=head1 NAME
-README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+perlaix - Perl version 5 on IBM AIX (UNIX) systems
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes various features of IBM's Unix operating
-system (AIX) that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl)
+This document describes various features of IBM's UNIX operating
+system AIX that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl)
is compiled and/or runs.
=head2 Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
-For information on compilers on older versions of AIX, see L<Compiling
+For information on compilers on older versions of AIX, see L<Compiling
Perl 5 on older AIX versions up to 4.3.3>.
When compiling Perl, you must use an ANSI C compiler. AIX does not ship
-an ANSI compliant C-compiler with AIX by default, but binary builds of
-gcc for AIX are widely available.
+an ANSI compliant C compiler with AIX by default, but binary builds of
+gcc for AIX are widely available. A version of gcc is also included in
+the AIX Toolbox which is shipped with AIX.
=head2 Supported Compilers
This will not build a threaded Perl, but a thread-enabled Perl. See
also L<Threaded Perl> later on.
-As of writing (2009-08) only the IBM XL C for AIX or XL C/C++ for AIX
-compiler is supported by IBM on AIX 5L/6.1.
+As of writing (2010-09) only the I<IBM XL C for AIX> or I<IBM XL C/C++
+for AIX> compiler is supported by IBM on AIX 5L/6.1/7.1.
-The following compiler versions are supported by IBM:
+The following compiler versions are currently supported by IBM:
-XL C and XL C/C++ V7, V8, V9, V10
+ IBM XL C and IBM XL C/C++ V8, V9, V10, V11
-The XL C for AIX is integrated in the XL C/C++ for AIX compiler.
+The XL C for AIX is integrated in the XL C/C++ for AIX compiler and
+therefore also supported.
If you choose XL C/C++ V9 you need APAR IZ35785 installed
otherwise the integrated SDBM_File do not compile correctly due
The PTF for APAR IZ35785 which solves this problem is available
from IBM (April 2009 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0).
+If you choose XL C/C++ V11 you need the April 2010 PTF (or newer)
+installed otherwise you will not get a working Perl version.
+
Perl can be compiled with either IBM's ANSI C compiler or with gcc.
The former is recommended, as not only it can compile Perl with no
difficulty, but also can take advantage of features listed later
/opt/freeware/include/gdbm/dbm.h|ndbm.h which conflict with the AIX
system versions. The lib gdbm will be automatically removed from the
wanted libraries if the presence of one of these two header files is
-detected. If you want to bild Perl with GDBM support then please install
-at leas gdbm-devel-1.8.3-5 (or higher).
-
-=head2 Perl 5.10 was successfully compiled and tested on:
-
- AIX Level | Compiler Level | w th | w/o th
- --------------------------+-------------------------+------+-------
- 5.1 TL9 32 bit | XL C/C++ V7 | OK | OK
- 5.1 TL9 32 bit | gcc 3.2.2 | OK | OK
- 5.1 TL9 64 bit | XL C/C++ V7 | OK | OK
- 5.2 TL10 32 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
- 5.2 TL8 64 bit | VA C/C++ V6 | OK | OK
- 5.2 TL10 64 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
- 5.3 TL7 32 bit | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785 | OK | OK
- 5.3 TL7 32 bit | gcc 4.2.4 | OK | OK
- 5.3 TL7 64 bit | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785 | OK | OK
- 6.1 TL1 32 bit | XL C/C++ V10 | OK | OK
- 6.1 TL1 64 bit + IZ39077 | XL C/C++ V10 | OK | OK
-
- w th = with thread
- w/o th = without thread
+detected. If you want to build Perl with GDBM support then please install
+at least gdbm-devel-1.8.3-5 (or higher).
+
+=head2 Perl 5 was successfully compiled and tested on:
+
+ Perl | AIX Level | Compiler Level | w th | w/o th
+ -------+---------------------+-------------------------+------+-------
+ 5.12.2 |5.1 TL9 32 bit | XL C/C++ V7 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.1 TL9 64 bit | XL C/C++ V7 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit | gcc 3.2.2 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.2 TL10 SP8 64 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit | gcc 4.2.4 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.3 TL8 SP8 64 bit | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.3 TL10 SP3 32 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + Apr 2010 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |5.3 TL10 SP3 64 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + Apr 2010 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |6.1 TL1 SP7 32 bit | XL C/C++ V10 | OK | OK
+ 5.12.2 |6.1 TL1 SP7 64 bit | XL C/C++ V10 | OK | OK
+ 5.13 |7.1 TL0 SP1 32 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + Jul 2010 | OK | OK
+ 5.13 |7.1 TL0 SP1 64 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + Jul 2010 | OK | OK
+
+ w th = with thread support
+ w/o th = without thread support
OK = tested
-Successfully tested means that all "make test" runs finish with an
+Successfully tested means that all "make test" runs finish with a
result of 100% OK. All tests were conducted with -Duseshrplib set.
+All tests were conducted on the oldest supported AIX technology level
+with the latest support package applied. If the tested AIX version is
+out of support (AIX 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2) then the last available support
+level was used.
+
=head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
-Starting from Perl 5.7.2 (and consequently 5.8.x / 5.10.x) and AIX 4.3
-or newer Perl uses the AIX native dynamic loading interface in the so
-called runtime linking mode instead of the emulated interface that was
-used in Perl releases 5.6.1 and earlier or, for AIX releases 4.2 and
-earlier. This change does break backward compatibility with compiled
-modules from earlier Perl releases. The change was made to make Perl
-more compliant with other applications like Apache/mod_perl which are
-using the AIX native interface. This change also enables the use of
-C++ code with static constructors and destructors in Perl extensions,
+Starting from Perl 5.7.2 (and consequently 5.8.x / 5.10.x / 5.12.x)
+and AIX 4.3 or newer Perl uses the AIX native dynamic loading interface
+in the so called runtime linking mode instead of the emulated interface
+that was used in Perl releases 5.6.1 and earlier or, for AIX releases
+4.2 and earlier. This change does break backward compatibility with
+compiled modules from earlier Perl releases. The change was made to make
+Perl more compliant with other applications like Apache/mod_perl which are
+using the AIX native interface. This change also enables the use of
+C++ code with static constructors and destructors in Perl extensions,
which was not possible using the emulated interface.
