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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-05-27 18:15:32 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-05-27 18:15:32 +0000
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parent88db85626d1c37798fcf9b00b087802188eef972 (diff)
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POD cleanup and rewrapping.
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@@ -33,25 +33,25 @@ The build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK.
Once the Tools & SDK are installed, the build environment has to
be setup. The following batch files setup the environment.
+=over 4
+
=item *
-If you want to build with Default settings you can follow the One step process given below
-to create the default Build Environment.
+If you want to build with Default settings you can follow the One step
+process given below to create the default Build Environment.
=item SetNWDef.bat
-The Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input.The first being the NetWare SDK path,
-Second being the path for CodeWarrior Compiler & other tools. Execution of this file
-sets the Build type to Release(default) , the NetWare SDK path, path for Compiler & other tools.
-
-=back
-
-=item * Custom Build Environment
+The Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input.The first being
+the NetWare SDK path, Second being the path for CodeWarrior Compiler &
+other tools. Execution of this file sets the Build type to
+Release(default) , the NetWare SDK path, path for Compiler & other
+tools.
-If you want to change the default settings you could do so by following the steps listed
-below.
+=item Custom Build Environment
-=over 4
+If you want to change the default settings you could do so by
+following the steps listed below.
=item Buildtype.bat
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ This sets the build type to release or debug.
=item *
-Example: Typing "buildtype d on" at the command prompt causes the buildtype to be set to Debug type.
- Typing "buildtype r" at the command prompt sets it to Release Build type.
+Example: Typing "buildtype d on" at the command prompt causes the
+buildtype to be set to Debug type. Typing "buildtype r" at the
+command prompt sets it to Release Build type.
=item SetNWBld.bat
@@ -75,14 +76,14 @@ or I</?> gives the usage help.
=head2 Make
-The make process runs only under WinNT shell.
-The NetWare makefile is located under the NetWare folder.
-This makes use of miniperl.exe to run some of
-the Perl scripts. To create miniperl.exe, first set the required paths for
-Visual c++ compilier (specify vcvars32 location) at the command prompt.
-Then run nmake from win32 folder through WinNT command prompt.
-The build process can be stopped after miniperl.exe is created. Then run nmake
-from NetWare folder through WinNT command prompt.
+The make process runs only under WinNT shell. The NetWare makefile is
+located under the NetWare folder. This makes use of miniperl.exe to
+run some of the Perl scripts. To create miniperl.exe, first set the
+required paths for Visual c++ compilier (specify vcvars32 location) at
+the command prompt. Then run nmake from win32 folder through WinNT
+command prompt. The build process can be stopped after miniperl.exe
+is created. Then run nmake from NetWare folder through WinNT command
+prompt.
Currently the following two build types are tested on NetWare
@@ -111,30 +112,30 @@ The make process also creates the Perl extensions as I<<Extension>.nlm>
=head1 Install
-To install NetWare Perl onto a NetWare server, first map the Sys volume
-of a NetWare server to I<i:>. This is because the makefile by default
-sets the drive letter to I<i:>. Type I<nmake nwinstall> from NetWare folder
-on a WinNT command prompt. This will copy the binaries and module files
-onto the NetWare server under I<sys:\Perl> folder. The Perl interpreter, I<perl.nlm>,
-is copied under I<sys:\perl\system> folder. Copy this to I<sys:\system> folder.
+To install NetWare Perl onto a NetWare server, first map the Sys
+volume of a NetWare server to I<i:>. This is because the makefile by
+default sets the drive letter to I<i:>. Type I<nmake nwinstall> from
+NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt. This will copy the binaries
+and module files onto the NetWare server under I<sys:\Perl>
+folder. The Perl interpreter, I<perl.nlm>, is copied under
+I<sys:\perl\system> folder. Copy this to I<sys:\system> folder.
-Example: At the command prompt Type "nmake nwinstall".
- This will install NetWare Perl on the NetWare Server.
- Similiarly if you type "nmake install",
- This will cause the binaries to be installed on the local machine.
- (Typically under the c:\perl folder)
+Example: At the command prompt Type "nmake nwinstall". This will
+install NetWare Perl on the NetWare Server. Similarly if you type
+"nmake install", This will cause the binaries to be installed on the
+local machine. (Typically under the c:\perl folder)
-
=head1 Build new extensions
To build extensions other than standard extensions, NetWare Perl has
-to be installed on Windows along with Windows Perl. The Perl for Windows can be
-either downloaded from the CPAN site and built using the sources, or the binaries
-can be directly downloaded from the ActiveState site.
-Installation can be done by invoking I<nmake install> from the NetWare folder
-on a WinNT command prompt after building NetWare Perl by following steps given above.
-This will copy all the *.pm files and other required files.
-Documentation files are not copied.Thus one must first install Windows Perl, Then install
+to be installed on Windows along with Windows Perl. The Perl for
+Windows can be either downloaded from the CPAN site and built using
+the sources, or the binaries can be directly downloaded from the
+ActiveState site. Installation can be done by invoking I<nmake
+install> from the NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt after
+building NetWare Perl by following steps given above. This will copy
+all the *.pm files and other required files. Documentation files are
+not copied.Thus one must first install Windows Perl, Then install
NetWare Perl.
Once this is done, do the following to build any extension:
@@ -164,9 +165,9 @@ nmake
nmake install
Install will copy the files into the Windows machine where NetWare
-Perl is installed and these files may have to be copied to the NetWare server
-manually. Alternatively, pass I<INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib> as an
-input to makefile.pl above. Here I<i:> is the mapped drive to the
+Perl is installed and these files may have to be copied to the NetWare
+server manually. Alternatively, pass I<INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib> as
+an input to makefile.pl above. Here I<i:> is the mapped drive to the
sys: volume of the server where Perl on NetWare is installed. Now
typing I<nmake install>, will copy the files onto the NetWare server.
@@ -175,9 +176,7 @@ Example: You can execute the following on the command prompt.
perl -Ic:/perl/5.7.2/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.7.2\lib MakeFile.pl
INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib
-=back
-
-= item *
+=item *
Note: Some modules downloaded from CPAN may require NetWare related API
in order to build on NetWare.Other modules may however build smoothly with or