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@@ -8,25 +8,29 @@ README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-As of perl5.004_04, all tests pass under:
+As of perl5.7.2 all tests pass under:
 
-  QNX 4.23A
+  QNX 4.24G
   Watcom 10.6 with Beta/970211.wcc.update.tar.F
   socket3r.lib Nov21 1996.
 
-Update June 2001: Perl 5.6.1 most probably also works just fine in QNX.
+Some tests may complain under known circumstances. See
+below and hints/qnx.sh for more information.
 
-=head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX
+Under QNX 6.1.0 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
 
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ a cover function on the fly in the UU directory.
 Configure and perl need a way to invoke a C
 preprocessor. I have created a simple cover
 for cc which does the right thing. Without this,
-Configure will create it's own wrapper which works,
+Configure will create its own wrapper which works,
 but it doesn't handle some of the command line arguments
 that perl will throw at it.
 
@@ -61,9 +65,26 @@ from quics for earlier versions.
 
 =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 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
+cd `fullpath -t` before running the test, it will
+pass.
+
+lib/File/Find/taint.t will complain if '.' is in your
+PATH. The PATH test is triggered because cwd calls
+`fullpath -t`.
 
-There is currently no support for dynamically linked libraries.
+ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t: Subtest 14 is 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.
 
 =head2 QNX auxiliary files
 
@@ -77,9 +98,7 @@ A script that emulates the standard unix archive (aka library)
 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
 
@@ -90,6 +109,15 @@ options that perl throws at it. This might be reasonably placed in
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+
+The following tests are still failing for Perl 5.7.1 under QNX 6.1.0:
+
+  op/sprintf.........................FAILED at test 91
+  lib/1_compile......................FAILED at test 33
+  ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock............FAILED at test 12
+  ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_udp.............FAILED at test 4
+
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Norton T. Allen (allen@huarp.harvard.edu)