of these two (which is quite a lot easier than using gcc), be sure to
upgrade to the latest available patch level. Currently:
- xlC.C 3.1.4.10 or 3.6.6.0 or 5.0.2.6
- vac.C 4.4.0.3 or 5.0.2.4
+ xlC.C 3.1.4.10 or 3.6.6.0 or 4.0.2.2 or 5.0.2.9 or 6.0.0.3
+ vac.C 4.4.0.3 or 5.0.2.6 or 6.0.0.1
+
+note that xlC has the OS version in the name as of version 4.0.2.0, so
+you will find xlC.C for AIX-5.0 as package
+
+ xlC.aix50.rte 5.0.2.0 or 6.0.0.3
+
+subversions are not the same `latest' on all OS versions. For example,
+the latest xlC-5 on aix41 is 5.0.2.9, while on aix43, it is 5.0.2.7.
Perl can be compiled with either IBM's ANSI C compiler or with gcc.
The former is recommended, as not only can it compile Perl with no
# lslpp -l | egrep "syscalls|libm"
bos.adt.libm 5.1.0.25 COMMITTED Base Application Development
- bos.adt.syscalls 5.1.0.25 COMMITTED System Calls Application
+ bos.adt.syscalls 5.1.0.36 COMMITTED System Calls Application
#
=head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
If you've chosen to use vac 4, be sure to run 4.4.0.3. Older versions
will turn up nasty later on. For vac 5 be sure to run at least 5.0.1.0,
-but vac 5.0.2.3 or up is highly recommended. Note that since IBM has
-removed vac 5.0.2.1 and 5.0.2.2 from the software depot, these versions
-should be considered obsolete.
+but vac 5.0.2.6 or up is highly recommended. Note that since IBM has
+removed vac 5.0.2.1 through 5.0.2.5 from the software depot, these
+versions should be considered obsolete.
Here's a brief lead of how to upgrade the compiler to the latest
level. Of course this is subject to changes. You can only upgrade
-rw-rw-r-- 1 45776101 1 13592576 Apr 16 2001 vac.C.5.0.2.0.bff
-rw-rw-r-- 1 45776101 1 14133248 Apr 9 2002 vac.C.5.0.2.3.bff
-rw-rw-r-- 1 45776101 1 14173184 May 20 2002 vac.C.5.0.2.4.bff
- # wget ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/fixes/v4/other/vac.C.5.0.2.4.bff
+ -rw-rw-r-- 1 45776101 1 14192640 Nov 22 2002 vac.C.5.0.2.6.bff
+ # wget ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/fixes/v4/other/vac.C.5.0.2.6.bff
#
Likewise on all other OS levels. Then execute the following command, and
# smit install_update
-> Install and Update from LATEST Available Software
- * INPUT device / directory for software [ vac.C.5.0.2.4.bff ]
+ * INPUT device / directory for software [ vac.C.5.0.2.6.bff ]
[ OK ]
[ OK ]
Follow the messages ... and you're done.
+If you like a more web-like approach, a good start point can be
+http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/downloadaz.jsp and click
+"C for AIX", and follow the instructions.
+
=head2 Using GNU's gcc for building perl
-Using gcc-3.0 (tested with 3.0.4) now works out of the box, as do
-recent gcc-2.9 builds available directly from IBM as part of their Linux
-compatibility packages, available here:
+Using gcc-3.x (tested with 3.0.4, 3.1, and 3.2) now works out of the box,
+as do recent gcc-2.9 builds available directly from IBM as part of their
+Linux compatibility packages, available here:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/
Threads seem to work OK, though at the moment not all tests pass when
threads are used in combination with 64bit 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.
+
+The exact line number may vary, but if the warning (W) comes from a line
+line this
+
+ hent = PerlSock_gethostbyaddr(addr, (Netdb_hlen_t) addrlen, addrtype);
+
+in the "pp_ghostent" function, you may ignore it safely. The warning
+is caused by the reentrant variant of gethostbyaddr() having a slightly
+different prototype than its non-reentrant variant, but the difference
+is not really significant here.
+
=head2 64-bit Perl
If your AIX is installed with 64-bit support, you can expect 64bit
=head1 DATE
-Version 0.0.5: 22 May 2002
+Version 0.0.6: 23 Dec 2002
=cut
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