=head1 DESCRIPTION
-As of perl5.8.0 all tests pass under:
+As of perl5.7.2 all tests pass under:
QNX 4.24G
Watcom 10.6 with Beta/970211.wcc.update.tar.F
socket3r.lib Nov21 1996.
-Some tests may complain under known circumstances. See
-below and hints/qnx.sh for more information.
+As of perl5.8.1 there is at least one test still failing.
-[ Perl 5.6.0 is shipping with QNX RTP (aka QNX6, Neutrino), but
-the build does not appear to be straightforward. If anyone has
-more data in this regard, please let me know.
+Some tests may complain under known circumstances.
-These notes were originally written for QNX4 and do not
-necessarily apply to Neutrino, but see hints/qnx.sh for
-more information. ]
+See below and hints/qnx.sh for more information.
-=head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX
+Under QNX 6.2.0 there are still a few tests which fail.
+See below and hints/qnx.sh for more information.
+
+=head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
As with many unix ports, this one depends on a few "standard"
-unix utilities which are not necessarily standard for QNX.
+unix utilities which are not necessarily standard for QNX4.
=over 4
=item /bin/sh
This is used heavily by Configure and then by
-perl itself. QNX's version is fine, but Configure
+perl itself. QNX4's version is fine, but Configure
will choke on the 16-bit version, so if you are
running QNX 4.22, link /bin/sh to /bin32/ksh
=back
-=head2 Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX
+=head2 Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
There is no support for dynamically linked libraries in QNX4.
-The following tests may report errors:
+If you wish to compile with the Socket extension, you need
+to have the TCP/IP toolkit, and you need to make sure that
+-lsocket locates the correct copy of socket3r.lib. Beware
+that the Watcom compiler ships with a stub version of
+socket3r.lib which has very little functionality. Also
+beware the order in which wlink searches directories for
+libraries. You may have /usr/lib/socket3r.lib pointing to
+the correct library, but wlink may pick up
+/usr/watcom/10.6/usr/lib/socket3r.lib instead. Make sure
+they both point to the correct library, that is,
+/usr/tcptk/current/usr/lib/socket3r.lib.
+
+The following tests may report errors under QNX4:
ext/Cwd/Cwd.t will complain if `pwd` and cwd don't give
the same results. cwd calls `fullpath -t`, so if you
PATH. The PATH test is triggered because cwd calls
`fullpath -t`.
-ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t: Subtest 14 is skipped due to
+ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t: Subtests 14 and 22 are skipped due to
the fact that the functionality to read back the non-blocking
-status of a socket is not implemented in QNX's TCP/IP. This
-has been reported to QNX and it may work with later versions
-of TCP/IP.
+status of a socket is not implemented in QNX's TCP/IP. This has
+been reported to QNX and it may work with later versions of
+TCP/IP.
+
+t/io/tell.t: Subtest 27 is failing. We are still investigating.
=head2 QNX auxiliary files
utility. Under Watcom 10.6, ar is linked to wlib and provides the
expected interface. With Watcom 9.5, a cover function is
required. This one is fairly crude but has proved adequate for
-compiling perl. A more thorough version is available at:
-
- http://www.fdma.com/pub/qnx/porting/ar
+compiling perl.
=item qnx/cpp
=back
+=head2 Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+
+The following tests are still failing for Perl 5.8.1 under QNX 6.2.0:
+
+ op/sprintf.........................FAILED at test 91
+ lib/Benchmark......................FAILED at test 26
+
+This is due to a bug in the C library's printf routine.
+printf("'%e'", 0. ) produces '0.000000e+0', but ANSI requires
+'0.000000e+00'. QNX has acknowledged the bug.
+
=head1 AUTHOR
Norton T. Allen (allen@huarp.harvard.edu)
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff