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
+see. It is written in the POD format (see F<pod/perlpod.pod>) which is
specially designed to be readable as is.
=head1 NAME
-README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+perlcygwin - Perl for Cygwin
=head1 SYNOPSIS
system calls and environment these programs expect. More information
about this project can be found at:
- http://www.cygwin.com/
+L<https://www.cygwin.com/>
A recent net or commercial release of Cygwin is required.
-At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.3.10 was current.
+At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.7.16 was current.
=head2 Cygwin Configuration
Perl usage.
B<NOTE:> The binaries that are built will run on all Win32 versions.
-They do not depend on your host system (Win9x/WinME, WinNT/Win2K)
-or your Cygwin configuration (I<ntea>, I<ntsec>, binary/text mounts).
-The only dependencies come from hard-coded pathnames like C</usr/local>.
+They do not depend on your host system (WinXP/Win2K/Win7) or your
+Cygwin configuration (binary/text mounts, cvgserver).
+The only dependencies come from hard-coded pathnames like F</usr/local>.
However, your host system and Cygwin configuration will affect Perl's
runtime behavior (see L</"TEST">).
=item * C<PATH>
Set the C<PATH> environment variable so that Configure finds the Cygwin
-versions of programs. Any Windows directories should be removed or
+versions of programs. Any not-needed Windows directories should be removed or
moved to the end of your C<PATH>.
=item * I<nroff>
If you do not have I<nroff> (which is part of the I<groff> package),
Configure will B<not> prompt you to install I<man> pages.
-=item * Permissions
-
-On WinNT with either the I<ntea> or I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> settings, directory
-and file permissions may not be set correctly. Since the build process
-creates directories and files, to be safe you may want to run a `C<chmod
--R +w *>' on the entire Perl source tree.
-
-Also, it is a well known WinNT "feature" that files created by a login
-that is a member of the I<Administrators> group will be owned by the
-I<Administrators> group. Depending on your umask, you may find that you
-can not write to files that you just created (because you are no longer
-the owner). When using the I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> setting, this is not an
-issue because it "corrects" the ownership to what you would expect on
-a UNIX system.
-
=back
=head1 CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
The default options gathered by Configure with the assistance of
F<hints/cygwin.sh> will build a Perl that supports dynamic loading
-(which requires a shared F<libperl.dll>).
+(which requires a shared F<cygperl5_16.dll>).
This will run Configure and keep a record:
prompts you,
Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)? [none] -s
- Any special flags to pass to gcc to use dynamic linking? [none] -s
- Any special flags to pass to ld2 to create a dynamically loaded library?
+ Any special flags to pass to g++ to create a dynamically loaded
+ library?
[none] -s
+ Any special flags to pass to gcc to use dynamic linking? [none] -s
or you can edit F<hints/cygwin.sh> and uncomment the relevant variables
near the end of the file.
Alternatively, the crypt libraries in GNU libc have been ported to Cygwin.
-The DES based Ultra Fast Crypt port was done by Alexey Truhan:
-
- ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Okhapkin_Sergey/cw32crypt-dist-0.tgz
+As of libcrypt 1.3 (March 2016), you will need to install the
+libcrypt-devel package for Configure to detect crypt().
-NOTE: There are various export restrictions on DES implementations,
-see the glibc README for more details.
-
-The MD5 port was done by Andy Piper:
-
- ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Okhapkin_Sergey/libcrypt.tgz
-
-=item * C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>)
+=item * C<-lgdbm_compat> (C<use GDBM_File>)
GDBM is available for Cygwin.
+NOTE: The GDBM library only works on NTFS partitions.
+
=item * C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>)
-BerkeleyDB is available for Cygwin. Some details can be found in
-F<ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm>.
+BerkeleyDB is available for Cygwin.
NOTE: The BerkeleyDB library only completely works on NTFS partitions.
-=item * C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
+=item * C<cygserver> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
A port of SysV IPC is available for Cygwin.
and on Win9x the I<shm*()> functions seem to hang. It also creates
a compile time dependency because F<perl.h> includes F<<sys/ipc.h>>
and F<<sys/sem.h>> (which will be required in the future when compiling
-CPAN modules). NO LONGER SUPPORTED!
