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diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux
index f990964..c21e20a 100644 (file)
--- a/README.hpux
+++ b/README.hpux
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The most recent upgrade to the PA-RISC design, it added support for
 64-bit integer data.
 
 As of the date of this document's last update, the following systems
-contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips (this is very likely to be out of date):
+contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips:
 
     700, 780, 781, 782, 783, 785, 802, 804, 810, 820, 861, 871, 879, 889,
     893, 895, 896, 898, 899, A400, A500, B1000, B2000, C130, C140, C160,
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips (this is very likely to be out of date):
     D280, D370, D380, D390, D650, J220, J2240, J280, J282, J400, J410,
     J5000, J5500XM, J5600, J7000, J7600, K250, K260, K260-EG, K270, K360,
     K370, K380, K450, K460, K460-EG, K460-XP, K470, K570, K580, L1000,
-    L2000, L3000, N4000, R380, R390, RP5400, RP5430, RP5450, RP5470,
-    RP7400, RP8400, SD16000, SD32000, SD64000, T540, T600, V2000, V2200,
-    V2250, V2500, V2600
+    L2000, L3000, N4000, R380, R390, RP2400, RP2430, RP2450, RP2470,
+    RP5400, RP5430, RP5450, RP5470, RP7400, RP7410, RP8400, SD16000,
+    SD32000, SD64000, T540, T600, V2000, V2200, V2250, V2500, V2600
 
 =head2 Itanium
 
@@ -201,10 +201,13 @@ library that is already linked into perl.
 
 Some extensions, like DB_File and Compress::Zlib use/require prebuilt
 libraries for the perl extensions/modules to work. If these libraries
-are built using the default configuration, it might happen that you run
-into an error like "invalid loader fixup" during load phase. HP is aware
-of this problem and address it at
-  http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechDocumentDetailPage_IDX/1,,392!0!,00.html
+are built using the default configuration, it might happen that you
+run into an error like "invalid loader fixup" during load phase.
+HP is aware of this problem.  Search the HP-UX cxx-dev forums for
+discussions about the subject.  The short answer is that B<everything>
+(all libraries, everything) must be compiled with C<+z> or C<+Z> to be
+PIC (position independent code).  In HP-UX 11.00 or newer the linker
+error message should tell the name of the offending object file.
 
 A more general approach is to intervene manually, as with an example for
 the DB_File module, which requires SleepyCat's libdb.sl:
@@ -306,6 +309,31 @@ April 1999 (B3920-13941)" or the Freely available PTH package, available
 though worldwide HP-UX mirrors of precompiled packages
 (e.g. http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/)
 
+If you are going to use the HP DCE package, the library used for threading
+is /usr/lib/libcma.sl, but there have been multiple updates of that
+library over time. Perl will build with the first version, but it
+will not pass the test suite. Older Oracle versions might be a compelling
+reason not to update that library, otherwise please find a newer version
+in one of the following patches: PHSS_19739, PHSS_20608, or PHSS_23672
+
+reformatted output:
+
+  d3:/usr/lib 106 > what libcma-*.1
+  libcma-00000.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5               Module: libcma.sl (Export)
+                                   Date: Apr 29 1996 22:11:24
+  libcma-19739.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5 PHSS_19739-40 Module: libcma.sl (Export)
+                                   Date: Sep  4 1999 01:59:07
+  libcma-20608.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5 PHSS_20608    Module: libcma.1 (Export)
+                                   Date: Dec  8 1999 18:41:23
+  libcma-23672.1:
+     HP DCE/9000 1.5 PHSS_23672    Module: libcma.1 (Export)
+                                   Date: Apr  9 2001 10:01:06
+  d3:/usr/lib 107 >
+
+
 =head2 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
 
 Beginning with HP-UX 11.00, programs compiled under HP-UX can take
@@ -416,11 +444,12 @@ the same bug affects also Solaris.
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@corp.hp.com>
+H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl>
 
 With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella.
 
 =head1 DATE
 
-Version 0.6.4: 2001-10-09
+Version 0.6.5: 2002-02-27
 
 =cut