=head1 NAME
-perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS (possibly very outdated information)
+perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-NOTE: The following information is highly unlikely to be correct.
-A recent version of perl for the Amiga can be found at the Aminet site:
-
- http://us.aminet.net/aminet/dirs/dev_gg.html
-
One can read this document in the following formats:
man perlamiga
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
=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
-the Aminet archives (http://www.aminet.net/~aminet/):
-
-ixemul-bin.lha
-ixemul-env-bin.lha
-pdksh-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>).
Perl under AmigaOS lacks some features of perl under UNIX because of
deficiencies in the UNIX-emulation, most notably:
-=over 6
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+fork()
+
+=item *
-=item fork()
+some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
-=item some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
+=item *
-=item inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file
+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
+=item *
+
+umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is
+finally close()d
=back
Extract it like this
- tar xvzpf perl$VERSION.tar.gz
+ tar xvzpf perl-$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
+
+=item *
+
+remember to use a healthy sized stack (I used 2000000)
+
+=item *
+
+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)
+
+=item *
+
+ sh Configure -Dprefix=/ade -Dloclibpth=/ade/lib
+
+=item *
-Now
+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 *
+
+now type make depend
+
+ When the make depend has ended load the gnumakefile into
+ an editor and go to the end of the file.
+
+ Move upwards in the file until you reach av.o: EXTERN.h
+ and delete all lines down to # WARNING: Put....
+
+=item *
+
+now go to the x2p directory
+
+ Load the gnumakefile into an editor.
+
+ Go to the end moveup until you reach hash.o: EXTERN.h
+ and delete all lines dowonwards until you reach a line saying
+
+ # WARNING: Put nothing....
+
+=item *
+
+Now!
make
+=back
+
=head2 Testing
Now 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