+CPAN modules). CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED!
=item * C<-lutil>
-Included with the standard Cygwin netrelease is the inetutils package
+Included with the standard Cygwin netrelease is the inetutils package
which includes libutil.a.
=back
Undefining this symbol forces Perl to be compiled statically.
-=item * C<-Uusemymalloc>
+=item * C<-Dusemymalloc>
-By default Perl uses the malloc() included with the Perl source. If you
-want to force Perl to build with the system malloc() undefine this symbol.
+By default Perl does not use the C<malloc()> included with the Perl source,
+because it was slower and not entirely thread-safe. If you want to force
+Perl to build with the old -Dusemymalloc define this.
=item * C<-Uuseperlio>
-Undefining this symbol disables the PerlIO abstraction, which is now the
-default.
+Undefining this symbol disables the PerlIO abstraction. PerlIO is now the
+default; it is not recommended to disable PerlIO.
=item * C<-Dusemultiplicity>
Multiplicity is required when embedding Perl in a C program and using
-more than one interpreter instance. This works with the Cygwin port.
+more than one interpreter instance. This is only required when you build
+a not-threaded perl with C<-Uuseithreads>.
-=item * C<-Duse64bitint>
+=item * C<-Uuse64bitint>
-By default Perl uses 32 bit integers. If you want to use larger 64
-bit integers, define this symbol. If there is trouble, check that
-your Cygwin installation is up to date.
+By default Perl uses 64 bit integers. If you want to use smaller 32 bit
+integers, define this symbol.
=item * C<-Duselongdouble>
I<gcc> supports long doubles (12 bytes). However, several additional
long double math functions are necessary to use them within Perl
-(I<{atan2, cos, exp, floor, fmod, frexp, isnan, log, modf, pow, sin, sqrt}l,
+(I<{atan2, cos, exp, floor, fmod, frexp, isnan, log, modf, pow, sin, sqrt}l,
strtold>).
-These are B<not> yet available with Cygwin.
+These are B<not> yet available with newlib, the Cygwin libc.
-=item * C<-Dusethreads>
+=item * C<-Uuseithreads>
-POSIX threads are B<not> yet implemented in Cygwin completely.
+Define this symbol if you want not-threaded faster perl.
=item * C<-Duselargefiles>
-Although Win32 supports large files, Cygwin currently uses 32-bit integers
-for internal size and position calculations.
+Cygwin uses 64-bit integers for internal size and position calculations,
+this will be correctly detected and defined by Configure.
=item * C<-Dmksymlinks>
-Use this to build perl outside of the source tree. This works with Cygwin.
-Details can be found in the F<INSTALL> document.
+Use this to build perl outside of the source tree. Details can be
+found in the F<INSTALL> document. This is the recommended way to
+build perl from sources.
=back
=over 4
-=item * I<dlsym()>
-
-I<ld2> is needed to build dynamic libraries, but it does not exist
-when dlsym() checking occurs (it is not created until `C<make>' runs).
-You will see the following message:
-
- Checking whether your dlsym() needs a leading underscore ...
- ld2: not found
- I can't compile and run the test program.
- I'm guessing that dlsym doesn't need a leading underscore.
-
-Since the guess is correct, this is not a problem.
-
=item * Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>
Win9x does not correctly report C<EOF> with a non-blocking read on a
closed pipe. You will see the following messages:
- But it also returns -1 to signal EOF, so be careful!
- WARNING: you can't distinguish between EOF and no data!
+ But it also returns -1 to signal EOF, so be careful!
+ WARNING: you can't distinguish between EOF and no data!
- *** WHOA THERE!!! ***
- The recommended value for $d_eofnblk on this machine was "define"!
- Keep the recommended value? [y]
+ *** WHOA THERE!!! ***
+ The recommended value for $d_eofnblk on this machine was
+ "define"!
+ Keep the recommended value? [y]
At least for consistency with WinNT, you should keep the recommended
value.
C<_LONG_DOUBLE>:
Guessing which symbols your C compiler and preprocessor define...
- try.c:<line#>: parse error
+ try.c:<line#>: missing binary operator
-This failure does not seem to cause any problems.
