X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.qnx;h=9c4e39aa7e1d8279d05b3ef24fab0bb7f0ea96c5;hb=e9c1fd70a0c901791f5a7169cb6bf808e7e42d7a;hp=ebff5482a1e1fc6047623798882a6bdbda9a6f89;hpb=a83b6f466440987720492416f8091f2530a9ab41;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.qnx b/README.qnx index ebff548..9c4e39a 100644 --- a/README.qnx +++ b/README.qnx @@ -8,25 +8,29 @@ README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX =head1 DESCRIPTION -As of perl5.004_04, all tests pass under: +As of perl5.7.2 all tests pass under: - QNX 4.23A + QNX 4.24G Watcom 10.6 with Beta/970211.wcc.update.tar.F socket3r.lib Nov21 1996. -Update June 2001: Perl 5.6.1 most probably also works just fine in QNX. +Some tests may complain under known circumstances. See +below and hints/qnx.sh for more information. -=head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX +Under QNX 6.1.0 there are still a few tests which fail. +See below and hints/qnx.sh for more information. + +=head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4 As with many unix ports, this one depends on a few "standard" -unix utilities which are not necessarily standard for QNX. +unix utilities which are not necessarily standard for QNX4. =over 4 =item /bin/sh This is used heavily by Configure and then by -perl itself. QNX's version is fine, but Configure +perl itself. QNX4's version is fine, but Configure will choke on the 16-bit version, so if you are running QNX 4.22, link /bin/sh to /bin32/ksh @@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ a cover function on the fly in the UU directory. Configure and perl need a way to invoke a C preprocessor. I have created a simple cover for cc which does the right thing. Without this, -Configure will create it's own wrapper which works, +Configure will create its own wrapper which works, but it doesn't handle some of the command line arguments that perl will throw at it. @@ -61,9 +65,26 @@ from quics for earlier versions. =back -=head2 Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX +=head2 Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4 + +There is no support for dynamically linked libraries in QNX4. + +The following tests may report errors under QNX4: + +ext/Cwd/Cwd.t will complain if `pwd` and cwd don't give +the same results. cwd calls `fullpath -t`, so if you +cd `fullpath -t` before running the test, it will +pass. -There is currently no support for dynamically linked libraries. +lib/File/Find/taint.t will complain if '.' is in your +PATH. The PATH test is triggered because cwd calls +`fullpath -t`. + +ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t: Subtest 14 is skipped due to +the fact that the functionality to read back the non-blocking +status of a socket is not implemented in QNX's TCP/IP. This +has been reported to QNX and it may work with later versions +of TCP/IP. =head2 QNX auxiliary files @@ -88,6 +109,15 @@ generate a similar cover, but it doesn't handle all the command-line options that perl throws at it. This might be reasonably placed in /usr/local/bin. +=head2 Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6 + +The following tests are still failing for Perl 5.7.1 under QNX 6.1.0: + + op/sprintf.........................FAILED at test 91 + lib/1_compile......................FAILED at test 33 + ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock............FAILED at test 12 + ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_udp.............FAILED at test 4 + =back =head1 AUTHOR