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diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index ade330948f..e0fb54fd9e 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -401,11 +401,15 @@ Work is being performed on Perl to make it 64-bit compliant on all versions of Unix. Once this is complete, scalar variables will be able to hold numbers larger than 2^32 with complete precision. -As of the date of this document, Perl is not 64-bit compliant on HP-UX. +As of the date of this document, Perl is fully 64-bit compliant on +HP-UX 11.00 and up for both ccc- and gcc builds. Should a user wish to experiment with compiling Perl in the LP64 environment, use the -Duse64bitall flag to Configure. This will force Perl to be compiled in a pure LP64 environment (via the +DD64 flag). +(Note that these flags will only work with HP's ANSI C compiler. If +you want to compile Perl using gcc, you will have to get a version of +the compiler that support 64-bit operations.) You can also use the -Duse64bitint flag to Configure. Although there are some minor differences between compiling Perl with this flag versus @@ -418,10 +422,6 @@ questions about 64-bit numbers when Configure asks you, you may get a configuration that cannot be compiled, or that does not function as expected. -(Note that these Configure flags will only work with HP's ANSI C -compiler. If you want to compile Perl using gcc, you will have to get a -version of the compiler that support 64-bit operations.) - =head2 Oracle on HP-UX Using perl to connect to Oracle databases through DBI and DBD::Oracle |