It is highly recommended to use the new interface.
=head2 Threaded Perl
-Should yield no problems with AIX 5.1 / 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1.
+Should yield no problems with AIX 5.1 / 5.2 / 5.3 / 6.1 / 7.1.
IBM uses the AIX system Perl (V5.6.0 on AIX 5.1 and V5.8.2 on
-AIX 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1) for some AIX
-system scripts. If you switch the links in /usr/bin from the
-AIX system Perl (/usr/opt/perl5) to the newly build Perl then you
-get the same features as with the IBM AIX system Perl if the
-threaded options are used.
+AIX 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1; V5.8.8 on AIX 5.3 TL11 and AIX 6.1 TL4; V5.10.1
+on AIX 7.1) for some AIX system scripts. If you switch the links in
+/usr/bin from the AIX system Perl (/usr/opt/perl5) to the newly build
+Perl then you get the same features as with the IBM AIX system Perl if
+the threaded options are used.
The threaded Perl build works also on AIX 5.1 but the IBM Perl
build (Perl v5.6.0) is not threaded on AIX 5.1.
+Perl 5.12 an newer is not compatible with the IBM fileset perl.libext.
+
=head2 64-bit Perl
If your AIX system is installed with 64-bit support, you can expect 64-bit
configurations to work. If you want to use 64-bit Perl on AIX 6.1
-you need a APAR for a libc.a bug which affects (n)dbm_XXX functions.
+you need an APAR for a libc.a bug which affects (n)dbm_XXX functions.
The APAR number for this problem is IZ39077.
If you need more memory (larger data segment) for your Perl programs you
data = -1 (default is 262144 * 512 byte)
With the default setting the size is limited to 128MB.
-The -1 removes this limit. If the "make test" fails please change
+The -1 removes this limit. If the "make test" fails please change
your /etc/security/limits as stated above.
-=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (threaded/32-bit)
+=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (threaded/32-bit)
With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which
passes all make tests in threaded 32-bit mode, which is the default
The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.
-=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (32-bit)
+=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (32-bit)
With the following options you get a Perl version which passes
all make tests in 32-bit mode.
The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.
-=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (threaded/64-bit)
+=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (threaded/64-bit)
With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which
passes all make tests in 64-bit mode.
-Duse64bitall \
-Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_64
-=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 and 6.1(64-bit)
+=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1 and 7.1 (64-bit)
-With the following options you get a Perl version which passes all
+With the following options you get a Perl version which passes all
make tests in 64-bit mode.
export OBJECT_MODE=64 / setenv OBJECT_MODE 64 (depending on your shell)
-Duse64bitall \
-Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_64
-The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
+The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.
-If you choose gcc to compile 64-bit Perl then you need to add the
+If you choose gcc to compile 64-bit Perl then you need to add the
following option:
-Dcc='gcc -maix64'
+=head2 Compiling Perl 5 on AIX 7.1.0
+
+A regression in AIX 7 causes a failure in make test in Time::Piece during
+daylight savings time. APAR IV16514 provides the fix for this. A quick
+test to see if it's required, assuming it is currently daylight savings
+in Eastern Time, would be to run C< TZ=EST5 date +%Z >. This will come
+back with C<EST> normally, but nothing if you have the problem.
+
+
=head2 Compiling Perl 5 on older AIX versions up to 4.3.3
-Due to the fact that AIX 4.3.3 reached end-of-service in December 31,
-2003 this information is provided as is. The Perl versions prior to
-Perl 5.8.9 could be compiled on AIX up to 4.3.3 with the following
+Due to the fact that AIX 4.3.3 reached end-of-service in December 31,
+2003 this information is provided as is. The Perl versions prior to
+Perl 5.8.9 could be compiled on AIX up to 4.3.3 with the following
settings (your mileage may vary):
When compiling Perl, you must use an ANSI C compiler. AIX does not ship
bos.adt.syscalls 5.1.0.36 COMMITTED System Calls Application
#
-=head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+=head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX E<lt> 5L
AIX supports dynamically loadable objects as well as shared libraries.
Shared libraries by convention end with the suffix .a, which is a bit
http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/
-=head2 Using Large Files with Perl
+=head2 Using Large Files with Perl E<lt> 5L
Should yield no problems.
-=head2 Threaded Perl
+=head2 Threaded Perl E<lt> 5L
Threads seem to work OK, though at the moment not all tests pass when
threads are used in combination with 64-bit configurations.
You may get a warning when doing a threaded build:
- "pp_sys.c", line 4640.39: 1506-280 (W) Function argument assignment between types "unsigned char*" and "const void*" is not allowed.
+ "pp_sys.c", line 4640.39: 1506-280 (W) Function argument assignment
+ between types "unsigned char*" and "const void*" is not allowed.
The exact line number may vary, but if the warning (W) comes from a line
line this
different prototype than its non-reentrant variant, but the difference
is not really significant here.
-=head2 64-bit Perl
+=head2 64-bit Perl E<lt> 5L
If your AIX is installed with 64-bit support, you can expect 64-bit
configurations to work. In combination with threads some tests might
=head1 AUTHORS
-H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net>
-=head1 DATE
-
-Version 0.0.11: 18 Jan 2010
-
=cut
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