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diff --git a/cygwin32/build-instructions.steven-morlock2 b/cygwin32/build-instructions.steven-morlock2 deleted file mode 100644 index 82ff387279..0000000000 --- a/cygwin32/build-instructions.steven-morlock2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -This document is obsolete. Refer to README.cygwin32. - -This is an addendum to Steven Morlock's original post. -perl5.005_03-static-patch, contains the USEMYBINMODE correction described -below. - -***************************** -Subject: Re: HOWTO: Builiding Perl under Win95/98 using Cygwin32 -Author: Steven Morlock <newspost@morlock.net> -Date: 1998/12/22 -Forum: comp.lang.perl.misc - -I realized that in my original post I left out a couple important -details. I'd like to correct that here. - -There is a need to address the issue of end of lines being CR/NL or -NL on the Windows platform. Cygwin32 by default converts NL to CR/NL -during file I/O by non Cygwin32-savvy applications. This means that -Perl, since it does not support 'binmode' for the Cygwin32 platform, -will not be able to read & write untranslated/binary files. There are -two methods of over coming this. The first is to mount the Cygwin32 -partitions in binary mode. The second is to enable binmode support -in Perl. In the original post I had mounted the partition as binary -and neglected to include that fact in the post. - -* Using a binary partition: - - Mount the Perl source & installation destination partitions in binary - mode. Refer to the Cygnus documentation on 'mount' for details: - - http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/mount.html - - On my system since everything was in the root partition I issued the - following commands from the bash shell: - - umount / - mount -b c:\\ / - - You must also get and install the gzip'd version of the Perl source - code archive. The zip'd version of the archive has all NL converted - to CR/NL pairs in all text files. So you should be downloading the - files ending in '.gz', not '.zip'. - -* Patching Perl to add Cygwin32 binmode support: - - For this method you can use either the gzip'd or zip'd version of the - Perl source archive. - - Apply the following patch to <PERL>/perl.h: - -*** perl.h.ORIG Tue Dec 22 09:22:42 1998 ---- perl.h Tue Dec 22 09:43:10 1998 -*************** -*** 1480,1483 **** ---- 1480,1495 ---- - #endif - -+ #if defined(__CYGWIN32__) -+ /* USEMYBINMODE -+ * This symbol, if defined, indicates that the program should -+ * use the routine my_binmode(FILE *fp, char iotype) to insure -+ * that a file is in "binary" mode -- that is, that no translation -+ * of bytes occurs on read or write operations. -+ */ -+ #define USEMYBINMODE / **/ -+ #define my_binmode(fp, iotype) \ -+ (PerlLIO_setmode(PerlIO_fileno(fp), O_BINARY) != -1 ? -TRUE : NULL) -+ #endif -+ - #include "regexp.h" - #include "sv.h" - -Regards, -Steve - --- -Steven Morlock -Foliage Software Systems -aka The Nerd Farm -http://www.foliage.com |