X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.amiga;h=44effb4b3e49f7b6e714ae2365c43d4056410099;hb=32af7c23a1c4abd006dd0f19ca383c1fcaddfdd9;hp=110f9cf69652dcef944f54064b3d541c69bd6e0d;hpb=f86702ccfcc3646d7aa30b09ce4f4413be9f99d1;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.amiga b/README.amiga index 110f9cf..44effb4 100644 --- a/README.amiga +++ b/README.amiga @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ One can read this document in the following formats: to list some (not all may be available simultaneously), or it may be read I: either as F, or F. +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 @@ -27,6 +32,7 @@ Contents DESCRIPTION - Prerequisites - Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS + - Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS INSTALLATION Accessing documentation - Manpages @@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ Contents - GNU info files - LaTeX docs BUILD - - Prerequisites + - Build Prerequisites - Getting the perl source - Application of the patches - Making @@ -45,23 +51,19 @@ Contents =head1 DESCRIPTION -=head2 Prerequisites +=head2 Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS =over 6 =item B You need the Unix emulation for AmigaOS, whose most important part is -B. 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. 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 (the I). @@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ same way as on any other platform, by 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 @@ -94,16 +96,42 @@ of your scripts. Then you can invoke your scripts like under UNIX with necessary, F 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 6 + +=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.) @@ -111,7 +139,7 @@ For installation of the Unix emulation, read the appropriate docs. =head1 Accessing documentation -=head2 Manpages +=head2 Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS If you have C installed on your system, and you installed perl manpages, use something like this: @@ -133,7 +161,7 @@ for packages, and as usual, sometimes you need to give the section - C<3> above - to avoid shadowing by the I. -=head2 B +=head2 Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS If you have some WWW browser available, you can build B docs. Cd to directory with F<.pod> files, and do like this @@ -146,89 +174,79 @@ directory, and go ahead with reading docs. Alternatively you may be able to get these docs prebuilt from C. -=head2 B C files +=head2 Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS Users of C would appreciate it very much, especially with C mode loaded. You need to get latest C from C, or, alternately, prebuilt info pages. -=head2 C docs +=head2 Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS -can be constructed using C. +Can be constructed using C. -=head1 BUILD +=head1 BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS Here we discuss how to build Perl under AmigaOS. -=head2 Prerequisites +=head2 Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS -You need to have the latest B (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 (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: - tar xvzpf perl-5.004-src.tgz + tar xvzpf perl-$VERSION-src.tgz or get the official source from CPAN: - http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/5.0 + http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0 Extract it like this - tar xvzpf perl5.004.tar.gz + tar xvzpf perl-$VERSION.tar.gz You will see a message about errors while extracting F. This is normal and expected. (There is a conflict with a similarly-named file F, but it causes no harm.) -=head2 Making - - sh configure.gnu --prefix=/ade - -Now - - make - -=head2 Testing +=head2 Making Perl on AmigaOS -Now run +Remember to use a hefty wad of stack (I use 2000000) - make test + sh configure.gnu --prefix=/gg -Some tests will fail. Here is which, and why: +Now type -=over 8 + make depend -=item F, F, F, F +Now! -Check I operations. Failures result from the inability to -emulate some Unixisms with the standard Amiga filesystem. + make -=item F, F, F, F, - F, F, F +=head2 Testing Perl on AmigaOS -These tests will be skipped because they use the fork() function, which is not -supported under AmigaOS. +Now run -=item F + make test -The ixemul.library doesn't set the expected values for $0 and $^X. +Some tests will be skipped because they need the fork() function: -=back +F, F, F, F, F, +F, F -=head2 Installing the built perl +=head2 Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS 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