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diff --git a/README.beos b/README.beos new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8c24393d6e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.beos @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +$Id: README.beos,v 1.2 1998/05/02 01:55:04 dogcow Exp dogcow $ + +Notes on building perl under BeOS: + +GENERAL ISSUES +-------------- +perl will almost compile straight out of the box with ./Configure -d, but +there are a few gotchas: + +Currently, you have to edit config.sh and remove SDBM_File from the +dynamic_ext= and extensions= lines. SDBM_File does not build properly +at this time. You need to run ./Configure -S after editing config.sh. + +In addition, with mwcc, after doing `make depend`, you need to edit +makefile and x2p/makefile and remove the lines that mention 'Bletch:'. +This is not necessary if you're using gnu cpp. + +in short: +./Configure -d +remove SDBM_File from config.sh +./Configure -S +make depend +remove Bletch: from makefile and x2p/makefile +make + +Other than that, perl should build without problems. There are some +technical comments in hints/beos.sh. + +OS RELEASE-SPECIFIC NOTES +------------------------- + +PR1/PPC: +See R3/X86. Same bug, different form. + +PR2/PPC: +Signals are somewhat unreliable, but they can work. Use caution. +The POSIX module is still somewhat buggy. + +R3/X86: +Under R3 x86, there are some serious problems with the math routines +such that numbers are incorrectly printed. This causes problems with +modules that encode their version numbers - in particular, IO.pm will +probably not work properly. This should be fixed under R3.1. + +The problem has manifested itself if you see something similar to the +following during the compile: + +cc -c -I/usr/local/include -O -DVERSION=\"1.1504\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.1499999999\" -fpic -I../.. IO.c +(lots of 9's are the indication of the problem.) + +In the meantime, you can use the following workaround: + +make perl +cd ext/IO +cc -c -I/usr/local/include -O -DVERSION=\"1.1504\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.15\" -fpic -I../.. IO.c +cd .. +make + +(Substitute the correct numbers if IO has been updated.) + +R3/PPC- +There's math problems, but of a different kind. In particular, +perl -e 'print (240000 - (3e4<<3))' gives a non-zero answer. +I'm looking into this. There is no workaround as yet. Hopefully, +this will be fixed in R3.1. + +CONTACT INFORMATION +------------------- +If you have comments, problem reports, or even patches or bugfixes (gasp!) +please email me. + +1 May 1998 +Tom Spindler +dogcow@merit.edu + |