+This failure does not seem to cause any problems. With older gcc
+versions, "parse error" is reported instead of "missing binary
+operator".
=back
make 2>&1 | tee log.make
-=head2 Warnings on Cygwin
-
-Warnings like these are normal:
-
- warning: overriding commands for target <file>
- warning: ignoring old commands for target <file>
-
- dllwrap: no export definition file provided
- dllwrap: creating one, but that may not be what you want
-
-=head2 ld2 on Cygwin
-
-During `C<make>', I<ld2> will be created and installed in your $installbin
-directory (where you said to put public executables). It does not
-wait until the `C<make install>' process to install the I<ld2> script,
-this is because the remainder of the `C<make>' refers to I<ld2> without
-fully specifying its path and does this from multiple subdirectories.
-The assumption is that $installbin is in your current C<PATH>. If this
-is not the case `C<make>' will fail at some point. If this happens,
-just manually copy I<ld2> from the source directory to somewhere in
-your C<PATH>.
-
=head1 TEST ON CYGWIN
There are two steps to running the test suite:
make test 2>&1 | tee log.make-test
- cd t;./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness
+ cd t; ./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness
The same tests are run both times, but more information is provided when
-running as `C<./perl harness>'.
+running as C<./perl harness>.
Test results vary depending on your host system and your Cygwin
configuration. If a test can pass in some Cygwin setup, it is always
have a F<.{com,bat,exe}> extension or begin with C<#!>, directories are
always readable and executable). On WinNT with the I<ntea> C<CYGWIN>
setting, the additional mode bits are stored as extended file attributes.
-On WinNT with the I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> setting, permissions use the standard
-WinNT security descriptors and access control lists. Without one of
+On WinNT with the default I<ntsec> C<CYGWIN> setting, permissions use the
+standard WinNT security descriptors and access control lists. Without one of
these options, these tests will fail (listing not updated yet):
Failed Test List of failed
lib/sdbm.t 2
op/stat.t 9, 20 (.tmp not an executable extension)
+=head2 NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+Do not use NDBM_File or ODBM_File on FAT filesystem. They can be
+built on a FAT filesystem, but many tests will fail:
+
+ ../ext/NDBM_File/ndbm.t 13 3328 71 59 83.10% 1-2 4 16-71
+ ../ext/ODBM_File/odbm.t 255 65280 ?? ?? % ??
+ ../lib/AnyDBM_File.t 2 512 12 2 16.67% 1 4
+ ../lib/Memoize/t/errors.t 0 139 11 5 45.45% 7-11
+ ../lib/Memoize/t/tie_ndbm.t 13 3328 4 4 100.00% 1-4
+ run/fresh_perl.t 97 1 1.03% 91
+
+If you intend to run only on FAT (or if using AnyDBM_File on FAT),
+run Configure with the -Ui_ndbm and -Ui_dbm options to prevent
+NDBM_File and ODBM_File being built.
+
+With NTFS (and no CYGWIN=nontsec), there should be no problems even if
+perl was built on FAT.
+
+=head2 C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+A C<fork()> failure may result in the following tests failing:
+
+ ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_multihomed.t
+ ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t
+ ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_unix.t
+
+See comment on fork in L</Miscellaneous> below.
+
+=head1 Specific features of the Cygwin port
+
=head2 Script Portability on Cygwin
Cygwin does an outstanding job of providing UNIX-like semantics on top of
=item * Pathnames
-Cygwin pathnames can be separated by forward (F</>) or backward (F<\\>)
-slashes. They may also begin with drive letters (F<C:>) or Universal
-Naming Codes (F<//UNC>). DOS device names (F<aux>, F<con>, F<prn>,
-F<com*>, F<lpt?>, F<nul>) are invalid as base filenames. However, they
-can be used in extensions (e.g., F<hello.aux>). Names may contain all
-printable characters except these:
-
- : * ? " < > |
+Cygwin pathnames are separated by forward (F</>) slashes, Universal
+Naming Codes (F<//UNC>) are also supported Since cygwin-1.7 non-POSIX
+pathnames are discouraged. Names may contain all printable
+characters.
File names are case insensitive, but case preserving. A pathname that
-contains a backslash or drive letter is a Win32 pathname (and not subject
-to the translations applied to POSIX style pathnames).
