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diff --git a/README.hurd b/README.hurd index 6db3ef3638..17e04b0353 100644 --- a/README.hurd +++ b/README.hurd @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ -Notes on Perl on the Hurd -Last Updated: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:50:30 +0200 -Written by: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> +If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. +It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially +designed to be readable as is. + +=head1 NAME + +README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd + +=head1 DESCRIPTION If you want to use Perl on the Hurd, I recommend using the Debian GNU/Hurd distribution (see http://www.debian.org), even if an official, stable release has not yet been made. The old `gnu-0.2' binary distribution will most certainly have additional problems. -* Known Problems +=head2 Known Problems with Perl on Hurd The Perl test suite may still report some errors on the Hurd. The `lib/anydbm' and `pragma/warnings' tests will almost certainly fail. @@ -21,12 +27,13 @@ information. Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_62 on my system: -Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12 -pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215 -8 tests and 24 subtests skipped. -Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay. + Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed + ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12 + pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215 + + 8 tests and 24 subtests skipped. + Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay. There are quite a few systems out there that do worse! @@ -38,3 +45,10 @@ encounter more failures. Likely candidates are: `op/stat', `lib/io_pipe', In any way, if you're seeing failures beyond those mentioned in this document, please consider upgrading to the latest Hurd before reporting the failure as a bug. + +=head1 AUTHOR + +Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> + +Last Updated: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:50:30 +0200 + |