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authorRainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net>2009-08-07 14:29:07 +0200
committerH.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>2009-08-07 14:43:45 +0200
commite37e7c833e8c45586a14c0e4909143bd89f25826 (patch)
treeb0efdd023578a9e99e31646f101a0e1a68c8f8cd /README.aix
parent53967bb90ff3867cdf0a6117faed24c717c12c22 (diff)
downloadperl-e37e7c833e8c45586a14c0e4909143bd89f25826.tar.gz
5.10.1-RC1 is released
Hello, I have attached a small fix for README.aix (5.10.1 / blead). Please could you commit this? Fixes in this patch: * correct some typos * adjust some dates Bye Rainer Dave Mitchell wrote: > I've just uploaded 5.10.1-RC1 to CPAN. > > Once it's hit the mirrors it should be(*) available as > > http://www.cpan.org//authors/id/D/DA/DAPM/perl-5.10.1-RC1.tar.bz2 > > but until then, its available as > > http://www.iabyn.com/tmp/perl-5.10.1-RC1.tar.bz2 > > but please don't advertise that outside of this list. > > The .gz variant is also available. > > Rafael, once its hit the mirrors, can you announce it on use.perl.org? > > So please everyone, test away! > > I'm not planning to change anything between now and final release unless > it's a real showstopper: I'm past caring about the occasional test > failure on some random platform. > > Also note that I'm away this weekend. > > > (*) This is my first ever use of PAUSE > > From 4d658a15475a7866f56ff938d851e6df719c056e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:25:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Small fix for READEM.aix Signed-off-by: H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
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diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix
index 68c8503988..12ca6aeb51 100644
--- a/README.aix
+++ b/README.aix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ like DBD::Oracle, it is better to use the _r version of the compiler.
This will not build a threaded Perl, but a thread-enabled Perl. See
also L<Threaded Perl> later on.
-As of writing (2009-07) only the IBM XL C for AIX or XL C/C++ for AIX
+As of writing (2009-08) only the IBM XL C for AIX or XL C/C++ for AIX
compiler is supported by IBM on AIX 5L/6.1.
The following compiler versions are supported by IBM:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ development team.
=head2 Incompatibility with AIX Toolbox lib gdbm
-If the AIX Toolbox version of lib gdbm 1.8.x ist installed on the
+If the AIX Toolbox version of lib gdbm 1.8.x is installed on the
system then Perl will not work. This library contains a defect version
of the dbm_store() function.
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ of the dbm_store() function.
w th = with thread
w/o th = without thread
- nyt = not yet tested
OK = tested
-Successfully tested means that all make test runs with an result of 100% OK.
-All tests were conducted with -Duseshrplib set.
+Successfully tested means that all "make test" runs finish with an
+result of 100% OK. All tests were conducted with -Duseshrplib set.
=head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
@@ -136,7 +135,8 @@ can set:
data = -1 (default is 262144 * 512 byte)
With the default setting the size is limited to 128MB.
-The -1 removes this limit.
+The -1 removes this limit. If the "make test" fails please change
+your /etc/security/limits as stated above.
=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (threaded/32-bit)
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ make tests in 64-bit mode.
The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the
IBM AIX system Perl installation.
-If you choose gcc to compile 64-bit Perl then you need to use the
-following options:
+If you choose gcc to compile 64-bit Perl then you need to add the
+following option:
-Dcc='gcc -maix64'
@@ -469,6 +469,6 @@ Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net>
=head1 DATE
-Version 0.0.9: 08 Jul 2009
+Version 0.0.10: 07 Aug 2009
=cut