X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/210b36aa2e9e009554be8970c3315c2658c0384f..24b2a273a08bacf9bdb36f18e9091329f41183d6:/README.mint diff --git a/README.mint b/README.mint index 91a6b30..a231341 100644 --- a/README.mint +++ b/README.mint @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT =head1 DESCRIPTION +There is a binary version of perl available from the FreeMiNT project +http://freemint.de/ You may wish to use this instead of trying to +compile yourself. + +B + If you want to build perl yourself on MiNT (or maybe on an Atari without MiNT) you may want to accept some advice from somebody who already did it... @@ -116,16 +123,16 @@ This will fix the problem. This version (5.00402) of perl has passed most of the tests on my system: -Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -io/pipe.t 10 2 20.00% 7, 9 -io/tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12 -lib/complex.t 762 13 1.71% 84-85, 248-251, 257, 272-273, - 371, 380, 419-420 -lib/io_pipe.t 10 1 10.00% 9 -lib/io_tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12 -op/magic.t 30 2 6.67% 29-30 -Failed 6/152 test scripts, 96.05% okay. 20/4359 subtests failed, 99.54% okay. + Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + io/pipe.t 10 2 20.00% 7, 9 + io/tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12 + lib/complex.t 762 13 1.71% 84-85, 248-251, 257, 272-273, + 371, 380, 419-420 + lib/io_pipe.t 10 1 10.00% 9 + lib/io_tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12 + op/magic.t 30 2 6.67% 29-30 + Failed 6/152 test scripts, 96.05% okay. 20/4359 subtests failed, 99.54% okay. Pipes always cause problems with MiNT, it's actually a surprise that most of the tests did work. I've got no idea why the "tell" test failed, @@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ with op/magic.t and op/stat.t. Maybe you'll find it out. ########################################################################## -Another possible problem may arise from the implementation of the "pwd" +Another possible problem may arise from the implementation of the "pwd" command. It happened to add a carriage return and newline to its output no matter what the setting of $UNIXMODE is. This is quite annoying since many library modules for perl take the output of pwd, chop off the @@ -195,7 +202,7 @@ or extract the original system.o from your libc with module somewhere before you succeed. Anything missing? Yep, I've almost forgotten... -No file in this distribution without a fine saying. Take this one: +No file in this distribution without a fine saying. Take this one: "From a thief you should learn: (1) to work at night; (2) if one cannot gain what one wants in one night to @@ -219,6 +226,4 @@ Have fun with Perl! Guido Flohr - mailto:gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de - http://stud.uni-sb.de/~gufl0000 - + mailto:guido@FreeMiNT.de