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diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix index 73905031a5..4ea8ae8f8f 100644 --- a/README.aix +++ b/README.aix @@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Currently all versions of IBM's "xlc", "xlc_r", "cc", "cc_r" or "vac" ANSI/C compiler will work for building perl if that compiler works on your system. +If you plan to link perl to any module that requires thread-support, +like DBD::Oracle, it is better to use the _r version of the compiler. +This will not build a threaded perl, but a thread-enabled perl. See +also L<Threaded perl> later on. + As of writing (2008-11) only the IBM XL C for AIX or XL C/C++ for AIX compiler is supported by IBM on AIX 5L/6.1. @@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ can set: With the default setting the size is limited to 128MB. The -1 removes this limit. -=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (threaded/32-bit) +=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (threaded/32-bit) With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which passes all make tests in threaded 32-bit mode, which is the default @@ -133,7 +138,7 @@ all make tests in 32-bit mode. The -Dprefix option will install Perl in a directory parallel to the IBM AIX system Perl installation. -=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (threaded/64-bit) +=head2 Recommended Options AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3 and 6.1 (threaded/64-bit) With the following options you get a threaded Perl version which passes all make tests in 64-bit mode. @@ -421,6 +426,6 @@ Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net> =head1 DATE -Version 0.0.7: 18 Nov 2008 +Version 0.0.8: 01 Dec 2008 =cut |