X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.qnx;h=f59455bd7899e2302417b02643807c9f995cb650;hb=40b7a5f5e789eb31046d021a15e48b502ad8e1e9;hp=ebff5482a1e1fc6047623798882a6bdbda9a6f89;hpb=a83b6f466440987720492416f8091f2530a9ab41;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.qnx b/README.qnx index ebff548..f59455b 100644 --- a/README.qnx +++ b/README.qnx @@ -8,13 +8,22 @@ README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX =head1 DESCRIPTION -As of perl5.004_04, all tests pass under: +As of perl5.8.0 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. + +[ 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. + +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 @@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ 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. @@ -63,7 +72,24 @@ from quics for earlier versions. =head2 Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX -There is currently no support for dynamically linked libraries. +There is no support for dynamically linked libraries in QNX4. + +The following tests may report errors: + +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. + +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