X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.qnx;h=affde51120c052d3dda7b8d5c3acfeeda7f30f6e;hb=f69c1b32fbc1a1348f4cb6eadbb919fc9d0341cb;hp=c841bd6a8a9e7077333f46ae0fe749ad8af44662;hpb=af23fe4d694e2dc86e1c1ab453afdcd423752bcb;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.qnx b/README.qnx index c841bd6..affde51 100644 --- a/README.qnx +++ b/README.qnx @@ -8,34 +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 works fine in QNX4 with -a few 'known' failures in the test suite. +Some tests may complain under known circumstances. See +below and hints/qnx.sh for more information. -[ Perl 5.6.0 is shipping with QNX RTP (aka QNX6, Neutrino), but -the build does not appear to be straightforward. If anyone has -more data in this regard, please let me know. +Under QNX 6.1.0 there are still a few tests which fail. +See below and hints/qnx.sh for more information. -These notes were originally written for QNX4 and do not -necessarily apply to Neutrino, but see hints/qnx.sh for -more information. ] - -=head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX +=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 @@ -70,11 +65,23 @@ 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: +If you wish to compile with the Socket extension, you need +to have the TCP/IP toolkit, and you need to make sure that +-lsocket locates the correct copy of socket3r.lib. Beware +that the Watcom compiler ships with a stub version of +socket3r.lib which has very little functionality. Also +beware the order in which wlink searches directories for +libraries. You may have /usr/lib/socket3r.lib pointing to +the correct library, but wlink may pick up +/usr/watcom/10.6/usr/lib/socket3r.lib instead. Make sure +they both point to the correct library, that is, +/usr/tcptk/current/usr/lib/socket3r.lib. + +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 @@ -85,8 +92,11 @@ 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 Still investigating -ext/POSIX/sigaction.t Still investigating +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 @@ -100,9 +110,7 @@ A script that emulates the standard unix archive (aka library) utility. Under Watcom 10.6, ar is linked to wlib and provides the expected interface. With Watcom 9.5, a cover function is required. This one is fairly crude but has proved adequate for -compiling perl. A more thorough version is available at: - - http://www.fdma.com/pub/qnx/porting/ar +compiling perl. =item qnx/cpp @@ -113,6 +121,18 @@ options that perl throws at it. This might be reasonably placed in =back +=head2 Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6 + +The following tests are still failing for Perl 5.7.3 under QNX 6.1.0: + + op/sprintf.........................FAILED at test 91 + lib/Benchmark......................FAILED at test 26 + +This is due to a bug in the C library's printf routine. +printf("'%e'", 0. ) produces '0.000000e+0', but ANSI requires +'0.000000e+00'. QNX has acknowledged the bug and it should be +fixed in 6.2.0. + =head1 AUTHOR Norton T. Allen (allen@huarp.harvard.edu)