+contains a backslash or drive letter is a Win32 pathname, and not
+subject to the translations applied to POSIX style pathnames, but
+cygwin will warn you, so better convert them to POSIX.
+
+For conversion we have C<Cygwin::win_to_posix_path()> and
+C<Cygwin::posix_to_win_path()>.
+
+Since cygwin-1.7 pathnames are UTF-8 encoded.
=item * Text/Binary
+Since cygwin-1.7 textmounts are deprecated and strongly discouraged.
+
When a file is opened it is in either text or binary mode. In text mode
a file is subject to CR/LF/Ctrl-Z translations. With Cygwin, the default
-mode for an open() is determined by the mode of the mount that underlies
-the file. Perl provides a binmode() function to set binary mode on files
-that otherwise would be treated as text. sysopen() with the C<O_TEXT>
-flag sets text mode on files that otherwise would be treated as binary:
+mode for an C<open()> is determined by the mode of the mount that underlies
+the file. See L</Cygwin::is_binmount>(). Perl provides a C<binmode()> function
+to set binary mode on files that otherwise would be treated as text.
+C<sysopen()> with the C<O_TEXT> flag sets text mode on files that otherwise
+would be treated as binary:
sysopen(FOO, "bar", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TEXT)
-lseek(), tell() and sysseek() only work with files opened in binary mode.
+C<lseek()>, C<tell()> and C<sysseek()> only work with files opened in binary
+mode.
The text/binary issue is covered at length in the Cygwin documentation.
+=item * PerlIO
+
+PerlIO overrides the default Cygwin Text/Binary behaviour. A file will
+always be treated as binary, regardless of the mode of the mount it lives
+on, just like it is in UNIX. So CR/LF translation needs to be requested in
+either the C<open()> call like this:
+
+ open(FH, ">:crlf", "out.txt");
+
+which will do conversion from LF to CR/LF on the output, or in the
+environment settings (add this to your .bashrc):
+
+ export PERLIO=crlf
+
+which will pull in the crlf PerlIO layer which does LF -> CRLF conversion
+on every output generated by perl.
+
=item * F<.exe>
-The Cygwin stat(), lstat() and readlink() functions make the F<.exe>
+The Cygwin C<stat()>, C<lstat()> and C<readlink()> functions make the F<.exe>
extension transparent by looking for F<foo.exe> when you ask for F<foo>
(unless a F<foo> also exists). Cygwin does not require a F<.exe>
extension, but I<gcc> adds it automatically when building a program.
However, when accessing an executable as a normal file (e.g., I<cp>
-in a makefile) the F<.exe> is not transparent. The I<install> included
-with Cygwin automatically appends a F<.exe> when necessary.
+in a makefile) the F<.exe> is not transparent. The I<install> program
+included with Cygwin automatically appends a F<.exe> when necessary.
+
+=item * Cygwin vs. Windows process ids
+
+Cygwin processes have their own pid, which is different from the
+underlying windows pid. Most posix compliant Proc functions expect
+the cygwin pid, but several Win32::Process functions expect the
+winpid. E.g. C<$$> is the cygwin pid of F</usr/bin/perl>, which is not
+the winpid. Use C<Cygwin::pid_to_winpid()> and C<Cygwin::winpid_to_pid()>
+to translate between them.
-=item * chown()
+=item * Cygwin vs. Windows errors
-On WinNT chown() can change a file's user and group IDs. On Win9x chown()
+Under Cygwin, $^E is the same as $!. When using L<Win32 API Functions|Win32>,
+use C<Win32::GetLastError()> to get the last Windows error.
+
+=item * rebase errors on fork or system
+
+Using C<fork()> or C<system()> out to another perl after loading multiple dlls
+may result on a DLL baseaddress conflict. The internal cygwin error
+looks like like the following:
+
+ 0 [main] perl 8916 child_info_fork::abort: data segment start:
+ parent (0xC1A000) != child(0xA6A000)
+
+or:
+
+ 183 [main] perl 3588 C:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe: *** fatal error -
+ unable to remap C:\cygwin\bin\cygsvn_subr-1-0.dll to same address
+ as parent(0x6FB30000) != 0x6FE60000 46 [main] perl 3488 fork: child
+ 3588 - died waiting for dll loading, errno11
+
+See L<https://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures>
+It helps if not too many DLLs are loaded in memory so the available address space is larger,
+e.g. stopping the MS Internet Explorer might help.
