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a83b6f46 1If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
2It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
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a83b6f46 5=head1 NAME
6
7README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
8
9=head1 DESCRIPTION
10
ecd6d377 11As of perl5.7.2 all tests pass under:
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a181ddb7 13 QNX 4.24G
a83b6f46 14 Watcom 10.6 with Beta/970211.wcc.update.tar.F
15 socket3r.lib Nov21 1996.
16
6dea6691 17As of perl5.8.1 there is at least one test still failing.
18
19Some tests may complain under known circumstances.
20
21See below and hints/qnx.sh for more information.
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8c499071 23Under QNX 6.2.0 there are still a few tests which fail.
ecd6d377 24See below and hints/qnx.sh for more information.
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ecd6d377 26=head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
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28As with many unix ports, this one depends on a few "standard"
ecd6d377 29unix utilities which are not necessarily standard for QNX4.
a83b6f46 30
31=over 4
32
33=item /bin/sh
34
35This is used heavily by Configure and then by
ecd6d377 36perl itself. QNX4's version is fine, but Configure
a83b6f46 37will choke on the 16-bit version, so if you are
38running QNX 4.22, link /bin/sh to /bin32/ksh
39
40=item ar
41
42This is the standard unix library builder.
43We use wlib. With Watcom 10.6, when wlib is
44linked as "ar", it behaves like ar and all is
45fine. Under 9.5, a cover is required. One is
46included in ../qnx
47
48=item nm
49
50This is used (optionally) by configure to list
51the contents of libraries. I will generate
52a cover function on the fly in the UU directory.
53
54=item cpp
55
56Configure and perl need a way to invoke a C
57preprocessor. I have created a simple cover
58for cc which does the right thing. Without this,
022735b4 59Configure will create its own wrapper which works,
a83b6f46 60but it doesn't handle some of the command line arguments
61that perl will throw at it.
62
63=item make
64
65You really need GNU make to compile this. GNU make
66ships by default with QNX 4.23, but you can get it
67from quics for earlier versions.
68
69=back
70
ecd6d377 71=head2 Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
a83b6f46 72
af23fe4d 73There is no support for dynamically linked libraries in QNX4.
74
3ed0a8dd 75If you wish to compile with the Socket extension, you need
76to have the TCP/IP toolkit, and you need to make sure that
77-lsocket locates the correct copy of socket3r.lib. Beware
78that the Watcom compiler ships with a stub version of
79socket3r.lib which has very little functionality. Also
80beware the order in which wlink searches directories for
81libraries. You may have /usr/lib/socket3r.lib pointing to
82the correct library, but wlink may pick up
83/usr/watcom/10.6/usr/lib/socket3r.lib instead. Make sure
84they both point to the correct library, that is,
85/usr/tcptk/current/usr/lib/socket3r.lib.
86
ecd6d377 87The following tests may report errors under QNX4:
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89ext/Cwd/Cwd.t will complain if `pwd` and cwd don't give
90the same results. cwd calls `fullpath -t`, so if you
91cd `fullpath -t` before running the test, it will
92pass.
93
94lib/File/Find/taint.t will complain if '.' is in your
95PATH. The PATH test is triggered because cwd calls
96`fullpath -t`.
97
6dea6691 98ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t: Subtests 14 and 22 are skipped due to
a181ddb7 99the fact that the functionality to read back the non-blocking
6dea6691 100status of a socket is not implemented in QNX's TCP/IP. This has
101been reported to QNX and it may work with later versions of
102TCP/IP.
103
104t/io/tell.t: Subtest 27 is failing. We are still investigating.
a83b6f46 105
106=head2 QNX auxiliary files
ff68c719 107
108The files in the "qnx" directory are:
109
a83b6f46 110=over 4
111
112=item qnx/ar
113
114A script that emulates the standard unix archive (aka library)
115utility. Under Watcom 10.6, ar is linked to wlib and provides the
116expected interface. With Watcom 9.5, a cover function is
117required. This one is fairly crude but has proved adequate for
37a78d01 118compiling perl.
ff68c719 119
a83b6f46 120=item qnx/cpp
121
122A script that provides C preprocessing functionality. Configure can
123generate a similar cover, but it doesn't handle all the command-line
124options that perl throws at it. This might be reasonably placed in
125/usr/local/bin.
126
210b36aa 127=back
128
ecd6d377 129=head2 Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
130
8c499071 131The following tests are still failing for Perl 5.8.1 under QNX 6.2.0:
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133 op/sprintf.........................FAILED at test 91
3ed0a8dd 134 lib/Benchmark......................FAILED at test 26
135
136This is due to a bug in the C library's printf routine.
137printf("'%e'", 0. ) produces '0.000000e+0', but ANSI requires
8c499071 138'0.000000e+00'. QNX has acknowledged the bug.
ecd6d377 139
a83b6f46 140=head1 AUTHOR
ff68c719 141
ff68c719 142Norton T. Allen (allen@huarp.harvard.edu)
a83b6f46 143