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6 README.openbsd - Perl version 5 on OpenBSD systems
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9 This document describes various features of OpenBSD that will affect
10 how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs.
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15 When Perl is configured to use ithreads, it will use re-entrant library
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17 bility in OpenBSD's "getprotobyname_r" and "getservbyname_r" function
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19 doing a "bzero" on their return structs prior to calling these func‐
20 tions. Current Perl's should handle this problem correctly. Older
21 threaded Perls (5.8.6 or earlier) will run into this problem. If you
22 want to run a threaded Perl on OpenBSD 3.7 or higher, you will need to
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26 Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>
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28 Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to perlbug@perl.org.
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