From: Jarkko Hietaniemi Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 10:11:30 +0000 (+0000) Subject: README.macosx updates about known problems. X-Git-Tag: perl-5.9.0~535 X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/commitdiff_plain/f7451e23cd0a6c87b8243628ababd423bbc680cf README.macosx updates about known problems. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@20729 --- diff --git a/README.macosx b/README.macosx index 27921e0..1c1e2d9 100644 --- a/README.macosx +++ b/README.macosx @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ somewhat buggy libdb, so some of the DB_File tests are known to fail on those releases. -=head1 INSTALLATION PREFIX +=head2 Installation Prefix The default installation location for this release uses the traditional UNIX directory layout under /usr/local. This is the recommended location @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ that mirrors that of Apple's default Perl, with core modules stored in on a file server and used by many Macs. -=head1 LIBPERL AND PREBINDING +=head2 libperl and Prebinding Mac OS X ships with a dynamically-loaded libperl, but the default for this release is to compile a static libperl. The reason for this is @@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ thus has easy access to it when building Perl, but ordinary users would need to go to a great deal of effort to obtain the information needed for pre-binding. -You can override the default and build a shared libperl if you wish, but -the load time will be significantly greater than either the static -library, or Apple's pre-bound dynamic library. +You can override the default and build a shared libperl if you wish +(S), but the load time will be +significantly greater than either the static library, or Apple's +pre-bound dynamic library. -=head1 UPDATING PANTHER +=head2 Updating Panther As of this writing, the latest Perl release that has been tested and approved for inclusion in the 10.3 "Panther" release of Mac OS X is @@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ with Panther, it is recommended that you wait for an official Apple update to the OS, rather than attempting to update it yourself. In most cases, if you need a newer Perl, it is preferable to install it in some other location, such as /usr/local or /opt, rather than overwriting the -system Perl. +system Perl. The default location (no -Dprefix=... specified when running +Configure) is /usr/local. If you find that you do need to update the system Perl, there is one potential issue. If you upgrade using the default static libperl, you @@ -83,7 +85,34 @@ same Perl version. If you're updating from (for example) 5.8.1 to 5.8.2, this issue won't affect you. -=head1 MACPERL +=head2 Known problems + +If you have installed extra libraries such as GDBM through Fink +(in other words, you have libraries under F), or libdlcompat +to F, you may need to be extra careful when running +Configure to not to confuse Configure and Perl about which libraries +to use. Being confused will show up for example as "dyld" errors about +symbol problems, for example during "make test". The safest bet is to run +Configure as + + Configure ... -Uloclibpth -Dlibpth=/usr/lib + +to make Configure look only into the system libraries. If you have some +extra library directories that you really want to use (such as newer +Berkeley DB libraries in pre-Panther systems), add those to the libpth: + + Configure ... -Uloclibpth -Dlibpth='/usr/lib /opt/lib' + +The default of building Perl statically may cause problems with complex +applications like Tk: in that case consider building shared Perl + + Configure ... -Duseshrplib + +but remember that there's a startup cost to pay in that case (see above +"libperl and Prebinding"). + + +=head2 MacPerl Quite a bit has been written about MacPerl, the Perl distribution for "Classic MacOS" - that is, versions 9 and earlier of MacOS. Because it @@ -101,7 +130,7 @@ that case, the correct procedure on Mac OS X is usually to follow the UNIX instructions, rather than the MacPerl instructions. -=head1 CARBON +=head2 Carbon MacPerl ships with a number of modules that are used to access the classic MacOS toolbox. Many of these modules have been updated to use @@ -109,7 +138,7 @@ Mac OS X's newer "Carbon" toolbox, and are available from CPAN in the "Mac::Carbon" module. -=head1 COCOA +=head2 Cocoa There are two ways to use Cocoa from Perl. Apple's PerlObjCBridge module, included with Mac OS X, can be used by standalone scripts to @@ -127,4 +156,4 @@ This README was written by Sherm Pendley Esherm@dot-app.orgE. =head1 DATE -Last modified 2003.07.31. +Last modified 2003-08-16.