to list some (not all may be available simultaneously), or it may
be read I<as is>: either as F<README.amiga>, or F<pod/perlamiga.pod>.
+A recent version of perl for the Amiga can be found at the Geek Gadgets
+section of the Aminet:
+
+ http://www.aminet.net/~aminet/dirs/dev_gg.html
+
=cut
Contents
DESCRIPTION
- Prerequisites
- Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+ - Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
INSTALLATION
Accessing documentation
- Manpages
=item B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>
You need the Unix emulation for AmigaOS, whose most important part is
-B<ixemul.library>. For a minimum setup, get the following archives from
-ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current or a mirror:
-
-ixemul-45.1-bin.lha
-ixemul-45.1-env-bin.lha
-pdksh-4.9-bin.lha
-ADE-misc-bin.lha
+B<ixemul.library>. For a minimum setup, get the latest versions
+of the following packages from the Aminet archives (http://www.aminet.net/~aminet/):
-Note that there might be newer versions available by the time you read
-this.
+ ixemul-bin
+ ixemul-env-bin
+ pdksh-bin
Note also that this is a minimum setup; you might want to add other
packages of B<ADE> (the I<Amiga Developers Environment>).
necessary, F<perl> would be enough, but having full path would make it
easier to use your script under *nix.)
+=head2 Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+
+Perl under AmigaOS lacks some features of perl under UNIX because of
+deficiencies in the UNIX-emulation, most notably:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+fork()
+
+=item *
+
+some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
+
+=item *
+
+inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file
+
+=item *
+
+umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is
+finally close()d
+
+=back
+
=head1 INSTALLATION
Change to the installation directory (most probably ADE:), and
extract the binary distribution:
-lha -mraxe x perl-5.003-bin.lha
+lha -mraxe x perl-$VERSION-bin.lha
or
-tar xvzpf perl-5.003-bin.tgz
+tar xvzpf perl-$VERSION-bin.tgz
(Of course you need lha or tar and gunzip for this.)
=head2 Prerequisites
-You need to have the latest B<ADE> (Amiga Developers Environment)
-from ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current.
-Also, you need a lot of free memory, probably at least 8MB.
+You need to have the latest B<ixemul> (Unix emulation for Amiga)
+from Aminet.
=head2 Getting the perl source
You can either get the latest perl-for-amiga source from Ninemoons
and extract it with:
- tar xvzpf perl-5.004-src.tgz
+ tar xvzpf perl-$VERSION-src.tgz
or get the official source from CPAN:
Extract it like this
- tar xvzpf perl5.004.tar.gz
+ tar xvzpf perl-$VERSION.tar.gz
You will see a message about errors while extracting F<Configure>. This
is normal and expected. (There is a conflict with a similarly-named file
=head2 Making
- sh configure.gnu --prefix=/ade
+=over 4
-Now
+=item *
- make
+remember to use a healthy sized stack (I used 2000000)
-=head2 Testing
+=item *
-Now run
+your PATH environment variable must include /bin (e.g. ".:/bin" is good)
+(or, more precisely, it must include the directory where you have your
+basic UNIX utilities like test, cat, sed, and so on)
- make test
+=item *
+
+ sh Configure -Dprefix=/ade -Dloclibpth=/ade/lib
+
+=item *
+
+fix makedepend
+
+ In the file 'makedepend' there are three spots like this `$cat ...`:
+ a for loop near line 75, an egrep near line 161, and a for loop near
+ line 175. In all those spots using an editor change the $cat to
+ /bin/cat.
+
+=item *
-Some tests will fail. Here is which, and why:
+now type make depend
-=over 8
+ When the make depend has ended load the gnumakefile into
+ an editor and go to the end of the file.
-=item F<io/fs.t>, F<op/stat.t>, F<lib/*dbm.t>, F<lib/db-*.t>
+ Move upwards in the file until you reach av.o: EXTERN.h
+ and delete all lines down to # WARNING: Put....
-Check I<file system> operations. Failures result from the inability to
-emulate some Unixisms with the standard Amiga filesystem.
+=item *
-=item F<io/pipe.t>, F<op/fork.t>, F<lib/filehand.t>, F<lib/open2.t>,
- F<lib/open3.t>, F<lib/io_pipe.t>, F<lib/io_sock.t>
+now go to the x2p directory
-These tests will be skipped because they use the fork() function, which is not
-supported under AmigaOS.
+ Load the gnumakefile into an editor.
-=item F<op/magic.t>
+ Go to the end moveup until you reach hash.o: EXTERN.h
+ and delete all lines dowonwards until you reach a line saying
-The ixemul.library doesn't set the expected values for $0 and $^X.
+ # WARNING: Put nothing....
+
+=item *
+
+Now!
+
+ make
=back
+=head2 Testing
+
+Now run
+
+ make test
+
+Some tests will be skipped because they need the fork() function:
+
+F<io/pipe.t>, F<op/fork.t>, F<lib/filehand.t>, F<lib/open2.t>, F<lib/open3.t>,
+F<lib/io_pipe.t>, F<lib/io_sock.t>
+
=head2 Installing the built perl
Run
make install
-=head1 AUTHOR
+=head1 AUTHORS
Norbert Pueschel, pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de
+Jan-Erik Karlsson, trg@privat.utfors.se
=head1 SEE ALSO
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