such files:
- >system>ported>perl>lib>5.7.68k
- >system>ported>perl>lib>5.7.860
- >system>ported>perl>lib>5.7.7100
- >system>ported>perl>lib>5.7.8000
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>5.8.0>68k
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>5.8.0>860
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>5.8.0>7100
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>5.8.0>8000
-=item 6
+=item 4
Site-specific perl extensions and modules can be installed in one of
two places. Put architecture-independent files into:
- >system>ported>perl>lib>site>5.7
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>site_perl>5.8.0
-Put architecture-dependent files into one of the following
-directories:
+Put site-specific architecture-dependent files into one of the
+following directories:
- >system>ported>perl>lib>site>5.7.68k
- >system>ported>perl>lib>site>5.7.860
- >system>ported>perl>lib>site>5.7.7100
- >system>ported>perl>lib>site>5.7.8000
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>site_perl>5.8.0>68k
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>site_perl>5.8.0>860
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>site_perl>5.8.0>7100
+ >system>ported>lib>perl5>site_perl>5.8.0>8000
-=item 7
+=item 5
You can examine the @INC variable from within a perl program
to see the order in which Perl searches these directories.
=head1 USING PERL IN VOS
-=head2 Unimplemented Features
+=head2 Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
If perl is built with the alpha version of VOS POSIX.1 support
and if it attempts to call an unimplemented VOS POSIX.1
functions are unimplemented and what the error message looks
like, compile and execute "test_vos_dummies.c".
-=head2 Restrictions
+=head2 Restrictions of Perl on VOS
This port of Perl version 5 to VOS prefers Unix-style,
slash-separated pathnames over VOS-style greater-than-separated
excellent books available on the Perl language; consult a book
seller.
+If you want a supported version of perl for VOS, purchase the VOS
+GNU C++ and GNU Tools Release 2.0.1 product from Stratus
+Technologies, along with a support contract (or from anyone else
+who will sell you support).
+
=head1 AUTHOR
-Paul Green (Paul_Green@stratus.com)
+Paul Green (Paul.Green@stratus.com)
=head1 LAST UPDATE
-October 24, 2000
+February 15, 2001
=cut
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