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diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index c2a01042c8..80d329434e 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -382,6 +382,20 @@ expected. 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 +has caused a lot of people many headaches. Read README.hpux in the +DBD::Oracle for much more information. The reason to mention it here +is that Oracle requires a perl built with libcl and libpthread, the +latter even when perl is build without threads. Building perl using +all defaults, but still enabling to build DBD::Oracle later on can be +achieved using + + Configure -A prepend:libswanted='cl pthread ' ... + +Do not forget the space before the trailing quote. + =head2 GDBM and Threads on HP-UX If you attempt to compile Perl with threads on an 11.X system and also @@ -467,6 +481,6 @@ With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella. =head1 DATE -Version 0.6.5: 2002-02-27 +Version 0.6.6: 2002-05-30 =cut |