1 If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
2 see. It is written in the POD format (see perlpod manpage) which is
3 specially designed to be readable as is.
7 README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
11 http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
12 http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
14 Last updated July 29, 2003 @ 2100 UTC
18 This is a podified version of the above-mentioned web page,
19 podified by Jarkko Hietaniemi 2001-Jan-01.
21 =head1 Binary distribution from HP
23 The simplest way to obtain Perl for the MPE/iX is to go either of
24 these URLs and follow the instructions within.
26 http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
27 http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
29 Use which ever one is more recent.
32 =head1 What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
40 Rebuilt to be compatible with mod_perl. If you plan on using
41 mod_perl, you MUST download and install this version of Perl/iX!
45 uselargefiles="undef": not available in MPE for POSIX files yet.
49 Now bundled with various add-on packages:
55 libnet (as seen on CPAN)
59 libwww-perl (LWP) which lets Perl programs behave like web browsers:
63 3. $doc = get('http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html'); # reads the
64 web page into variable $doc
66 (http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html)
70 mod_perl (just the perl portion; the actual DSO will be released
71 soon with Apache/iX 1.3.12 from bixby.org). This module allows you to
72 write high performance persistent Perl CGI scripts and all sorts of
73 cool things. (http://perl.apache.org/)
75 and much much more hiding under /PERL/PUB/.cpan/
79 The CPAN module now works for automatic downloading and
80 installing of add-on packages:
82 1. export FTP_PASSIVE=1
83 2. perl -MCPAN -e shell
84 3. Ignore any terminal I/O related complaints!
86 (http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html)
98 Updated to version 5.6.0. Builds straight out of the box on MPE/iX.
102 Perl's getpwnam() function which had regressed to being
103 unimplemented on MPE is now implemented once again.
113 Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org.
117 =head1 Welcome to Perl/iX
119 This is the official home page for the HP e3000 MPE/iX
120 ( http://www.hp.com/go/e3000 ) port of the Perl scripting
121 language ( http://www.perl.com/ ) which gives you all of the power of C,
122 awk, sed, and sh in a single language. Check here for the latest news,
123 implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports
124 about major milestones will also be posted to the HP3000-L mailing list
125 ( http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU ) and
126 its associated gatewayed newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe.
128 I'm doing this port because I can't live without Perl on the Unix
129 machines that I administer, and I want to have the same power
130 available to me on MPE.
132 Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me,
133 Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ), by e-mailing to
134 mark@bixby.org. Or just post them to HP3000-L.
136 The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running
137 MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler
138 ( http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html ).
140 The combined porting wisdom from all of my ports can be found in my
141 MPE/iX Porting Guide (http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html).
143 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Yes, I do work for the HP CSY R&D lab, but ALL of
144 the software you download from bixby.org is my personal freeware that
145 is NOT supported by HP.
147 =head1 System Requirements for Perl/iX
153 MPE/iX 5.5 or later. This version of Perl/iX does NOT run on
154 MPE/iX 5.0 or earlier, nor does it run on "classic" MPE/V machines.
158 If you wish to recompile Perl, you must install both GNUCORE and
159 GNUGCC from jazz (http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html).
163 Perl/iX will be happier on MPE/iX 5.5 if you install the MPEKX40B
164 extended POSIX filename characters patch, but this is optional.
168 Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to
169 prevent Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference
174 If you will be compiling Perl/iX yourself, you will also need
175 Syslog/iX ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html ) and the
176 /BIND/PUB/include and /BIND/PUB/lib portions of BIND/iX
177 ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html ).
181 =head1 How to Obtain Perl/iX
187 Download Perl using either FTP.ARPA.SYS or some other client
191 Extract the installation script
195 Edit the installation script
199 Run the installation script
203 Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries
207 Download Perl using FTP.ARPA.SYS from your HP 3000 (the preferred
217 get perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z /tmp/perl.tar.Z;disc=2147483647
220 .....Or download using some other generic web or ftp client (the alternate
223 Download the following files (make sure that you use "binary mode" or
224 whatever client feature that is 8-bit clean):
232 http://www.bixby.org/ftp/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z
236 ftp://ftp.bixby.org/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z
240 Upload those files to your HP 3000 in an 8-bit clean bytestream manner to:
246 Then extract the installation script (after both download methods)
249 :XEQ TAR.HPBIN.SYS 'xvfopz /tmp/perl.tar.Z INSTALL'
253 Edit the installation script
255 Examine the accounting structure creation commands and modify if
256 necessary (adding additional capabilities, choosing a non-system
259 :XEQ VI.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL
263 Run the installation script.
265 The accounting structure will be created and then all files will be
266 extracted from the archive.
268 :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL
272 Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries
274 You only have to do this ONCE on your MPE/iX 5.5 machine in order to
275 convert /lib/lib*.a and /usr/lib/lib*.a libraries to their *.sl
276 equivalents. This step should not be necessary on MPE/iX 6.0 or later
277 machines because the 6.0 or later update process does it for you.
279 :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K
283 =head1 Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
289 The file you're reading now.
293 Perl/iX Installation script.
297 Script to convert *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries.
301 Perl NMPRG executable. A version-numbered backup copy also
302 exists. You might wish to "ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl".
