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author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-06-08 21:36:00 +0000 |
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committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-06-08 21:36:00 +0000 |
commit | 3df9be300aa76fdeef4d24d3449ba42fdc4bd784 (patch) | |
tree | 27dcf6c8f6ab426fd08715b99762d69fa842a8ff /README.irix | |
parent | 24853e071512966622e53c36b4b517deec5b5106 (diff) | |
download | perl-3df9be300aa76fdeef4d24d3449ba42fdc4bd784.tar.gz |
Make the =heads a little bit more descriptive; regen toc.
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diff --git a/README.irix b/README.irix index 5164eac15f..dddb5ffa96 100644 --- a/README.irix +++ b/README.irix @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems This document describes various features of Irix that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. -=head2 Building 32-bit +=head2 Building 32-bit Perl in Irix Use @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ or later compilers (use cc -version to check). (Building 'cc -n32' is the default.) -=head2 Building 64-bit +=head2 Building 64-bit Perl in Irix Use @@ -30,38 +30,38 @@ Use to compiler Perl 64-bit. -=head2 About Compiler Versions +=head2 About Compiler Versions of Irix -Some IRIX cc versions, e.g. 7.3.1.1m (try cc -version) have been known +Some Irix cc versions, e.g. 7.3.1.1m (try cc -version) have been known to have issues (coredumps) when compiling perl.c. If you've used -OPT:fast_io=ON and this happens, try removing it. If that fails, or you didn't use that, then try adjusting other optimization options (-LNO, -INLINE, -O3 to -O2, etcetera). The compiler bug has been reported to SGI. (Allen Smith <easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu>) -=head2 Linker Problems +=head2 Linker Problems in Irix If you get complaints about so_locations then search in the file hints/irix_6.sh for "lddflags" and do the suggested adjustments. (David Billinghurst <David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com.au>) -=head2 Malloc +=head2 Malloc in Irix Do not try to use Perl's malloc, this will lead into very mysterious errors (especially with -Duse64bitall). =head2 Building with threads -For IRIX 6.2, you have to have the following patches installed: +For Irix 6.2, you have to have the following patches installed: 1404 Irix 6.2 Posix 1003.1b man pages - 1645 IRIX 6.2 & 6.3 POSIX header file updates + 1645 Irix 6.2 & 6.3 POSIX header file updates 2000 Irix 6.2 Posix 1003.1b support modules 2254 Pthread library fixes 2401 6.2 all platform kernel rollup -IMPORTANT: Without patch 2401, a kernel bug in IRIX 6.2 will cause -your machine to panic and crash when running threaded perl. IRIX 6.3 +IMPORTANT: Without patch 2401, a kernel bug in Irix 6.2 will cause +your machine to panic and crash when running threaded perl. Irix 6.3 and later are okay. =head1 AUTHOR |