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diff --git a/README.hurd b/README.hurd new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2afa0e659e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.hurd @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Notes on Perl on the Hurd +Last Updated: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 21:11:14 +0100 +Written by: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> + +* Known Problems + +There are several problems with Perl on the Hurd. Most of them are +related to bugs in the OS, some might be actual bugs in Perl. + +The database code has problems that make Perl crash. When running the +test-suite one of the tests will crash. Note that on the Hurd when a +program crashes, the crash server suspends the program. Continuing +the program will cause it to exit. + +The socket tests may fail if the network is not configured. You have +to make `/hurd/pfinet' the translator for `/servers/socket/2', giving +it the right arguments. Try `/hurd/pfinet --help' for more +information. It seems that it is currently not possible to do this +right when you do not have a supported network device. Therefore all +tests that use INET sockets fail on my system, suggesting that the +`localhost' address may not be defined. + +Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_03 on my system: + +Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +lib/anydbm.t 12 3 25.00% 1, 4, 9 +lib/db-btree.t 0 11 ?? ?? % ?? +lib/db-hash.t 255 65280 62 42 67.74% 15, 22-62 +lib/db-recno.t 2 512 78 61 78.21% 17, 19-78 +lib/io_pipe.t 10 ?? % ?? +lib/io_sock.t 46 11776 5 5 100.00% 1-5 +lib/io_udp.t 46 11776 3 3 100.00% 1-3 +lib/socket.t 6 6 100.00% 1-6 +op/stat.t 58 1 1.72% 4 +op/time.t 5 1 20.00% 2 +5 tests skipped, plus 14 subtests skipped. +Failed 10/188 test scripts, 94.68% okay. 121/6467 subtests failed, 98.13% okay. + |