1PERLNETWARE(1)         Perl Programmers Reference Guide         PERLNETWARE(1)
2
3
4

NAME

6       perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
7

DESCRIPTION

9       This file gives instructions for building Perl 5.7 and above, and also
10       Perl modules for NetWare. Before you start, you may want to read the
11       README file found in the top level directory into which the Perl source
12       code distribution was extracted. Make sure you read and understand the
13       terms under which the software is being distributed.
14

BUILD

16       This section describes the steps to be performed to build a Perl NLM
17       and other associated NLMs.
18
19   Tools & SDK
20       The build requires CodeWarrior compiler and linker.  In addition, the
21       "NetWare SDK", "NLM & NetWare Libraries for C" and "NetWare Server
22       Protocol Libraries for C", all available at
23       <http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Novell_Developer_Kit>,
24       are required. Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or later is also
25       required.
26
27   Setup
28       The build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK.
29       Once the Tools & SDK are installed, the build environment has to be
30       setup.  The following batch files setup the environment.
31
32       SetNWBld.bat
33           The Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input. The first
34           being the NetWare SDK path, second being the path for CodeWarrior
35           Compiler & tools. Execution of this file sets these paths and also
36           sets the build type to Release by default.
37
38       Buildtype.bat
39           This is used to set the build type to debug or release. Change the
40           build type only after executing SetNWBld.bat
41
42       *   Example:
43             1. Typing "buildtype d on" at the command prompt causes the
44           buildtype
45                to be set to Debug type with D2 flag set.
46             2. Typing "buildtype d off" or "buildtype d" at the command
47           prompt causes
48                the buildtype to be set to Debug type with D1 flag set.
49             2. Typing "buildtype r" at the command prompt sets it to Release
50           Build type.
51
52   Make
53       The make process runs only under WinNT shell.  The NetWare makefile is
54       located under the NetWare folder.  This makes use of miniperl.exe to
55       run some of the Perl scripts. To create miniperl.exe, first set the
56       required paths for Visual c++ compilier (specify vcvars32 location) at
57       the command prompt.  Then run nmake from win32 folder through WinNT
58       command prompt.  The build process can be stopped after miniperl.exe is
59       created. Then run nmake from NetWare folder through WinNT command
60       prompt.
61
62       Currently the following two build types are tested on NetWare:
63
64       ·   USE_MULTI, USE_ITHREADS & USE_IMP_SYS defined
65
66       ·   USE_MULTI & USE_IMP_SYS defined and USE_ITHREADS not defined
67
68   Interpreter
69       Once miniperl.exe creation is over, run nmake from the NetWare folder.
70       This will build the Perl interpreter for NetWare as perl.nlm.  This is
71       copied under the Release folder if you are doing a release build, else
72       will be copied under Debug folder for debug builds.
73
74   Extensions
75       The make process also creates the Perl extensions as <Extension.nlm>
76

INSTALL

78       To install NetWare Perl onto a NetWare server, first map the Sys volume
79       of a NetWare server to i:. This is because the makefile by default sets
80       the drive letter to i:.  Type nmake nwinstall from NetWare folder on a
81       WinNT command prompt.  This will copy the binaries and module files
82       onto the NetWare server under sys:\Perl folder. The Perl interpreter,
83       perl.nlm, is copied under sys:\perl\system folder.  Copy this to
84       sys:\system folder.
85
86       Example: At the command prompt Type "nmake nwinstall".
87                 This will install NetWare Perl on the NetWare Server.
88                 Similiarly if you type "nmake install",
89                 This will cause the binaries to be installed on the local
90       machine.
91                 (Typically under the c:\perl folder)
92

BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS

94       To build extensions other than standard extensions, NetWare Perl has to
95       be installed on Windows along with Windows Perl. The Perl for Windows
96       can be either downloaded from the CPAN site and built using the
97       sources, or the binaries can be directly downloaded from the
98       ActiveState site.  Installation can be done by invoking nmake install
99       from the NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt after building
100       NetWare Perl by following steps given above.  This will copy all the
101       *.pm files and other required files.  Documentation files are not
102       copied.  Thus one must first install Windows Perl, Then install NetWare
103       Perl.
104
105       Once this is done, do the following to build any extension:
106
107       ·   Change to the extension directory where its source files are
108           present.
109
110       ·   Run the following command at the command prompt:
111
112               perl -II<path to NetWare lib dir> -II<path to lib> Makefile.pl
113
114           Example:
115
116               perl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.6.1\lib MakeFile.pl
117
118           or
119
120               perl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.8.0\lib MakeFile.pl
121
122       ·   nmake
123
124       ·   nmake install
125
126           Install will copy the files into the Windows machine where NetWare
127           Perl is installed and these files may have to be copied to the
128           NetWare server manually. Alternatively, pass
129           INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib as an input to makefile.pl above. Here
130           i: is the mapped drive to the sys: volume of the server where Perl
131           on NetWare is installed. Now typing nmake install, will copy the
132           files onto the NetWare server.
133
134           Example: You can execute the following on the command prompt.
135
136                     perl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.6.1\lib MakeFile.pl
137                     INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib
138
139           or
140
141                     perl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.8.0\lib MakeFile.pl
142                     INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib
143
144       ·   Note: Some modules downloaded from CPAN may require NetWare related
145           API in order to build on NetWare.  Other modules may however build
146           smoothly with or without minor changes depending on the type of
147           module.
148

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

150       The makefile for Win32 is used as a reference to create the makefile
151       for NetWare.  Also, the make process for NetWare port uses miniperl.exe
152       to run scripts during the make and installation process.
153

AUTHORS

155       Anantha Kesari H Y (hyanantha@novell.com) Aditya C (caditya@novell.com)
156

DATE

158       ·   Created - 18 Jan 2001
159
160       ·   Modified - 25 June 2001
161
162       ·   Modified - 13 July 2001
163
164       ·   Modified - 28 May 2002
165
166
167
168perl v5.10.1                      2009-02-12                    PERLNETWARE(1)
Impressum