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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> | 1997-06-24 10:49:12 +1200 |
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| committer | Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> | 1997-08-07 00:00:00 +1200 |
| commit | 6890e559d7ce8a57fe2b6b18ef51d300ce98843f (patch) | |
| tree | 80495b2027569001ce15fa521efa9ce066381298 /README.win32 | |
| parent | b4793f7f58b137d8b2f6d505d6c77dee2cd8cb25 (diff) | |
| download | perl-6890e559d7ce8a57fe2b6b18ef51d300ce98843f.tar.gz | |
exec() fixed on win32
exec() doesn't work right on Win32 because of the UNIX-specific
do_exec().
This patch fixes that, and updates the README.win32 in spots.
p5p-msgid: 199706241525.LAA06554@aatma.engin.umich.edu
Diffstat (limited to 'README.win32')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.win32 | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 8d14a2da4c..0cd070a6e9 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ all of the Activeware extensions and most other Win32 extensions from CPAN in source form, along with many added bugfixes, and with MakeMaker support. This bundle is available at: - http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/GSAR/libwin32-0.06.tar.gz + http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/GSAR/libwin32-0.07.tar.gz See the README in that distribution for building and installation instructions. Look for later versions that may be available at the @@ -404,13 +404,19 @@ bogus. =item * -The following functions are currently unavailable: C<fork()>, C<exec()>, +The following functions are currently unavailable: C<fork()>, C<dump()>, C<chown()>, C<link()>, C<symlink()>, C<chroot()>, C<setpgrp()>, C<getpgrp()>, C<setpriority()>, C<getpriority()>, C<syscall()>, C<fcntl()>. This list is possibly very incomplete. =item * +crypt() is not available due to silly export restrictions. It may +become available when the laws change. Meanwhile, look in CPAN for +extensions that provide it. + +=item * + Various C<socket()> related calls are supported, but they may not behave as on Unix platforms. @@ -488,7 +494,7 @@ sundry hacks since then. Borland support was added in 5.004_01 (Gurusamy Sarathy). -Last updated: 11 June 1997 +Last updated: 15 June 1997 =cut |