X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.mpeix;h=757055a7725e1a7337872a5e138d190b8e40ecf1;hb=024963f8e0e4bfbd631d6878a69f86cabc760a32;hp=0f7c0ac0612b9ba4fa22c2484bb983ea55179070;hpb=03cf1158aea7bfda5619d586822a3e2279d5241b;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.mpeix b/README.mpeix index 0f7c0ac..757055a 100644 --- a/README.mpeix +++ b/README.mpeix @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/ Perl language for MPE - Last updated July 29, 2003 @ 2100 UTC + Last updated January 12, 2006 @ 2100 UTC + =head1 NOTE @@ -31,6 +32,58 @@ Use which ever one is more recent. =head1 What's New in Perl for MPE/iX +January 12, 2006 + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Updated for perl-5.8.8 and perl-5.9.3 by Ken Hirsch. + +Simplified the build process by using the MPEAUTOCONF +functionality in Mark Klein's ld. + +If you build this from scratch, make sure you have a version +of ld which supports it. In the shell, type + + ld --help + and look for AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF near the bottom + + or do this: + ld --help 2>&1 | grep AUTOCONF + +If you see don't see AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF, make sure you get a new +version. + +You also do not have to use mpeix/relink after building, so the +recommend sequence is: + + ./Configure -de + + # or ./Configure -de -Dusedevel + # if you're building a development version + + make + make test + # if you run this in a job, do "make test_notty" + + make install + +Be prepared for a wait. These take much longer on MPE/iX than on a Unix +system, because of a slow forking, mostly. On a lightly-loaded HP3000 +Series 979 running MPE/iX 7.5: + + Configure: 1 hour + make: 1 hour 15 minutes + make test 1 hour 45 minutes + +Various socket problems were fixed in mpeix.c. + +Mark Klein provided a fixed sigsetjmp (that works with dynamic +libraries) in mpeix_setjmp.c + +=back + June 1, 2000 =over 4