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diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index e850441095..7d0198353c 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ cannot be compiled, or that does not function as expected. =head2 Threaded Perl -It is impossible to compile a version of threaded Perl on any version of -HP-UX before 10.30, and it is strongly suggested that you be running on +It is possible to compile a version of threaded Perl on any version of +HP-UX before 10.30, but it is strongly suggested that you be running on HP-UX 11.00 at least. To compile Perl with threads, add -Dusethreads to the arguments of @@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ is listed before -lc in the list of libraries to link Perl with. As of the date of this document, Perl threads are not fully supported on HP-UX. +HP-UX versions before 10.30 require a seperate installation of a POSIX +threads library package. Two examples are the HP DCE package, available +on "HP-UX Hardware Extensions 3.0, Install and Core OS, Release 10.20, +April 1999 (B3920-13941)" or the Freely available PTH package, available +though worldwide HP-UX mirrors of precompiled packages +(e.g. http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/alpha.html) + =head2 64-bit Perl Beginning with HP-UX 11.00, programs compiled under HP-UX can take @@ -268,6 +275,6 @@ With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella. =head1 DATE -Version 0.6.1: 2000/06/20 +Version 0.6.2: 2001-02-02 =cut |