+
+Use the perlrebase or rebase utilities to resolve the conflicting dll addresses.
+The rebase package is included in the Cygwin setup. Use F<setup.exe>
+from L<http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> to install it.
+
+1. kill all perl processes and run C<perlrebase> or
+
+2. kill all cygwin processes and services, start dash from cmd.exe and run C<rebaseall>.
+
+=item * C<chown()>
+
+On WinNT C<chown()> can change a file's user and group IDs. On Win9x C<chown()>
is a no-op, although this is appropriate since there is no security model.
=item * Miscellaneous
-File locking using the C<F_GETLK> command to fcntl() is a stub that
+File locking using the C<F_GETLK> command to C<fcntl()> is a stub that
returns C<ENOSYS>.
-Win9x can not rename() an open file (although WinNT can).
+Win9x can not C<rename()> an open file (although WinNT can).
-The Cygwin chroot() implementation has holes (it can not restrict file
+The Cygwin C<chroot()> implementation has holes (it can not restrict file
access by native Win32 programs).
-Inplace editing C<perl -i> of files doesn't work without doing a backup
+Inplace editing C<perl -i> of files doesn't work without doing a backup
of the file being edited C<perl -i.bak> because of windowish restrictions,
-so Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you just use C<perl -i>.
+therefore Perl adds the suffix C<.bak> automatically if you use C<perl -i>
+without specifying a backup extension.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Prebuilt methods:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<Cwd::cwd>
+
+Returns the current working directory.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::pid_to_winpid>
+
+Translates a cygwin pid to the corresponding Windows pid (which may or
+may not be the same).
+
+=item C<Cygwin::winpid_to_pid>
+
+Translates a Windows pid to the corresponding cygwin pid (if any).
+
+=item C<Cygwin::win_to_posix_path>
+
+Translates a Windows path to the corresponding cygwin path respecting
+the current mount points. With a second non-null argument returns an
+absolute path. Double-byte characters will not be translated.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::posix_to_win_path>
+
+Translates a cygwin path to the corresponding cygwin path respecting
+the current mount points. With a second non-null argument returns an
+absolute path. Double-byte characters will not be translated.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::mount_table()>
+
+Returns an array of [mnt_dir, mnt_fsname, mnt_type, mnt_opts].
+
+ perl -e 'for $i (Cygwin::mount_table) {print join(" ",@$i),"\n";}'
+ /bin c:\cygwin\bin system binmode,cygexec
+ /usr/bin c:\cygwin\bin system binmode
+ /usr/lib c:\cygwin\lib system binmode
+ / c:\cygwin system binmode
+ /cygdrive/c c: system binmode,noumount
+ /cygdrive/d d: system binmode,noumount
+ /cygdrive/e e: system binmode,noumount
+
+=item C<Cygwin::mount_flags>
+
+Returns the mount type and flags for a specified mount point.
+A comma-separated string of mntent->mnt_type (always
+"system" or "user"), then the mntent->mnt_opts, where
+the first is always "binmode" or "textmode".
+
+ system|user,binmode|textmode,exec,cygexec,cygdrive,mixed,
+ notexec,managed,nosuid,devfs,proc,noumount
+
+If the argument is "/cygdrive", then just the volume mount settings,
+and the cygdrive mount prefix are returned.
+
+User mounts override system mounts.
+
+ $ perl -e 'print Cygwin::mount_flags "/usr/bin"'
+ system,binmode,cygexec
+ $ perl -e 'print Cygwin::mount_flags "/cygdrive"'
+ binmode,cygdrive,/cygdrive
+
+=item C<Cygwin::is_binmount>
+
+Returns true if the given cygwin path is binary mounted, false if the
+path is mounted in textmode.
+
+=item C<Cygwin::sync_winenv>
+
+Cygwin does not initialize all original Win32 environment variables.
+See the bottom of this page L<https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html>
+for "Restricted Win32 environment".
