=head1 DESCRIPTION
-=head2 Prerequisites
+=head2 Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
=over 6
You need the Unix emulation for AmigaOS, whose most important part is
B<ixemul.library>. For a minimum setup, get the latest versions
-of the following packages from the Aminet archives (http://www.aminet.net/~aminet/):
+of the following packages from the Aminet archives
+( http://www.aminet.net/~aminet/ ):
ixemul-bin
ixemul-env-bin
perl foo arg1 arg2 arg3
If you want to specify perl options C<-my_opts> to the perl itself (as
-opposed to to your program), use
+opposed to your program), use
perl -my_opts foo arg1 arg2 arg3
=over 6
-=item fork()
+=item *
-=item some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
+fork()
-=item inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file
+=item *
-=item umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is
- finally close()d
+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 Accessing documentation
-=head2 Manpages
+=head2 Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
If you have C<man> installed on your system, and you installed perl
manpages, use something like this:
above - to avoid shadowing by the I<less(1) manpage>.
-=head2 B<HTML>
+=head2 Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
If you have some WWW browser available, you can build B<HTML> docs.
Cd to directory with F<.pod> files, and do like this
Alternatively you may be able to get these docs prebuilt from C<CPAN>.
-=head2 B<GNU> C<info> files
+=head2 Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
Users of C<Emacs> would appreciate it very much, especially with
C<CPerl> mode loaded. You need to get latest C<pod2info> from C<CPAN>,
or, alternately, prebuilt info pages.
-=head2 C<LaTeX> docs
+=head2 Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
-can be constructed using C<pod2latex>.
+Can be constructed using C<pod2latex>.
-=head1 BUILD
+=head1 BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
Here we discuss how to build Perl under AmigaOS.
-=head2 Build Prerequisites
+=head2 Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
You need to have the latest B<ixemul> (Unix emulation for Amiga)
from Aminet.
-=head2 Getting the perl source
+=head2 Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
You can either get the latest perl-for-amiga source from Ninemoons
and extract it with:
or get the official source from CPAN:
- http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/5.0
+ http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0
Extract it like this
is normal and expected. (There is a conflict with a similarly-named file
F<configure>, but it causes no harm.)
-=head2 Making
+=head2 Making Perl on AmigaOS
Remember to use a hefty wad of stack (I use 2000000)
make
-=head2 Testing
+=head2 Testing Perl on AmigaOS
Now run
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
+=head2 Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
Run
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