X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.amiga;h=709fcc851d6a79c0a4dd7ab6deb893242812b732;hb=a5ff3b9ad25c72d5b32019260730131002679dcd;hp=8951f355a09f2f9195028099c325eaf6a0cfe28d;hpb=ee8c7f5465f003860e2347a2946abacac39bd9b9;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.amiga b/README.amiga index 8951f35..709fcc8 100644 --- a/README.amiga +++ b/README.amiga @@ -4,18 +4,10 @@ specially designed to be readable as is. =head1 NAME -perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS (possibly very outdated information) +perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS =head1 SYNOPSIS -NOTE: No one has reported building Perl on the Amiga in a long -time. The following information is highly unlikely to be correct. -If you would like to help the Amiga port to stay current, see: - - http://us.aminet.net/aminet/dirs/dev_gg.html - -for Amiga resources and information. - One can read this document in the following formats: man perlamiga @@ -24,6 +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 @@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ Contents - GNU info files - LaTeX docs BUILD - - Prerequisites + - Build Prerequisites - Getting the perl source - Application of the patches - Making @@ -54,23 +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-46.0-bin.lha -ixemul-46.0-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). @@ -110,14 +103,22 @@ deficiencies in the UNIX-emulation, most notably: =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 @@ -126,11 +127,11 @@ deficiencies in the UNIX-emulation, most notably: 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.) @@ -138,7 +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: @@ -160,7 +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 @@ -173,32 +174,31 @@ 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-$VERSION-src.tgz or get the official source from CPAN: @@ -206,21 +206,27 @@ or get the official source from CPAN: Extract it like this - tar xvzpf perl5.004.tar.gz + tar xvzpf perl-$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 +=head2 Making Perl on AmigaOS + +Remember to use a hefty wad of stack (I use 2000000) + + sh configure.gnu --prefix=/gg + +Now type - sh configure.gnu --prefix=/ade + make depend -Now +Now! make -=head2 Testing +=head2 Testing Perl on AmigaOS Now run @@ -231,15 +237,16 @@ Some tests will be skipped because they need the fork() function: 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