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NAME

6       README.beos - Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS
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DESCRIPTION

9       This file contains instructions how to build Perl under BeOS and lists
10       known problems.
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BUILD AND INSTALL

13   Requirements
14       I have built and tested Perl 5.8.6 and 5.9.1 under BeOS R5 x86 net
15       server.  I can't say anything with regard to PPC. Since Perl 5.8.0 had
16       been released for BeOS BONE, I suspect, there is a good chance, that it
17       still compiles on a BONE system. The only change I've made, that
18       affects BONE systems is the recognition of whether it is a BONE system
19       or not in "hints/beos.sh". Now network socket support should remain
20       enabled on BONE systems. This might as well break the build, though.
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22       As more recent versions of autoconf require flock() support, I wrote a
23       flock() emulation (flock_server) and released it on BeBits:
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25               http://www.bebits.com/app/4030
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27       If you want to build a Perl with flock() support, you have to install
28       this package first.
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30   Configure
31       With flock() support:
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33               CFLAGS=-I/path/to/flock/server/headers ./configure.gnu \
34                       --prefix=/boot/home/config
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36       Replace "/path/to/flock/server/headers" with the path to the directory
37       containing the "flock.h" header.
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39       Without flock() support:
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41               ./configure.gnu --prefix=/boot/home/config
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43   Build
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46               make LDLOADLIBS="-lnet -lflock"
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48       Without flock() support:
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50               make LDLOADLIBS="-lnet"
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52       "-lnet" is needed on net server systems only and if the compiler
53       doesn't add it automatically (Be's R5 gcc does, Oliver Tappe's gcc
54       2.95.3 does not).
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56   Install
57       Install all perl files:
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59               make install
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61       Create a symlink for libperl:
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63               cd ~/config/lib; ln -s perl5/5.8.6/BePC-beos/CORE/libperl.so .
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65       Replace 5.8.6 with your respective version of Perl.
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KNOWN PROBLEMS

68       ·   Network socket support is disabled for BeOS R5 net server. I didn't
69           dare yet to try enabling it and see what problems occur.
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71       ·   The LFS (large file support) tests ("t/op/lfs" and
72           "xt/Fcntl/t/syslfs") are disabled as seeking beyond 2 GB is broken
73           according to jhi@iki.fi who was the last one checking the BeOS port
74           and updating this file before me. Haven't checked this myself.
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76       ·   The "t/io/fflush" test fails at #6. As far as I can tell, this is
77           caused by a bug in the BeOS pipes implementation that occurs when
78           starting other child processes. In the particular test case a
79           "system("perl -e 0")" flushes the stdout pipe of another child
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82       ·   The "ext/POSIX/t/waitpid" test fails at #1. After all child
83           processes are gone BeOS' waitpid(-1,...) returns 0 instead of -1
84           (as it should). No idea how to fix this.
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CONTACT

87       For BeOS specifics problems feel free to mail to: Ingo Weinhold
88       <bonefish@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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90       Last update: 2004-12-16
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