+
+Certain Win32 programs called from cygwin programs might need some environment
+variable, such as e.g. ADODB needs %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%.
+Call Cygwin::sync_winenv() to copy all Win32 environment variables to your
+process and note that cygwin will warn on every encounter of non-POSIX paths.
=back
make install 2>&1 | tee log.make-install
-NOTE: If C<STDERR> is redirected `C<make install>' will B<not> prompt
+NOTE: If C<STDERR> is redirected C<make install> will B<not> prompt
you to install I<perl> into F</usr/bin>.
-You may need to be I<Administrator> to run `C<make install>'. If you
+You may need to be I<Administrator> to run C<make install>. If you
are not, you must have write access to the directories in question.
Information on installing the Perl documentation in HTML format can be
These are the files in the Perl release that contain references to Cygwin.
These very brief notes attempt to explain the reason for all conditional
code. Hopefully, keeping this up to date will allow the Cygwin port to
-be kept as clean as possible (listing not updated yet).
+be kept as clean as possible.
=over 4
=item Documentation
- INSTALL README.cygwin README.win32 MANIFEST
- Changes Changes5.005 Changes5.004 Changes5.6
- pod/perl.pod pod/perlport.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod
- pod/perldelta.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod pod/perl56delta.pod
- pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perltoc.pod
+ INSTALL README.cygwin README.win32 MANIFEST
+ pod/perl.pod pod/perlport.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod
+ pod/perldelta.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod pod/perl56delta.pod
+ pod/perl561delta.pod pod/perl570delta.pod pod/perl572delta.pod
+ pod/perl573delta.pod pod/perl58delta.pod pod/perl581delta.pod
+ pod/perl590delta.pod pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod
+ pod/perltoc.pod Porting/Glossary pod/perlgit.pod
+ Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl
+ dist/Cwd/Changes ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/Changes
+ dist/Time-HiRes/Changes
+ ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/README ext/Compress-Zlib/Changes
+ ext/DB_File/Changes ext/Encode/Changes ext/Sys-Syslog/Changes
+ ext/Win32API-File/Changes
+ lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Changes lib/ExtUtils/Changes
+ lib/ExtUtils/NOTES lib/ExtUtils/PATCHING lib/ExtUtils/README
+ lib/Net/Ping/Changes lib/Test/Harness/Changes
+ lib/Term/ANSIColor/ChangeLog lib/Term/ANSIColor/README
+ README.symbian symbian/TODO
=item Build, Configure, Make, Install
- cygwin/Makefile.SHs
- cygwin/ld2.in
- cygwin/perlld.in
- ext/IPC/SysV/hints/cygwin.pl
- ext/NDBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl
- ext/ODBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl
- hints/cygwin.sh
- Configure - help finding hints from uname,
- shared libperl required for dynamic loading
- Makefile.SH - linklibperl
- Porting/patchls - cygwin in port list
- installman - man pages with :: translated to .
- installperl - install dll/ld2/perlld, install to pods
- makedepend.SH - uwinfix
+ cygwin/Makefile.SHs
+ ext/IPC/SysV/hints/cygwin.pl
+ ext/NDBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl
+ ext/ODBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl
+ hints/cygwin.sh
+ Configure - help finding hints from uname,
+ shared libperl required for dynamic loading
+ Makefile.SH Cross/Makefile-cross-SH
+ - linklibperl
+ Porting/patchls - cygwin in port list
+ installman - man pages with :: translated to .
