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NAME

6       README.linux - Perl version 5 on Linux systems
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DESCRIPTION

9       This document describes various features of Linux that will affect how
10       Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs.
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12   Experimental Support for Sun Studio Compilers for Linux OS
13       Sun Microsystems has released a port of their Sun Studio compiliers for
14       Linux.  As of November 2005, only an alpha version has been released.
15       Until a release of these compilers is made, support for compiling Perl
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18       Also, some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on
19       Linux.  Following the normal "Configure", you have to run make as
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24       "LDLOADLIBS" is an environment variable used by the linker to link
25       modules "/ext" modules to glibc.  Currently, that environment variable
26       is not getting populated by a combination of "Config" entries and
27       "ExtUtil::MakeMaker".  While there may be a bug somewhere in Perl's
28       configuration or "ExtUtil::MakeMaker" causing the problem, the most
29       likely cause is an incomplete understanding of Sun Studio by this
30       author.  Further investigation is needed to get this working better.
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AUTHOR

33       Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>
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35       Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to perlbug@perl.org.
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