-Notes on Perl on the Hurd
-Last Updated: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:50:30 +0200
-Written by: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
+If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
+It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
+designed to be readable as is.
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
If you want to use Perl on the Hurd, I recommend using the Debian
-GNU/Hurd distribution (see http://www.debian.org), even if an
+GNU/Hurd distribution ( see http://www.debian.org/ ), even if an
official, stable release has not yet been made. The old `gnu-0.2'
binary distribution will most certainly have additional problems.
-* Known Problems
+=head2 Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
The Perl test suite may still report some errors on the Hurd. The
`lib/anydbm' and `pragma/warnings' tests will almost certainly fail.
Here are the statistics for Perl 5.005_62 on my system:
-Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12
-pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215
-8 tests and 24 subtests skipped.
-Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay.
+ Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ lib/anydbm.t 12 1 8.33% 12
+ pragma/warnings 333 1 0.30% 215
+
+ 8 tests and 24 subtests skipped.
+ Failed 2/229 test scripts, 99.13% okay. 2/10850 subtests failed, 99.98% okay.
There are quite a few systems out there that do worse!
In any way, if you're seeing failures beyond those mentioned in this
document, please consider upgrading to the latest Hurd before reporting
the failure as a bug.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
+
+Last Updated: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:50:30 +0200
+