X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/c2da85bab803bec3ca5fa4521a7396803c18a76d..92807b6db324019bc3908bb03cb16c8eaf92c5bd:/README.hurd diff --git a/README.hurd b/README.hurd index 40e1ba9..251249c 100644 --- a/README.hurd +++ b/README.hurd @@ -1,40 +1,54 @@ -Notes on Perl on the Hurd -Last Updated: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:07:59 +0100 -Written by: Mark Kettenis +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 specially +designed to be readable as is. + +=head1 NAME + +README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd + +=head1 DESCRIPTION If you want to use Perl on the Hurd, I recommend using the Debian -GNU/Hurd distribution (see http://www.debian.org), even if an -official, stable release has not yet been made. The old `gnu-0.2' +GNU/Hurd distribution ( see http://www.debian.org/ ), even if an +official, stable release has not yet been made. The old "gnu-0.2" binary distribution will most certainly have additional problems. -* Known Problems +=head2 Known Problems with Perl on Hurd -The Perl testsuite may still report some errors on the Hurd. The -`lib/anydbm.t' and `op/stat.t' tests will most certainly fail. The -first fails because Berkeley DB 2 does not allow empty keys and the -test tries to use them anyway. This is not really a Hurd bug. The -same test fails on Linux with version 2.1 of the GNU C Library. The -second failure is caused by a bug in the Hurd's filesystem servers, -that we have not been able to fix yet. I don't think it is crucial. +The Perl test suite may still report some errors on the Hurd. The +"lib/anydbm" and "pragma/warnings" tests will almost certainly fail. +Both failures are not really specific to the Hurd, as indicated by the +test suite output. The socket tests may fail if the network is not configured. You have -to make `/hurd/pfinet' the translator for `/servers/socket/2', giving -it the right arguments. Try `/hurd/pfinet --help' for more +to make "/hurd/pfinet" the translator for "/servers/socket/2", giving +it the right arguments. Try "/hurd/pfinet --help" for more information. -Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_03 on my system: +Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_62 on my system: + + Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed + ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12 + pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215 -Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12 -op/stat.t 58 1 1.72% 4 -5 tests skipped, plus 14 subtests skipped. -Failed 2/189 test scripts, 98.94% okay. 2/6669 subtests failed, 99.97% okay. + 8 tests and 24 subtests skipped. + Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay. There are quite a few systems out there that do worse! However, since I am running a very recent Hurd snapshot, in which a lot of -bugs that were exposed by the Perl testsuite have been fixed, you may -encounter more failures. Likely candidates are: `lib/io_pipe.t', -`lib/io_sock.t', `lib/io_udp.t' and `lib/time.t'. +bugs that were exposed by the Perl test suite have been fixed, you may +encounter more failures. Likely candidates are: "op/stat", "lib/io_pipe", +"lib/io_sock", "lib/io_udp" and "lib/time". + +In any way, if you're seeing failures beyond those mentioned in this +document, please consider upgrading to the latest Hurd before reporting +the failure as a bug. + +=head1 AUTHOR + +Mark Kettenis + +Last Updated: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:50:30 +0200