=head1 NAME
-README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+README.aix - Perl version 5.13.4 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 (2009-07) 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 (2010-05) 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.
-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
-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
-to an optimization bug. You can circumvent this problem by
-adding -qipa to the optimization flags (-Doptimize='-O -qipa').
-The PTF for APAR IZ35785 which solves this problem is available
+If you choose XL C/C++ V9 you need APAR IZ35785 installed
+otherwise the integrated SDBM_File do not compile correctly due
+to an optimization bug. You can circumvent this problem by
+adding -qipa to the optimization flags (-Doptimize='-O -qipa').
+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).
-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
+If you choose XL C/C++ V11 you need the April 2010 PTF 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
that require the use of IBM compiler-specific command-line flags.
-If you decide to use gcc, make sure your installation is recent and
-complete, and be sure to read the Perl INSTALL file for more gcc-specific
-details. Please report any hoops you had to jump through to the
+If you decide to use gcc, make sure your installation is recent and
+complete, and be sure to read the Perl INSTALL file for more gcc-specific
+details. Please report any hoops you had to jump through to the
development team.
=head2 Incompatibility with AIX Toolbox lib gdbm
-If the AIX Toolbox version of lib gdbm 1.8.x ist installed on the
-system then Perl will not work. This library contains a defect version
-of the dbm_store() function.
-
-=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
- nyt = not yet tested
+If the AIX Toolbox version of lib gdbm < 1.8.3-5 is installed on your
+system then Perl will not work. This library contains the header files
+/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 build Perl with GDBM support then please install
+at least gdbm-devel-1.8.3-5 (or higher).
+
+=head2 Perl 5.12 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 64 bit | XL C/C++ V7 | OK | OK
+ 5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
+ 5.2 TL10 SP8 32 bit | gcc 3.2.2 | OK | OK
+ 5.2 TL10 SP8 64 bit | XL C/C++ V8 | OK | OK
+ 5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785 | OK | OK
+ 5.3 TL8 SP8 32 bit | gcc 4.2.4 | OK | OK
+ 5.3 TL8 SP8 64 bit | XL C/C++ V9 + IZ35785 | OK | OK
+ 5.3 TL10 SP3 32 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + April 2010 | OK | OK
+ 5.3 TL10 SP3 64 bit | XL C/C++ V11 + April 2010 | OK | OK
+ 6.1 TL1 SP7 32 bit | XL C/C++ V10 | OK | OK
+ 6.1 TL1 SP7 64 bit | XL C/C++ V10 | OK | OK
+
+ w th = with thread support
+ w/o th = without thread support
OK = tested
-Successfully tested means that all make test runs with an result of 100% OK.
-All tests were conducted with -Duseshrplib set.
+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.
Should yield no problems with AIX 5.1 / 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1.
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 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1; V5.8.8 on AIX 5.3 TL11 and AIX 6.1 TL4) 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.
+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 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.
+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 and 6.1(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 use the
-following options:
+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 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
H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net>
-=head1 DATE
-
-Version 0.0.9: 08 Jul 2009
-
=cut
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