X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/06c0dd34a681f87b6f50a0e24a82a6da479fe953..3698b7bef83ed184c1d1ade0884d06e9133b6944:/README.hpux diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index afd8227..594449d 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ of Perl and the updated modules. The official (threaded) builds from HP, as they are shipped on the Application DVD/CD's are available on -http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=PERL +http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=PERL for both PA-RISC and IPF (Itanium Processor Family). They are built -with the HP ANSI-C compiler. +with the HP ANSI-C compiler. Up till 5.8.8 that was done by ActiveState. + +To see what version is included on the DVD (assumed here to be mounted +on /cdrom), issue this command: + + # swlist -s /cdrom perl + # perl D.5.8.8.B 5.8.8 Perl Programming Language + perl.Perl5-32 D.5.8.8.B 32-bit 5.8.8 Perl Programming Language with Extensions + perl.Perl5-64 D.5.8.8.B 64-bit 5.8.8 Perl Programming Language with Extensions =head2 Using perl from HP's porting centre @@ -114,12 +122,9 @@ ends as shown in the following table: | cores | | PA-8900/rp34x0 | 2014 | +--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ -From http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/9000/eol_announcement.html: +From http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/9000/faqs.html - The last order date for HP9000 PA-RISC systems is planned for - December 31, 2008 and ship date of April 1, 2009. Operating system - releases for HP-UX will continue shipping past the HP9000 systems - last order date. + The last order date for HP 9000 systems was December 31, 2008. A complete list of models at the time the OS was built is in the file /usr/sam/lib/mo/sched.models. The first column corresponds to the last @@ -252,6 +257,23 @@ To see all about your machine, type ia64 hp server rx2600 # /usr/contrib/bin/machinfo +=head2 HP-UX versions + +Not all architectures (PA = PA-RISC, IPF = Itanium Processor Family) +support all versions of HP-UX, here is a short list + + HP-UX version Kernel Architecture + ------------- ------ ------------ + 10.20 32 bit PA + 11.00 32/64 PA + 11.11 11i v1 32/64 PA + 11.22 11i v2 64 IPF + 11.23 11i v2 64 PA & IPF + 11.31 11i v3 64 PA & IPF + +See for the full list of hardware/OS support and expected end-of-life +http://www.hp.com/go/hpuxservermatrix + =head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX HP-UX supports dynamically loadable libraries (shared libraries). @@ -381,19 +403,19 @@ for updates/patches. Enter "ANSI" as keyword. When you are going to use the GNU C compiler (gcc), and you don't have gcc yet, you can either build it yourself from the sources (available from e.g. http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/gcc/releases.html) or fetch -a prebuilt binary from the HP porting center. There are two places where -gcc prebuilds can be fetched; the first and best (for HP-UX 11 only) is +a prebuilt binary from the HP porting center. gcc prebuilds can be +fetched from http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechSoftwareDetailPage_IDX/1,1703,547,00.html -the second is http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/ where you can also -find the GNU binutils package. (Browse through the list, because there -are often multiple versions of the same package available). +(Browse through the list, because there are often multiple versions of +the same package available). Above mentioned distributions are depots. H.Merijn Brand has made prebuilt gcc binaries available on http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ and/or -http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/ for HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00, and HP-UX 11.11 -(HP-UX 11i) in both 32- and 64-bit versions. These are bzipped tar archives -that also include recent GNU binutils and GNU gdb. Read the instructions -on that page to rebuild gcc using itself. +http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/ for HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00, HP-UX 11.11 +(HP-UX 11i v1), and HP-UX 11.23 (HP-UX 11i v2) in both 32- and 64-bit +versions. These are bzipped tar archives that also include recent GNU +binutils and GNU gdb. Read the instructions on that page to rebuild gcc +using itself. On PA-RISC you need a different compiler for 32-bit applications and for 64-bit applications. On PA-RISC, 32-bit objects and 64-bit objects do @@ -629,6 +651,6 @@ With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella. =head1 DATE -Version 0.8.2: 2008-05-16 +Version 0.8.3: 2008-06-24 =cut