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| author | Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net> | 2008-12-06 18:57:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> | 2008-12-06 17:09:00 +0000 |
| commit | 811896537c0115b45f1f63b8eab8433595bf6414 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d186d8896ff5d2bdfd703c97e4765db63701323 /README.aix | |
| parent | 5acb7768560c2784f756ed5cfc88162c6759ce4e (diff) | |
| download | perl-811896537c0115b45f1f63b8eab8433595bf6414.tar.gz | |
Re: AIX patches for Perl 5.8.9 RC2 - README.aix
Message-ID: <493AAEF0.3020203@tammer.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:57:20 +0100
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diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix index aeb23f189c..08077460af 100644 --- a/README.aix +++ b/README.aix @@ -100,22 +100,24 @@ Should yield no problems. =head2 Threaded Perl -Should yield no problems with AIX 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1. +Should yield no problems with AIX 5.1 / 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1. -IBM uses the AIX system Perl (V5.8.2 as of writing) for some AIX -system scripts. If you switches the links in /usr/bin from the +IBM uses the AIX system Perl (V5.6.0 on AIX 5.1 and V5.8.2 on +AIX 5.2 / 5.3 and 6.1) for some AIX +system scripts. If you switch the links in /usr/bin from the AIX system Perl (/usr/opt/perl5) to the newly build Perl then you get the same features as with the IBM AIX system Perl if the threaded options are used. +The threaded perl build works also on AIX 5.1 but the IBM Perl +build (Perl v5.6.0) is not threaded on AIX 5.1. + =head2 64-bit Perl If your AIX system is installed with 64-bit support, you can expect 64-bit configurations to work. If you want to use 64-bit Perl on AIX 6.1 you need a APAR for a libc.a bug which affects (n)dbm_XXX functions. -The APAR number for this problem is currently not yet available. If -the fileset bos.rte.libc is at level 6.1.1.2 or lower then the problem -is no fixed on your system. +The APAR number for this problem is IZ39077. If you need more memory (larger data segment) for your Perl programs you can set: |