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

Perl for NetWare5.x

=head1 Description

This file gives the instructions for building Perl5.6.1 for
NetWare5.x.  Please read and understand the terms under which this
software is distributed.

=head1 Build

This section describes the steps to be performed to build a Perl NLM
and other associated NLMs.

=head2 Tools & SDK

The build requires Watcom 11.x compiler and linker.  NetWare SDK,
available at L<http://developer.novell.com/ndk/>, is required.  Apart
from NetWare SDK, "NLM & NetWare Libraries for C" and "NetWare Server
Protocol Libraries for C" are also required.  This is also available
at the above mentioned site.  Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or
later is also required.

Currently the interpreter builds only with Watcom, we do have plans of
making this work with CodeWarrior as well.

=head2 Setup

The build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK.
Once the required software is installed, the build environment has to
be setup.  The following batch files setup the environment.

=over 4

=item Buildtype.bat

This sets the build type to release or debug.

=item SetNWBld.bat

This sets the NetWare SDK path, Compiler & other tools path & MPK SDK path.

=item MPKBuild.bat

This is required only it we are building multi-processor enabled NLMs.

These batch files are under NetWare\bat folder.  These batch files
call a couple of other batch files to setup the environment.  Invoking
the batch file with I</now> will show the current settings and I</h>
or I</?> gives the usage help.

=back

=head2 Make

The makefile is located under the NetWare folder.  Type nmake at the
WinNT command prompt.  The make process runs only under WinNT shell.
The makefile makes use of miniperl.exe to run some of the Perl
scripts.  Please run nmake from win32 folder which builds miniperl.exe
before running nmake from NetWare folder.  The build process can be
stopped after miniperl.exe is created.

Currently the follwing two build types are tested on NetWare

=over 4

=item *

USE_MULTI, USE_ITHREADS & USE_IMP_SYS defined

=item *

USE_MULTI & USE_IMP_SYS defined and USE_ITHREADS not defined

=back

=head2 Interpreter

Once miniperl.exe creation is over, run nmake from the NetWare
folder. This will build the Perl interpreter for NetWare as
I<perl.nlm>.  This is copied under the I<Release> folder if you are
doing a release build else will be copied under I<Debug> folder for
debug builds.

=head2 Extensions

The make process also creates the Perl extensions which are called
NLPs (NetWare Loadable Perl).

=head1 Install

Installing NetWare Perl on Windows doesn't make any sense.  To
install, type I<nmake nwinstall>. This will copy the binaries and
module files to a NetWare server.  The makefile, by default sets the
drive letter to I<i:> which should be mapped to the I<sys> volume of a
NetWare server.  The Perl interpreter, I<perl.nlm>, is copied under
I<sys:\perl\system> folder. Copy I<perl.nlm> to I<sys:\system>
folder. Before running I<nmake nwinstall>, make sure the NetWare
server on which the files have to go is mapped to the drive letter
I<i:>.

=head1 Build new extensions

To build extensions other than standard extensions, NetWare Perl has
to be installed on Windows as well.  This can be done by invoking
I<nmake install> on the Windows NT command prompt.  This will copy all
the *.pm files and other required files.  Documentation files are not
copied. This has be done after installing Perl for Windows. Once this
is done, to build any extension, do the following

=over 4

=item *

perl -II<path to NetWare lib dir> -II<path to lib> Makefile.pl

For example:

 perl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.6.1\lib MakeFile.pl

=item *

nmake

=item *

nmake install

Install will copy the files into the Windows machine where NetWare
Perl is installed, these files have to be copied to the NetWare server
manually.  Alternatively, pass I<INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib> as an
input to makefile.pl above.  Where I<i:> is the mapped drive to the
sys: volume of the server where Perl on NetWare is installed.  Now
saying I<nmake install>, will copy the files to the server.

=back

=head1 Known Issues

=over 4

=item * 

With USE_ITHREADS not defined, backtick seems to be having some problems.

=item *

The utility scripts (pod2html.pl, pod2man.pl, perldoc.pl etc.) are not
yet ported to work on NetWare.

=item *

Also fork() is not currently implemented.

=back

=head1 Acknowledgements

For the porting purpose, the PerlHost of Win32 port was used as
reference and NetWare portions are added.  Also the makefile for Win32
is used as a reference to create the makefile for NetWare build.
Additionally the make process for NetWare port uses miniperl.exe to
run scripts during the make and installation process.

=head1 Author

Guruprasad S (sguruprasad@novell.com)

=head1 Date

=over 4

=item *

Created - 18th Jan 2001

=item *

Modified -  16th April 2001

=back