+ installperl - install dll, install to 'pods'
+ makedepend.SH - uwinfix
+ regen_lib.pl - file permissions
+
+ NetWare/Makefile
+ plan9/mkfile
+ symbian/sanity.pl symbian/sisify.pl
+ hints/uwin.sh
+ vms/descrip_mms.template
+ win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk
=item Tests
- t/io/tell.t - binmode
- t/lib/b.t - ignore Cwd from os_extras
- t/lib/glob-basic.t - Win32 directory list access differs from read mode
- t/op/magic.t - $^X/symlink WORKAROUND, s/.exe//
- t/op/stat.t - no /dev, skip Win32 ftCreationTime quirk
- (cache manager sometimes preserves ctime of file
- previously created and deleted), no -u (setuid)
+ t/io/fs.t - no file mode checks if not ntsec
+ skip rename() check when not
+ check_case:relaxed
+ t/io/tell.t - binmode
+ t/lib/cygwin.t - builtin cygwin function tests
+ t/op/groups.t - basegroup has ID = 0
+ t/op/magic.t - $^X/symlink WORKAROUND, s/.exe//
+ t/op/stat.t - no /dev, skip Win32 ftCreationTime quirk
+ (cache manager sometimes preserves ctime of
+ file previously created and deleted), no -u
+ (setuid)
+ t/op/taint.t - can't use empty path under Cygwin Perl
+ t/op/time.t - no tzset()
=item Compiled Perl Source
- EXTERN.h - __declspec(dllimport)
- XSUB.h - __declspec(dllexport)
- cygwin/cygwin.c - os_extras (getcwd, spawn)
- perl.c - os_extras
- perl.h - binmode
- doio.c - win9x can not rename a file when it is open
- pp_sys.c - do not define h_errno, pp_system with spawn
- util.c - use setenv
+ EXTERN.h - __declspec(dllimport)
+ XSUB.h - __declspec(dllexport)
+ cygwin/cygwin.c - os_extras (getcwd, spawn, and several
+ Cygwin:: functions)
+ perl.c - os_extras, -i.bak
+ perl.h - binmode
+ doio.c - win9x can not rename a file when it is open
+ pp_sys.c - do not define h_errno, init
+ _pwent_struct.pw_comment
+ util.c - use setenv
+ util.h - PERL_FILE_IS_ABSOLUTE macro
+ pp.c - Comment about Posix vs IEEE math under
+ Cygwin
+ perlio.c - CR/LF mode
+ perliol.c - Comment about EXTCONST under Cygwin
=item Compiled Module Source
- ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs - tzname defined externally
- ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.c
- - EXTCONST needs to be redefined from EXTERN.h
- ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
- - binary open
+ ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/Makefile.PL
+ - Can't install via CPAN shell under Cygwin
+ ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/zlib-src/zutil.h
+ - Cygwin is Unix-like and has vsnprintf
+ ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL - Special handling for Win32 Perl under
+ Cygwin
+ ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs - tzname defined externally
+ ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.c
+ - EXTCONST needs to be redefined from
+ EXTERN.h
+ ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
+ - binary open
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.xs
+ - Cygwin has syslog.h
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/win32/compile.pl
+ - Convert paths to Windows paths
+ ext/Time-HiRes/HiRes.xs
+ - Various timers not available
+ ext/Time-HiRes/Makefile.PL
+ - Find w32api/windows.h
+ ext/Win32/Makefile.PL - Use various libraries under Cygwin
+ ext/Win32/Win32.xs - Child dir and child env under Cygwin
+ ext/Win32API-File/File.xs
+ - _open_osfhandle not implemented under
+ Cygwin
+ ext/Win32CORE/Win32CORE.c
+ - __declspec(dllexport)
=item Perl Modules/Scripts
- lib/Cwd.pm - hook to internal Cwd::cwd
- lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
- - require MM_Cygwin.pm
- lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm
- - canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
- lib/File/Find.pm - on remote drives stat() always sets st_nlink to 1
- lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm - preserve //unc
- lib/File/Temp.pm - no directory sticky bit
- lib/perl5db.pl - use stdin not /dev/tty
- utils/perldoc.PL - version comment
+ ext/B/t/OptreeCheck.pm - Comment about stderr/stdout order under
+ Cygwin
+ ext/Digest-SHA/bin/shasum
+ - Use binary mode under Cygwin
