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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-06-06 23:10:00 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-06-06 23:10:00 +0000
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Podify the remaining README.platform files;
merge README.plan9 and plan9/perlplan9.pod; delete plan9/perlplan9.* (the perlplan.doc needs to be regenerated in Plan 9); make the =head1 and =head2 in the README.platform to be a little more verbose (skipped README.os2 not to anger Ilya) so that they look better in the toc; regen toc. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10461
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@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-
This document is written in pod format hence there are punctuation
-characters in odd places. Do not worry, you've apparently got
-the ASCII->EBCDIC translation worked out correctly. You can read
-more about pod in pod/perlpod.pod or the short summary in the
-INSTALL file.
+characters in odd places. Do not worry, you've apparently got the
+ASCII->EBCDIC translation worked out correctly. You can read more
+about pod in pod/perlpod.pod or the short summary in the INSTALL file.
=head1 NAME
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ the ones we've tested it on.
You may need to carry out some system configuration tasks before
running the Configure script for Perl.
-=head2 Unpacking
+=head2 Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
Gunzip/gzip for OS/390 is discussed at:
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ to extract an ASCII tar archive on OS/390, try this:
pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar
-=head2 Setup and utilities
+=head2 Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
Be sure that your yacc installation is in place including any necessary
parser template files. If you have not already done so then be sure to:
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ to build its "Socket" extension.
For successful testing you may need to turn on the sticky bit for your
world readable /tmp directory if you have not already done so (see man chmod).
-=head2 Configure
+=head2 Configure Perl on OS/390
Once you've unpacked the distribution, run "sh Configure" (see INSTALL
for a full discussion of the Configure options). There is a "hints" file
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ properly set up your /etc networking files.
=back
-=head2 Build, test, install
+=head2 Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
Simply put:
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ this last step may or may not require UID=0 privileges depending
on how you answered the questions that Configure asked and whether
or not you have write access to the directories you specified.
-=head2 build anomalies
+=head2 Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
"Out of memory!" messages during the build of Perl are most often fixed
by re building the GNU make utility for OS/390 from a source code kit.
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ If the c89 compiler complains of syntax errors during the build of the
Socket extension then be sure to fix the syntax error in the system
header /usr/include/sys/socket.h.
-=head2 testing anomalies
+=head2 Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
The `make test` step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
installation. You might encounter STDERR messages even during a successful
@@ -279,13 +277,13 @@ is needed to get through the test suite.
=back
-=head2 installation anomalies
+=head2 Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
The installman script will try to run on OS/390. There will be fewer errors
if you have a roff utility installed. You can obtain GNU groff from the
Redbook SG24-5944-00 ftp site.
-=head2 Usage Hints
+=head2 Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
When using perl on OS/390 please keep in mind that the EBCDIC and ASCII
character sets are different. See perlebcdic.pod for more on such character
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ If you are having trouble with square brackets then consider switching your
rlogin or telnet client. Try to avoid older 3270 emulators and ISHELL for
working with Perl on USS.
-=head2 Floating point anomalies
+=head2 Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
There appears to be a bug in the floating point implementation on S/390
systems such that calling int() on the product of a number and a small
@@ -341,7 +339,7 @@ The problem can be further examined in a roughly equivalent C program:
/* y is 0.000000e+00 and z is 1.000000e+05 (with c89) */
}
-=head2 Modules and Extensions
+=head2 Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
Pure pure (that is non xs) modules may be installed via the usual:
@@ -402,7 +400,7 @@ L<INSTALL>, L<perlport>, L<perlebcdic>, L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>.
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CBCUG030/
-=head2 Mailing list
+=head2 Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a perl-mvs
mailing list of interest to all folks building and/or