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diff --git a/README.plan9 b/README.plan9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f10f1d9b92 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.plan9 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +WELCOME to Plan 9 Perl, brave soul! + This is a preliminary alpha version of Plan 9 Perl. Still to be implemented are MakeMaker and DynaLoader. Many perl commands are missing or currently behave in an inscrutable manner. These gaps will, with perserverance and a modicum of luck, be remedied in the near future.To install this software: + + 1. Create the source directories and libraries for perl by running the plan9/setup.rc command (i.e., located in the plan9 subdirectory). Note: the setup routine assumes that you haven't dearchived these files into /sys/src/cmd/perl. After running setup.rc you may delete the copy of the source you originally detarred, as source code has now been installed in /sys/src/cmd/perl. If you plan on installing perl binaries for all architectures, run "setup.rc -a". +After + 2. Making sure that you have adequate privileges to build system software, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 run: +mk install + If you wish to install perl versions for all architectures (68020, mips, sparc and 386) run: +mk installall + + 3. Wait. The build process will take a *long* time because perl bootstraps itself. A 75MHz Pentium, 16MB RAM machine takes roughly 30 minutes to build the distribution from scratch. + +INSTALLING DOCUMENTATION +This perl distribution comes with a tremendous amount of documentation. To add these to the built-in manuals that come with Plan 9, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 run: +mk man +To begin your reading, start with: +man perl +This is a good introduction and will direct you towards other man pages that may interest you. For information specific to Plan 9 Perl, try: +man perlplan9 + +(Note: "mk man" may produce some extraneous noise. Fear not.) + +Direct questions, comments, and the unlikely bug report (ahem) direct comments toward: +lutherh@stratcom.com + +Luther Huffman +Strategic Computer Solutions, Inc. |