warn on C<my($foo,$foo)>

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index aadf2c7..a892e7d 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -773,14 +773,18 @@ config.sh.
 
 For example, you can replace the rand() and srand() functions in the
 perl source by any other random number generator by a trick such as the
-following:
+following (this should all be on one line):
 
-       sh Configure -Dccflags='-Drand=random -Dsrand=srandom'
+       sh Configure -Dccflags='-Dmy_rand=random -Dmy_srand=srandom' \
+               -Drandbits=31
 
-or by adding -Drand=random and -Dsrand=srandom to your ccflags
-at the appropriate Configure prompt.  (Note:  Although this worked for
-me, it might not work for you if your system's header files give
-different prototypes for rand() and random() or srand() and srandom().)
+or you can use the drand48 family of functions with
+
+       sh Configure -Dccflags='-Dmy_rand=lrand48 -Dmy_srand=srand48' \
+               -Drandbits=31
+
+or by adding the -D flags to your ccflags at the appropriate Configure
+prompt.  (Read pp.c to see how this works.)
 
 You should also run Configure interactively to verify that a hint file
 doesn't inadvertently override your ccflags setting.  (Hints files
@@ -1199,6 +1203,21 @@ Old versions of the DB library (including the DB library which comes
 with FreeBSD 2.1) had broken handling of recno databases with modified
 bval settings.  Upgrade your DB library or OS.
 
+=item Bad arg length for semctl, is XX, should be ZZZ
+
+If you get this error message from the lib/ipc_sysv test, your System
+V IPC may be broken.  The XX typically is 20, and that is what ZZZ
+also should be.  Consider upgrading your OS, or reconfiguring your OS
+to include the System V semaphores.
+
+=item lib/ipc_sysv........semget: No space left on device
+
+Either your account or the whole system has run out of semaphores.  Or
+both.  Either list the semaphores with "ipcs" and remove the unneeded
+ones (which ones these are depends on your system and applications)
+with "ipcrm -s SEMAPHORE_ID_HERE" or configure more semaphores to your
+system.
+
 =item Miscellaneous
 
 Some additional things that have been reported for either perl4 or perl5:
@@ -1209,6 +1228,10 @@ NCR Tower 32 (OS 2.01.01) may need -W2,-Sl,2000 and #undef MKDIR.
 
 UTS may need one or more of -DCRIPPLED_CC, -K or -g, and undef LSTAT.
 
+FreeBSD can fail the lib/ipc_sysv.t test if SysV IPC has not been
+configured to the kernel.  Perl tries to detect this, though, and
+you will get a message telling what to do.
+
 If you get syntax errors on '(', try -DCRIPPLED_CC.
 
 Machines with half-implemented dbm routines will need to #undef I_ODBM
@@ -1573,4 +1596,4 @@ the contact information to match your distribution.
 
 =head1 LAST MODIFIED
 
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.40 1998/07/06 14:49:02 doughera Released $
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.42 1998/07/15 18:04:44 doughera Released $