X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.machten;h=8e14fc7117da2323e1733bb7fc1790aa5757f4fc;hb=18ef8beac527ca204cb2b7f96c5a4c585c8ee174;hp=99339df7f24a57c2b867dbe936f5378ccd8d54a8;hpb=da36900462fd6aaa8c42672cb72bf402c3a16edd;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.machten b/README.machten index 99339df..8e14fc7 100644 --- a/README.machten +++ b/README.machten @@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ change the default installation directory -- see F. This test may fail when first run after building perl. It does not fail subsequently. The cause is unknown. -=item op/taint.t - -This test emits various complaints such as "Operation not permitted", -but passes. The cause is an incomplete implementation of System V -inter-process communication in MachTen 4.1.4. In versions prior to -4.1.4, the implementation was so incomplete that the hints file -disables its incorporation into perl; in 4.1.4, the facilities are -useable with care. - =item pragma/warnings.t Test 257 fails due to a failure to warn about attempts to read from a @@ -66,25 +57,13 @@ and limited in its effect on practical Perl programs. =back -=head2 Using external modules - -If warnings are enabled with Perl's C<-w> command-line flag, you are -likely to see warnings when using external modules containing XS -(compiled) code: - - Subroutine DynaLoader::dl_error redefined at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/powerpc-machten/DynaLoader.pm line 93. - -This is a harmless consequence of the static linking used for MachTen -perl. You can suppress the warnings by using the more modern -C<-Mwarnings> instead of the traditional C<-w>. (See L.) - =head2 Building external modules To add an external module to perl, build in the normal way, which is documented in L, or which can be driven automatically by the CPAN module (see L), which is part of the -standard distribution. If wou want to install a -module contains XS code (C or C++ source which compiles to object code +standard distribution. If you want to install a module which +contains XS code (C or C++ source which compiles to object code for linking with perl), you will have to replace your perl binary with a new version containing the new statically-linked object module. The build process tells you how to do this. @@ -107,4 +86,4 @@ Dominic Dunlop =head1 DATE -Version 1.0 2000-03-22 +Version 1.0.1 2000-03-27