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authorChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-03-07 04:01:12 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-03-07 04:01:12 +1200
commitd7678ab8042cdb31846941529ec8905f8f7bc43b (patch)
treef4579af1c0833742064ce0b15ede46d083b2274e /README.os2
parent6aa7c346415b0ad2478149a74e4c47f4ab7402e0 (diff)
downloadperl-d7678ab8042cdb31846941529ec8905f8f7bc43b.tar.gz
OS/2 doc update
(this is the same change as commit de0c99f683f89c0419c77decc2ae7cee1432e5d4, but as applied)
Diffstat (limited to 'README.os2')
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1 files changed, 41 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index c0a19601f3..f5927ba57d 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ in F<?:\JUST_ADD\view.exe>. This gives one an access to EMX's
F<.INF> docs as well (text form is available in F</emx/doc> in
EMX's distribution).
+Note that if you have F<lynx.exe> installed, you can follow WWW links
+from this document in F<.INF> format. If you have EMX docs installed
+correctly, you can follow library links (you need to have C<view emxbook>
+working by setting C<EMXBOOK> environment variable as it is described
+in EMX docs).
+
=cut
Contents
@@ -176,8 +182,8 @@ under earlier versions of EMX, but this is not tested.
One can get different parts of EMX from, say
- ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx0.9c/
- ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/gnu/
+ ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx09c/
+ ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/emx09c/
The runtime component should have the name F<emxrt.zip>.
@@ -202,14 +208,15 @@ can have Perl development environment under DOS.
One can get RSX from, say
- ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx0.9c/contrib
+ ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx09c/contrib
ftp://ftp.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/systems/msdos/misc
+ ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/devtools/emx+gcc/contrib
Contact the author on C<rainer@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de>.
The latest F<sh.exe> with DOS hooks is available at
- ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/os2/sh_dos.exe
+ ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/os2/sh_dos.zip
=item HPFS
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ For best results use EMX pdksh. The soon-to-be-available standard
binary (5.2.12?) runs under DOS (with L<RSX>) as well, meanwhile use
the binary from
- ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/os2/sh_dos.exe
+ ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/os2/sh_dos.zip
=back
@@ -652,10 +659,10 @@ check use
Possible locations to get this from are
- ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/gnu/
+ ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/unix/
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/dev32/
- ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx0.9c/
+ ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx09c/
Make sure that no copies or perl are currently running. Later steps
@@ -1006,7 +1013,7 @@ C<OS2::FTP>, are included into my ftp directory, mirrored on CPAN.
=item C<File::Copy::syscopy>
-used by C<File::Copy::copy>, see L<File::Copy/copy>.
+used by C<File::Copy::copy>, see L<File::Copy>.
=item C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>
@@ -1069,21 +1076,39 @@ eventually).
=item
-Since <flock> is present in EMX, but is not functional, the same is
+Since L<flock(3)> is present in EMX, but is not functional, the same is
true for perl. Here is the list of things which may be "broken" on
EMX (from EMX docs):
- - The functions recvmsg(), sendmsg(), and socketpair() are not
- implemented.
- - sock_init() is not required and not implemented.
- - flock() is not yet implemented (dummy function).
- - kill:
- Special treatment of PID=0, PID=1 and PID=-1 is not implemented.
- - waitpid:
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+The functions L<recvmsg(3)>, L<sendmsg(3)>, and L<socketpair(3)> are not
+implemented.
+
+=item *
+
+L<sock_init(3)> is not required and not implemented.
+
+=item *
+
+L<flock(3)> is not yet implemented (dummy function).
+
+=item *
+
+L<kill(3)>: Special treatment of PID=0, PID=1 and PID=-1 is not implemented.
+
+=item *
+
+L<waitpid(3)>:
+
WUNTRACED
Not implemented.
waitpid() is not implemented for negative values of PID.
+=back
+
Note that C<kill -9> does not work with the current version of EMX.
=item