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/win32/Win32.pm
+ - Convert paths to Windows paths
+ ext/Time-HiRes/HiRes.pm
+ - Comment about various timers not available
+ ext/Win32API-File/File.pm
+ - _open_osfhandle not implemented under
+ Cygwin
+ ext/Win32CORE/Win32CORE.pm
+ - History of Win32CORE under Cygwin
+ lib/Cwd.pm - hook to internal Cwd::cwd
+ lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform/cygwin.pm
+ - use gcc for ld, and link to libperl.dll.a
+ lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder.pm
+ - Cygwin is Unix-like
+ lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm - Install and rename issues under Cygwin
+ lib/ExtUtils/MM.pm - OS classifications
+ lib/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm - Example for Cygwin
+ lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+ - require MM_Cygwin.pm
+ lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm
+ - canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
+ lib/File/Fetch.pm - Comment about quotes using a Cygwin example
+ lib/File/Find.pm - on remote drives stat() always sets
+ st_nlink to 1
+ lib/File/Spec/Cygwin.pm - case_tolerant
+ lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm - preserve //unc
+ lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm - References a message on cygwin.com
+ lib/File/Spec.pm - Pulls in lib/File/Spec/Cygwin.pm
+ lib/File/Temp.pm - no directory sticky bit
+ lib/Module/CoreList.pm - List of all module files and versions
+ lib/Net/Domain.pm - No domainname command under Cygwin
+ lib/Net/Netrc.pm - Bypass using stat() under Cygwin
+ lib/Net/Ping.pm - ECONREFUSED is EAGAIN under Cygwin
+ lib/Pod/Find.pm - Set 'pods' dir
+ lib/Pod/Perldoc/ToMan.pm - '-c' switch for pod2man
+ lib/Pod/Perldoc.pm - Use 'less' pager, and use .exe extension
+ lib/Term/ANSIColor.pm - Cygwin terminal info
+ lib/perl5db.pl - use stdin not /dev/tty
+ utils/perlbug.PL - Add CYGWIN environment variable to report
+
+=item Perl Module Tests
+
+ dist/Cwd/t/cwd.t
+ ext/Compress-Zlib/t/14gzopen.t
+ ext/DB_File/t/db-btree.t
+ ext/DB_File/t/db-hash.t
+ ext/DB_File/t/db-recno.t
+ ext/DynaLoader/t/DynaLoader.t
+ ext/File-Glob/t/basic.t
+ ext/GDBM_File/t/gdbm.t
+ ext/POSIX/t/sysconf.t
+ ext/POSIX/t/time.t
+ ext/SDBM_File/t/sdbm.t
+ ext/Sys/Syslog/t/syslog.t
+ ext/Time-HiRes/t/HiRes.t
+ ext/Win32/t/Unicode.t
+ ext/Win32API-File/t/file.t
+ ext/Win32CORE/t/win32core.t
+ lib/AnyDBM_File.t
+ lib/Archive/Extract/t/01_Archive-Extract.t
+ lib/Archive/Tar/t/02_methods.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/eu_command.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/MM_Cygwin.t
+ lib/ExtUtils/t/MM_Unix.t
+ lib/File/Compare.t
+ lib/File/Copy.t
+ lib/File/Find/t/find.t
+ lib/File/Path.t
+ lib/File/Spec/t/crossplatform.t
+ lib/File/Spec/t/Spec.t
+ lib/Net/hostent.t
+ lib/Net/Ping/t/110_icmp_inst.t
+ lib/Net/Ping/t/500_ping_icmp.t
+ lib/Net/t/netrc.t
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlcyg.pod
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlcygo.txt
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlfaq.pod
+ lib/Pod/Simple/t/perlfaqo.txt
+ lib/User/grent.t
+ lib/User/pwent.t
=back
=head1 BUGS ON CYGWIN
-When I<make> starts, it warns about overriding commands for F<perlmain.o>.
-
Support for swapping real and effective user and group IDs is incomplete.
-On WinNT Cygwin provides setuid(), seteuid(), setgid() and setegid().
+On WinNT Cygwin provides C<setuid()>, C<seteuid()>, C<setgid()> and C<setegid()>.
However, additional Cygwin calls for manipulating WinNT access tokens
and security contexts are required.
Steven Morlock <newspost@morlock.net>,
Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>,
Teun Burgers <burgers@ecn.nl>,
-Gerrit Haase <gh@familiehaase.de>.
+Gerrit P. Haase <gp@familiehaase.de>,
+Reini Urban <rurban@cpan.org>,
+Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com>,
+Jerry D. Hedden <jdhedden@cpan.org>.
=head1 HISTORY
-Last updated: 2002-02-27
+Last updated: 2012-02-08
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