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@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Porting/patchls Flexible patch file listing utility Porting/pumpkin.pod Guidelines and hints for Perl maintainers README The Instructions README.Y2K Notes about Year 2000 concerns +README.aix Notes about AIX port README.amiga Notes about AmigaOS port README.apollo Notes about Apollo DomainOS port README.beos Notes about BeOS port diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6346a180b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.aix @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. +It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially +designed to be readable as is. + +=head1 NAME + +README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This document describes various features of IBM's Unix operating system +(AIX) that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is +compiled and/or runs. + +=head2 Compiling Perl 5 on AIX + +When compiling Perl, you must use an ANSI C compiler. AIX does not shif +an ANSI compliant C-compiler with AIX by default, but binary builds of +gcc for AIX are widely available. + +At the moment of writing, AIX supports two different native C compilers, +for which you have to pay: B<xlc> and B<VAC>. If you decide to use eiter +of these two (which is quite a lot easier than using gcc), be sure to +upgrade to the latest available patch level. Currently: + + xlC.C 3.1.4.0 + vac.C 4.4.0.3 (5.0 is already available) + +Perl can be compiled with either IBM's ANSI C compiler or with gcc. The +former is recommended, as not only can it compile Perl with no +difficulty, but also can take advantage of features listed later that +require the use of IBM compiler-specific command-line flags. + +If you decide to use gcc, make sure your installation is recent and +complete, and be sure to read the Perl README file for more gcc-specific +details. + +=head2 OS level + +Before installing the patches to the IBM C-compiler you need to know the +level of patching for the Operating System. IBM's command 'oslevel' will +show the base, but is not allways complete: + + # oslevel + 4.3.0.0 + # lslpp -l | grep 'bos.rte ' + bos.rte 4.3.2.1 COMMITTED Base Operating System Runtime + bos.rte 4.3.2.0 COMMITTED Base Operating System Runtime + # + +=head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX + +AIX supports dynamically loadable libraries (shared libraries). +Shared libraries end with the suffix .a, which is a bit misleading, +cause *all* libraries are shared ;-). + +=head2 The IBM ANSI C Compiler + +All defaults for Configure can be used. + +If you've chosen to use vac 4, be sure to run 4.4.0.3. Older versions +will turn up nasty later on. + +=head2 Using GNU's gcc for building perl + +... ? + +Wait, I'll have to scan perlbug ... + +=head2 Using Large Files with Perl + +... ? + +=head2 Threaded Perl + +... ? + +=head2 64-bit Perl + +... ? + +=head2 GDBM and Threads + +... ? + +=head2 NFS filesystems and utime(2) + +... ? + +=head1 AUTHOR + +H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl> + +Structure copied from README.hpux + +=head1 DATE + +Version 0.0.1: 16-10-2000 + +=cut |