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diff --git a/README.amiga b/README.amiga index 110f9cf696..e4d4071188 100644 --- a/README.amiga +++ b/README.amiga @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Contents DESCRIPTION - Prerequisites - Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS + - Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS INSTALLATION Accessing documentation - Manpages @@ -94,6 +95,24 @@ of your scripts. Then you can invoke your scripts like under UNIX with necessary, F<perl> would be enough, but having full path would make it easier to use your script under *nix.) +=head2 Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS + +Perl under AmigaOS lacks some features of perl under UNIX because of +deficiencies in the UNIX-emulation, most notably: + +=over 6 + +=item fork() + +=item some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates + +=item inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file + +=item umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is + finally close()d + +=back + =head1 INSTALLATION Change to the installation directory (most probably ADE:), and @@ -199,26 +218,10 @@ Now run make test -Some tests will fail. Here is which, and why: - -=over 8 - -=item F<io/fs.t>, F<op/stat.t>, F<lib/*dbm.t>, F<lib/db-*.t> - -Check I<file system> operations. Failures result from the inability to -emulate some Unixisms with the standard Amiga filesystem. - -=item F<io/pipe.t>, F<op/fork.t>, F<lib/filehand.t>, F<lib/open2.t>, - F<lib/open3.t>, F<lib/io_pipe.t>, F<lib/io_sock.t> +Some tests will be skipped because they need the fork() function: -These tests will be skipped because they use the fork() function, which is not -supported under AmigaOS. - -=item F<op/magic.t> - -The ixemul.library doesn't set the expected values for $0 and $^X. - -=back +F<io/pipe.t>, F<op/fork.t>, F<lib/filehand.t>, F<lib/open2.t>, F<lib/open3.t>, +F<lib/io_pipe.t>, F<lib/io_sock.t> =head2 Installing the built perl |