1 If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
2 It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
3 designed to be readable as is.
7 README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
11 This document describes various features of Compaq's (formerly Digital's)
12 Unix operating system (Tru64) that will affect how Perl version 5
13 is compiled and/or runs.
15 =head2 Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
17 The recommended compiler to use in Tru64 is the native C compiler.
18 The native compiler produces much faster code (the speed difference
19 is noticeable: several dozen percentages) and also more correct code:
20 if you are considering using the GNU C compiler you should use the
21 gcc 2.95.3 since all older gcc releases are known to produce broken
22 code when compiling Perl. One manifestation of this brokenness is
23 the lib/sdbm test dumping core; another is the op/regexp dumping core
24 (depending on the GCC release).
26 =head2 Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
28 In Tru64 Perl is automatically able to use large files, that is, files
29 larger than 2 gigabytes, there is no need to use the Configure
30 -Duselargefiles option as described in INSTALL.
32 =head2 Threaded Perl on Tru64
34 To compile Perl to use the old Perl 5.005 threads model, run Configure
35 with the -Dusethreads -Duse5005threads options as described in INSTALL.
36 This will probably only work in Tru64 4.0 and newer releases, older
37 operating releases like 3.2 aren't probably going to work properly
40 Beware: the Perl 5.005 threads model is known to have bugs, for
41 example the regular expressions are not thread-safe. The bugs are
42 very hard to fix are and therefore the 5.005 threads model is still
43 classified as an experimental feature.
45 =head2 Long Doubles on Tru64
47 You cannot Configure Perl to use long doubles unless you have at least
48 Tru64 V5.0, the long double support simply wasn't functional before
51 =head2 64-bit Perl on Tru64
53 In Tru64 Perl's integers are automatically 64-bit wide, there is
54 no need to use the Configure -Duse64bitint option as described
55 in INSTALL. Similarly, there is no need for -Duse64bitall.
57 =head2 Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
59 When compiling Perl in Tru64 you may (depending on the compiler
60 release) see two warnings like this
62 cc: Warning: numeric.c, line 104: In this statement, floating-point overflow occurs in evaluating the expression "1.8e308". (floatoverfl)
66 cc: Warning: POSIX.xs, line 1304: In this statement, floating-point overflow occurs in evaluating the expression "1.8e308". (floatoverfl)
70 The exact line numbers may vary between Perl releases.
71 The warnings are benign and can be ignored.
73 When the file F<pp_sys.c> is being compiled you may (depending on the
74 operating system release) see an additional compiler flag being used:
75 C<-DNO_EFF_ONLY_OK>. This is normal and refers to a feature that is
76 relevant only if you use the C<filetest> pragma. In older releases of
77 the operating system the feature was broken and the NO_EFF_ONLY_OK
78 instructs Perl not to use the feature.
80 =head1 Testing Perl on Tru64
82 During "make test" the C<comp/cpp> will be skipped because on Tru64 it
83 cannot be tested before Perl has been installed. The test refers to
84 the use of the C<-P> option of Perl.
88 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>