From 23e2b7a9cd174dbd4e526e1069d671e42c30d954 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Peters Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 07:44:13 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] reentr.h changes so threaded Perl's compile on OpenBSD 3.7 Message-Id: <20050510174413.GA19686@mccoy.peters.homeunix.org> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@24441 --- README.openbsd | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.openbsd (limited to 'README.openbsd') diff --git a/README.openbsd b/README.openbsd new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b1d5eea14f --- /dev/null +++ b/README.openbsd @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +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 +specifically designed to be readable as is. + +=head1 NAME + +README.openbsd - Perl version 5 on OpenBSD systems + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This document describes various features of OpenBSD that will affect how Perl +version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. + +=head2 OpenBSD core dumps from getprotobyname_r and getservbyname_r with ithreads + +When Perl is configured to use ithreads, it will use re-entrant library calls +in preference to non-re-entrant versions. There is an incompatability in +OpenBSD's C and C function in versions 3.7 +and later that will cause a SEGV when called without doing a C on +their return structs prior to calling these functions. Current Perl's +should handle this problem correctly. Older threaded Perls (5.8.6 or earlier) +will run into this problem. If you want to run a threaded Perl on OpenBSD +3.7 or higher, you will need to upgrade to at least Perl 5.8.7. + +=head1 AUTHOR + +Steve Peters + +Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to F. + -- cgit v1.2.1