+If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
+It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
+designed to be readable as is.
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+These are a few notes describing features peculiar to
+Plan 9 Perl. As such, it is not intended to be a replacement
+for the rest of the Perl 5 documentation (which is both
+copious and excellent). If you have any questions to
+which you can't find answers in these man pages, contact
+Luther Huffman at lutherh@stratcom.com and we'll try to
+answer them.
+
+=head2 Invoking Perl
+
+Perl is invoked from the command line as described in
+L<perl>. Most perl scripts, however, do have a first line
+such as "#!/usr/local/bin/perl". This is known as a shebang
+(shell-bang) statement and tells the OS shell where to find
+the perl interpreter. In Plan 9 Perl this statement should be
+"#!/bin/perl" if you wish to be able to directly invoke the
+script by its name.
+ Alternatively, you may invoke perl with the command "Perl"
+instead of "perl". This will produce Acme-friendly error
+messages of the form "filename:18".
+
+Some scripts, usually identified with a *.PL extension, are
+self-configuring and are able to correctly create their own
+shebang path from config information located in Plan 9
+Perl. These you won't need to be worried about.
+
+=head2 What's in Plan 9 Perl
+
+Although Plan 9 Perl currently only provides static
+loading, it is built with a number of useful extensions.
+These include Opcode, FileHandle, Fcntl, and POSIX. Expect
+to see others (and DynaLoading!) in the future.
+
+=head2 What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+
+As mentioned previously, dynamic loading isn't currently
+available nor is MakeMaker. Both are high-priority items.
+
+=head2 Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+
+Some, such as C<chown> and C<umask> aren't provided
+because the concept does not exist within Plan 9. Others,
+such as some of the socket-related functions, simply
+haven't been written yet. Many in the latter category
+may be supported in the future.
+
+The functions not currently implemented include:
+
+ chown, chroot, dbmclose, dbmopen, getsockopt,
+ setsockopt, recvmsg, sendmsg, getnetbyname,
+ getnetbyaddr, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent,
+ sethostent, setnetent, setprotoent, setservent,
+ endservent, endnetent, endprotoent, umask
+
+There may be several other functions that have undefined
+behavior so this list shouldn't be considered complete.
+
+=head2 Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+
+For compatibility with perl scripts written for the Unix
+environment, Plan 9 Perl uses the POSIX signal emulation
+provided in Plan 9's ANSI POSIX Environment (APE). Signal stacking
+isn't supported. The signals provided are:
+
+ SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGILL, SIGABRT,
+ SIGFPE, SIGKILL, SIGSEGV, SIGPIPE, SIGPIPE, SIGALRM,
+ SIGTERM, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2, SIGCHLD, SIGCONT,
+ SIGSTOP, SIGTSTP, SIGTTIN, SIGTTOU
+
+=head1 COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+
WELCOME to Plan 9 Perl, brave soul!
- This is a preliminary alpha version of Plan 9 Perl. Still to be implemented are MakeMaker and DynaLoader. Many perl commands are missing or currently behave in an inscrutable manner. These gaps will, with perserverance and a modicum of luck, be remedied in the near future.To install this software:
- 1. Create the source directories and libraries for perl by running the plan9/setup.rc command (i.e., located in the plan9 subdirectory). Note: the setup routine assumes that you haven't dearchived these files into /sys/src/cmd/perl. After running setup.rc you may delete the copy of the source you originally detarred, as source code has now been installed in /sys/src/cmd/perl. If you plan on installing perl binaries for all architectures, run "setup.rc -a".
-After
- 2. Making sure that you have adequate privileges to build system software, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 run:
-mk install
- If you wish to install perl versions for all architectures (68020, mips, sparc and 386) run:
-mk installall
+ This is a preliminary alpha version of Plan 9 Perl. Still to be
+implemented are MakeMaker and DynaLoader. Many perl commands are
+missing or currently behave in an inscrutable manner. These gaps will,
+with perseverance and a modicum of luck, be remedied in the near
+future.To install this software:
+
+1. Create the source directories and libraries for perl by running the
+plan9/setup.rc command (i.e., located in the plan9 subdirectory).
+Note: the setup routine assumes that you haven't dearchived these
+files into /sys/src/cmd/perl. After running setup.rc you may delete
+the copy of the source you originally detarred, as source code has now
+been installed in /sys/src/cmd/perl. If you plan on installing perl
+binaries for all architectures, run "setup.rc -a".
+
+2. After making sure that you have adequate privileges to build system
+software, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 (adjust version
+appropriately) run:
+
+ mk install
+
+If you wish to install perl versions for all architectures (68020,
+mips, sparc and 386) run:
+
+ mk installall
+
+3. Wait. The build process will take a *long* time because perl
+bootstraps itself. A 75MHz Pentium, 16MB RAM machine takes roughly 30
+minutes to build the distribution from scratch.
- 3. Wait. The build process will take a *long* time because perl bootstraps itself. A 75MHz Pentium, 16MB RAM machine takes roughly 30 minutes to build the distribution from scratch.
+=head2 Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
+
+This perl distribution comes with a tremendous amount of
+documentation. To add these to the built-in manuals that come with
+Plan 9, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 (adjust version appropriately)
+run:
+
+ mk man
-INSTALLING DOCUMENTATION
-This perl distribution comes with a tremendous amount of documentation. To add these to the built-in manuals that come with Plan 9, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 run:
-mk man
To begin your reading, start with:
-man perl
-This is a good introduction and will direct you towards other man pages that may interest you. For information specific to Plan 9 Perl, try:
-man perlplan9
+
+ man perl
+
+This is a good introduction and will direct you towards other man
+pages that may interest you.
(Note: "mk man" may produce some extraneous noise. Fear not.)
-Direct questions, comments, and the unlikely bug report (ahem) direct comments toward:
-lutherh@stratcom.com
+=head1 BUGS
+
+"As many as there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the
+world . . ." - Carl Sagan
+
+=head1 Revision date
+
+This document was revised 09-October-1996 for Perl 5.003_7.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Direct questions, comments, and the unlikely bug report (ahem) direct
+comments toward:
-Luther Huffman
+Luther Huffman, lutherh@stratcom.com,
Strategic Computer Solutions, Inc.
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