306 Much add-on source code downloaded with the CPAN module.
310 Perl libraries, both core and add-on.
314 Perl man page documentation.
316 =item public_html/feedback.cgi
318 Sample feedback CGI form written in Perl.
320 =item src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
326 =head1 How to Compile Perl/iX
332 cd src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
336 Read the INSTALL file for the official instructions
352 make test (expect approximately 15 out of 11306 subtests to fail,
353 mostly due to MPE not supporting hard links, UDP socket problems,
354 and handling exit() return codes improperly)
362 Optionally create symbolic links that point to the Perl
363 executable, i.e. ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl
367 The summary test results from "cd t; ./perl -I../lib harness":
369 Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
370 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
371 io/fs.t 29 8 27.59% 2-5, 7-9, 11
372 io/openpid.t 10 1 10.00% 7
373 lib/io_sock.t 14 1 7.14% 13
374 lib/io_udp.t 7 2 28.57% 3, 5
375 lib/posix.t 27 1 3.70% 12
376 op/lex_assign.t 187 1 0.53% 13
377 op/stat.t 58 1 1.72% 3
378 15 tests and 94 subtests skipped.
379 Failed 7/236 test scripts, 97.03% okay. 15/11306 subtests failed, 99.87% okay.
381 =head1 Getting Started with Perl/iX
383 Create your Perl script files with "#!/PERL/PUB/perl" (or an
384 equivalent symbolic link) as the first line. Use the chmod command to
385 make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script!
387 Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list
388 ( http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html ). A wide variety of free Perl software
389 is available. You can automatically download these packages by using
390 the CPAN module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ).
392 =head1 MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
394 There some minor functionality issues to be aware of when comparing
395 Perl for Unix (Perl/UX) to Perl/iX:
401 MPE gcc/ld doesn't properly support linking NMPRG executables against
402 NMXL dynamic libraries, so you must manually run mpeix/relink after
403 each re-build of Perl.
407 Perl/iX File::Copy will use MPE's /bin/cp command to copy files by
408 name in order to preserve file attributes like file code.
412 MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for setgrent(), endgrent(),
413 setpwent(), endpwent().
417 MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for hard links.
421 MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to bind() to ports less than 1024.
422 Perl/iX will call GETPRIVMODE() automatically on your behalf if you
423 attempt to bind() to these low-numbered ports. Note that the Perl/iX
424 executable and the PERL account do not normally have CAP=PM, so if you
425 will be bind()-ing to these privileged ports, you will manually need
426 to add PM capability as appropriate.
430 MPE requires that you bind() to an IP address of zero. Perl/iX
431 automatically replaces the IP address that you pass to bind() with
436 MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to setuid(). There are too many
437 calls to setuid() within Perl/iX, so I have not attempted an automatic
438 GETPRIVMODE() solution similar to bind().
442 =head1 Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
446 =head1 Perl/iX To-Do List
452 Make setuid()/setgid() support work.
456 Make sure that fcntl() against a socket descriptor is redirected to sfcntl().
460 Add support for Berkeley DB once I've finished porting Berkeley DB.
464 Write an MPE XS extension library containing miscellaneous important
465 MPE functions like GETPRIVMODE(), GETUSERMODE(), and sfcntl().
469 =head1 Perl/iX Change History
477 Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to prevent
478 Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference to _getenv_libc.
488 Updated to version 5.005_03.
492 The official source distribution once again compiles "straight out
497 The current incarnation of the 5.5 POSIX filename extended
498 characters patch is now MPEKX40B.
502 The LIBSHP3K *.a -> *.sl library conversion script is now included
503 as /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K.
513 Updated to version 5.005_02.
517 Fixed a DynaLoader bug that was unable to load symbols from relative
522 Fixed a .xs compilation bug where the mpeixish.sh include file wasn't
523 being installed into the proper directory.
527 All bugfixes will be submitted back to the official Perl developers.
531 The current incarnation of the POSIX filename extended characters
532 patch is now MPEKXJ3A.
542 The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX44C has
543 been superseded by MPEKXB5A.
553 The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX76A has
554 been superseded by MPEKX44C.
564 Updated to version 5.005_01.
574 Updated to version 5.005 (production release). The public
575 freeware sources are now 100% MPE-ready "straight out of the box".
585 Updated to version 5.005b1 (public beta release). The public
586 freeware sources are now 99.9% MPE-ready. By installing and
587 testing this beta on your own HP3000, you will be helping to
588 insure that the final release of 5.005 will be 100% MPE-ready and
593 My MPE binary release is now extracted using my standard INSTALL script.
603 Changed startperl to #!/PERL/PUB/perl so that Perl will recognize
604 scripts more easily and efficiently.
614 Updated to version 5.004_70 (internal developer release) which is now
615 MPE-ready. The next public freeware release of Perl should compile
616 "straight out of the box" on MPE. Note that this version of Perl/iX
617 was strictly internal to me and never publicly released. Note that
618 [21]BIND/iX is now required (well, the include files and libbind.a) if
619 you wish to compile Perl/iX.
629 Updated to version 5.004_04. No changes in MPE-specific functionality.
639 Added Demos section to the Perl/iX home page so you can see some
640 sample Perl applications running on my 3000.
650 Added System Requirements section to the Perl/iX home page just so the
651 prerequisites stand out more. Various other home page tweaks.
661 Initial public release.
677 Mark Bixby, mark@bixby.org