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author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-02-27 17:12:41 +0000 |
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committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 2000-02-27 17:12:41 +0000 |
commit | 706de38c2aa2b981f7071fda099501bf2cc8caeb (patch) | |
tree | 32aa0ced28b042dc1e42b9102ceac21cd1dbab96 /README.dos | |
parent | 11fe14b1c777b120f18b8463917f305b1af20e90 (diff) | |
download | perl-706de38c2aa2b981f7071fda099501bf2cc8caeb.tar.gz |
djgpp update (from Laszlo Molnar)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5288
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diff --git a/README.dos b/README.dos index 95ab911820..e6fc8a96d9 100644 --- a/README.dos +++ b/README.dos @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ the world. Like: You need the following files to build perl (or add new modules): - v2/djdev201.zip + v2/djdev202.zip v2/bnu27b.zip v2gnu/gcc2721b.zip v2gnu/bsh1147b.zip @@ -60,17 +60,11 @@ You need the following files to build perl (or add new modules): v2gnu/gawk303b.zip v2misc/csdpmi4b.zip -or any newer version. +or possibly any newer version. =item Pthreads -If you want multithreading support in perl, you need a pthread library -that supports DJGPP. One of them can be found at: - - ftp://ftp.cs.fsu.edu/pub/PART/PTHREADS/pthreads.zip - -But thread support is still in alpha, it may be unstable. For more information -see below. +Thread support is not tested in this version of the djgpp perl. =back @@ -105,7 +99,7 @@ sockets =item * -Unpack the source package F<perl5.00?_??.tar.gz> with djtarx. If you want +Unpack the source package F<perl5.6*.tar.gz> with djtarx. If you want to use long file names under w95, don't forget to use set LFN=y @@ -160,7 +154,7 @@ with: C<stubedit cc1.exe>). You can use the Configure script in non-interactive mode too. When I built my F<perl.exe>, I used something like this: - configure.bat -Uuseposix -des + configure.bat -des You can find more info about Configure's command line switches in the F<INSTALL> file. @@ -191,9 +185,10 @@ Type: make test -You should see "All tests successful" if you configured a database -manager, and 1 failed test script if not (F<lib/anydbm.t>). If you -configured POSIX you will see 1 additional failed subtest in F<lib/posix.t>. +If you're lucky you should see "All tests successful". But there can be +a few failed subtests (less than 5 hopefully) depending on some external +conditions (e.g. some subtests fail under linux/dosemu or plain dos +with short filenames only). =head2 Installation @@ -206,64 +201,6 @@ directory structure. Perl.exe and the utilities go into C<($DJDIR)/bin>, and the library goes under C<($DJDIR)/lib/perl5>. The pod documentation goes under C<($DJDIR)/lib/perl5/pod>. -=head2 Threaded perl under dos-djgpp - -Multithreading support is considered alpha, because some of the -tests in C<ext/Thread> still die with SIGSEGV (patches are welcome). But -if you want to give it a try, here are the necessary steps: - -=over 4 - -=item - -1. You will need a pthread library which supports djgpp. Go, and download -FSU's version from: - - ftp://ftp.cs.fsu.edu/pub/PART/PTHREADS/pthreads.zip - -The latest version is 3.5, released in Feb 98. - -=item - -2. Unzip the file, cd to C<threads\src> and run F<configur.bat>. - -=item - -3. Add C<RAND_SWITCH> or C<MUTEX_SWITCH> or C<RR_SWITCH> to C<CFLAGS> -in the F<makefile>. Note that using these values, multithreading will -NOT be preemptive. This is necessary, since djgpp's libc is not thread safe. - -=item - -4. Apply the following patch: - - *** include/pthread/signal.h~ Wed Feb 4 10:51:24 1998 - --- include/pthread/signal.h Tue Feb 10 22:40:32 1998 - *************** - *** 364,368 **** - --- 364,370 ---- - - #ifndef SA_ONSTACK - + #ifdef SV_ONSTACK - #define SA_ONSTACK SV_ONSTACK - + #endif - #endif /* !SA_ONSTACK */ - -=item - -5. run make (before you do this, you must make sure your C<SHELL> environment -variable does NOT point to bash). - -=item - -6. Install the library and header files into your djgpp directory structure. - -=item - -7. Add C<-Dusethreads> to the commmand line of perl's F<configure.bat>. - -=back - =head1 AUTHOR Laszlo Molnar, F<laszlo.molnar@eth.ericsson.se> |