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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2007-09-09 09:18:12 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2007-09-09 09:18:12 +0000
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More INSTALL nits. Move Tru64 specific info in the related
README file. (is it outdated?) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@31828
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@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ lowered that. The configuration process of Perl checks for too low
process limits, and lowers the optimization for the toke.c if
necessary, and also gives advice on how to raise the process limits.
+Also, Configure might abort with
+
+ Build a threading Perl? [n]
+ Configure[2437]: Syntax error at line 1 : `config.sh' is not expected.
+
+This indicates that Configure is being run with a broken Korn shell
+(even though you think you are using a Bourne shell by using
+"sh Configure" or "./Configure"). The Korn shell bug has been reported
+to Compaq as of February 1999 but in the meanwhile, the reason ksh is
+being used is that you have the environment variable BIN_SH set to
+'xpg4'. This causes /bin/sh to delegate its duties to /bin/posix/sh
+(a ksh). Unset the environment variable and rerun Configure.
+
=head2 Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
In Tru64 Perl is automatically able to use large files, that is,