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authorStephen P. Potter <spp@ds.net>2000-11-06 13:56:43 -0500
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-11-07 00:12:54 +0000
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@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ is considered a bug and should be fixed soon.
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
Did you run your programs with C<-w> switch? See
L<Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl>.
-=item
+=item *
Do you try to run I<internal> shell commands, like C<`copy a b`>
(internal for F<cmd.exe>), or C<`glob a*b`> (internal for ksh)? You
@@ -1163,18 +1163,18 @@ eventually).
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
Since L<flock(3)> is present in EMX, but is not functional, it is
emulated by perl. To disable the emulations, set environment variable
C<USE_PERL_FLOCK=0>.
-=item
+=item *
Here is the list of things which may be "broken" on
EMX (from EMX docs):
-=over
+=over 4
=item *
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ L<waitpid(3)>:
Note that C<kill -9> does not work with the current version of EMX.
-=item
+=item *
Since F<sh.exe> is used for globing (see L<perlfunc/glob>), the bugs
of F<sh.exe> plague perl as well.
@@ -1517,9 +1517,9 @@ cannot test it.
For the details of the current situation with calling external programs,
see L<Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl>.
-=over
+=over 4
-=item
+=item *
External scripts may be called by name. Perl will try the same extensions
as when processing B<-S> command-line switch.
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ preliminary.
Most notable problems:
-=over
+=over 4
=item C<COND_WAIT>