fix outdated URLs (from Michael G Schwern)

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlport.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index 21f144c..3009780 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Perl uses C<\n> to represent the "logical" newline, where what is
 logical may depend on the platform in use.  In MacPerl, C<\n> always
 means C<\015>.  In DOSish perls, C<\n> usually means C<\012>, but
 when accessing a file in "text" mode, STDIO translates it to (or
-from) C<\015\012>, depending on whether your reading or writing.
+from) C<\015\012>, depending on whether you're reading or writing.
 Unix does the same thing on ttys in canonical mode.  C<\015\012>
 is commonly referred to as CRLF.
 
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ a given module works on a given platform.
 
 =item Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org
 
-=item Testing results: C<http://www.perl.org/cpan-testers/>
+=item Testing results: C<http://testers.cpan.org/>
 
 =back
 
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ DOSish perls are as follows:
     Windows NT    MSWin32    MSWin32-x86
     Windows NT    MSWin32    MSWin32-ALPHA
     Windows NT    MSWin32    MSWin32-ppc
+    Cygwin        cygwin
 
 Also see:
 
@@ -663,8 +664,8 @@ C<ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/emx>
 
 =item The ActiveState Pages, C<http://www.activestate.com/>
 
-=item The Cygwin environment for Win32; L<README.cygwin>,
-C<http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/>
+=item The Cygwin environment for Win32; F<README.cygwin> (installed 
+as L<perlcygwin>), C<http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/>
 
 =item The U/WIN environment for Win32,
 C<http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/>
@@ -843,7 +844,7 @@ Also see:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item L<README.vms>, L<perlvms.pod>
+=item F<README.vms> (installed as L<README_vms>), L<perlvms>
 
 =item vmsperl list, C<majordomo@perl.org>
 
@@ -870,7 +871,8 @@ Even though VOS allows the slash character to appear in object
 names, because the VOS port of Perl interprets it as a pathname
 delimiting character, VOS files, directories, or links whose names
 contain a slash character cannot be processed.  Such files must be
-renamed before they can be processed by Perl.
+renamed before they can be processed by Perl.  Note that VOS limits
+file names to 32 or fewer characters.
 
 The following C functions are unimplemented on VOS, and any attempt by
 Perl to use them will result in a fatal error message and an immediate
@@ -883,7 +885,7 @@ The value of C<$^O> on VOS is "VOS".  To determine the architecture that
 you are running on without resorting to loading all of C<%Config> you
 can examine the content of the C<@INC> array like so:
 
-    if (grep(/VOS/, @INC)) {
+    if ($^O =~ /VOS/) {
         print "I'm on a Stratus box!\n";
     } else {
         print "I'm not on a Stratus box!\n";
@@ -894,20 +896,20 @@ can examine the content of the C<@INC> array like so:
         print "This box is a Stratus XA/R!\n";
 
     } elsif (grep(/7100/, @INC)) {
-        print "This box is a Stratus HP 7100 or 8000!\n";
+        print "This box is a Stratus HP 7100 or 8xxx!\n";
 
     } elsif (grep(/8000/, @INC)) {
-        print "This box is a Stratus HP 8000!\n";
+        print "This box is a Stratus HP 8xxx!\n";
 
     } else {
-        print "This box is a Stratus 68K...\n";
+        print "This box is a Stratus 68K!\n";
     }
 
 Also see:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item L<README.vos>
+=item F<README.vos>
 
 =item VOS mailing list
 
@@ -997,7 +999,7 @@ Also see:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item L<README.os390>, L<README.posix-bc>, L<README.vmesa>
+=item F<README.os390>, F<README.posix-bc>, F<README.vmesa>
 
 =item perl-mvs list
 
@@ -1136,14 +1138,14 @@ See also:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item Amiga, L<README.amiga>
+=item Amiga, F<README.amiga> (installed as L<perlamiga>).
 
-=item Atari, L<README.mint> and Guido Flohr's web page
+=item Atari, F<README.mint> and Guido Flohr's web page
 C<http://stud.uni-sb.de/~gufl0000/>
 
-=item Be OS, L<README.beos>
+=item Be OS, F<README.beos>
 
-=item HP 300 MPE/iX, L<README.mpeix> and Mark Bixby's web page
+=item HP 300 MPE/iX, F<README.mpeix> and Mark Bixby's web page
 C<http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/perlix.html>
 
 =item Novell Netware
@@ -1152,7 +1154,7 @@ A free perl5-based PERL.NLM for Novell Netware is available in
 precompiled binary and source code form from C<http://www.novell.com/>
 as well as from CPAN.
 
-=item Plan 9, L<README.plan9>
+=item Plan 9, F<README.plan9>
 
 =back
 
@@ -1401,11 +1403,11 @@ Not implemented. (Plan9, Win32, S<RISC OS>)
 
 =item endpwent
 
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VM/ESA)
+Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, MPE/iX, VM/ESA, Win32)
 
 =item endgrent
 
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VM/ESA)
+Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, MPE/iX, S<RISC OS>, VM/ESA, VMS, Win32)
 
 =item endhostent
 
@@ -1462,11 +1464,14 @@ the process.  (Win32)
 
 =item link OLDFILE,NEWFILE
 
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>)
+Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, MPE/iX, VMS, S<RISC OS>)
 
 Link count not updated because hard links are not quite that hard
 (They are sort of half-way between hard and soft links). (AmigaOS)
 
+Hard links are implemented on Win32 (Windows NT and Windows 2000)
+under NTFS only.
+
 =item lstat FILEHANDLE
 
 =item lstat EXPR
@@ -1494,7 +1499,7 @@ Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, Plan9, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
 The C<|> variants are supported only if ToolServer is installed.
 (S<Mac OS>)
 
-open to C<|-> and C<-|> are unsupported. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, S<RISC OS>)
+open to C<|E<45>> and C<-|> are unsupported. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, S<RISC OS>)
 
 =item pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE
 
@@ -1522,6 +1527,10 @@ Only reliable on sockets. (S<RISC OS>)
 
 Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
 
+=item setgrent
+
+Not implemented. (MPE/iX, Win32)
+
 =item setpgrp PID,PGRP
 
 Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
@@ -1530,6 +1539,10 @@ Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
 
 Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
 
+=item setpwent
+
+Not implemented. (MPE/iX, Win32)
+
 =item setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL
 
 Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Plan9)
@@ -1663,6 +1676,10 @@ Not useful. (S<RISC OS>)
 
 =over 4
 
+=item v1.46, 12 February 2000
+
+Updates for VOS and MPE/iX. (Peter Prymmer)  Other small changes.
+
 =item v1.45, 20 December 1999
 
 Small changes from 5.005_63 distribution, more changes to EBCDIC info.
@@ -1774,4 +1791,4 @@ E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>.
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-Version 1.45, last modified 20 December 1999
+Version 1.46, last modified 12 February 2000