A recent version of perl for the Amiga can be found at the Geek Gadgets
section of the Aminet:
-
+
http://www.aminet.net/~aminet/dirs/dev_gg.html
=cut
- GNU info files
- LaTeX docs
BUILD
- - Prerequisites
+ - Build Prerequisites
- Getting the perl source
- Application of the patches
- Making
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-=head2 Prerequisites
+=head2 Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
=over 6
=over 6
-=item fork()
+=item *
-=item some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
+fork()
-=item inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file
+=item *
-=item umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is
- finally close()d
+some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
+
+=item *
+
+inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file
+
+=item *
+
+umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is
+finally close()d
=back
=head1 Accessing documentation
-=head2 Manpages
+=head2 Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
If you have C<man> installed on your system, and you installed perl
manpages, use something like this:
above - to avoid shadowing by the I<less(1) manpage>.
-=head2 B<HTML>
+=head2 Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
If you have some WWW browser available, you can build B<HTML> docs.
Cd to directory with F<.pod> files, and do like this
Alternatively you may be able to get these docs prebuilt from C<CPAN>.
-=head2 B<GNU> C<info> files
+=head2 Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
Users of C<Emacs> would appreciate it very much, especially with
C<CPerl> mode loaded. You need to get latest C<pod2info> from C<CPAN>,
or, alternately, prebuilt info pages.
-=head2 C<LaTeX> docs
+=head2 Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
-
can be constructed using C<pod2latex>.
+
Can be constructed using C<pod2latex>.
-=head1 BUILD
+=head1 BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
Here we discuss how to build Perl under AmigaOS.
-=head2 Prerequisites
+=head2 Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
You need to have the latest B<ixemul> (Unix emulation for Amiga)
from Aminet.
-=head2 Getting the perl source
+=head2 Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
You can either get the latest perl-for-amiga source from Ninemoons
and extract it with:
is normal and expected. (There is a conflict with a similarly-named file
F<configure>, but it causes no harm.)
-=head2 Making
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
+=head2 Making Perl on AmigaOS
-remember to use a healthy sized stack (I used 2000000)
+Remember to use a hefty wad of stack (I use 2000000)
-=item *
+ sh configure.gnu --prefix=/gg
-your PATH environment variable must include /bin (e.g. ".:/bin" is good)
-(or, more precisely, it must include the directory where you have your
-basic UNIX utilities like test, cat, sed, and so on)
+Now type
-=item *
-
- sh Configure -Dprefix=/ade -Dloclibpth=/ade/lib
-
-=item *
-
-now type make depend
-
- when the make depend has ended load the gnumakefile into a editor and
- go to the end of the file
- move upwards in the file until you reach av.o: EXTERN.h
- and delete all lines down to # WARNING: Put....
-
-=item *
-
-now go to the x2p directory
-
- load the gnumakefile
- go to the end moveup until you reach hash.o: EXTERN.h
- and delete all lines dowonwards until you reach
- # WARNING: Put nothing....
-
-=item *
+ make depend
Now!
make
-=back
-
-=head2 Testing
+=head2 Testing Perl on AmigaOS
Now run
F<io/pipe.t>, F<op/fork.t>, F<lib/filehand.t>, F<lib/open2.t>, F<lib/open3.t>,
F<lib/io_pipe.t>, F<lib/io_sock.t>
-=head2 Installing the built perl
+=head2 Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
Run
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff