X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.win32;h=5499d3a4f4548af5cf81c192b02e232f9b17bff2;hb=1b1e14d34a33bfe0df591910cafcab54421ca8a8;hp=dfd6eb09f20020ef6f14fa6267265f166bcc6577;hpb=b350dd2f881c6f46f8125355cf7111e4c97d1870;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index dfd6eb0..5499d3a 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ following compilers: Borland C++ version 5.02 or later Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or later - Mingw32 with EGCS versions 1.0.2, 1.1 - Mingw32 with GCC version 2.8.1 + Mingw32 with GCC version 2.95.2 or better -The last two of these are high quality freeware compilers. Support -for them is still experimental. +The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler. Support +for it is still experimental. (Older versions of GCC are known +not to work.) This port currently supports MakeMaker (the set of modules that is used to build extensions to perl). Therefore, you should be @@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ work for MakeMaker builds.) A port of dmake for win32 platforms is available from: - ftp://ftp.linux.activestate.com/pub/staff/gsar/dmake-4.1-win32.zip + http://cpan.perl.org/authors/id/GSAR/dmake-4.1pl1-win32.zip + +(This is a fixed version of original dmake sources obtained from +http://www.wticorp.com/dmake/. As of version 4.1PL1, the original +sources did not build as shipped, and had various other problems. +A patch is included in the above fixed version.) Fetch and install dmake somewhere on your path (follow the instructions in the README.NOW file). @@ -108,24 +113,17 @@ and edit win32/config.vc to change "make=nmake" into "make=dmake". The latter step is only essential if you want to use dmake as your default make for building extensions using MakeMaker. -=item Mingw32 with EGCS or GCC +=item Mingw32 with GCC -ECGS binaries can be downloaded from: +GCC-2.95.2 binaries can be downloaded from: ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/ -GCC-2.8.1 binaries are available from: - - http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/ - -You only need either one of those, not both. Both bundles come with -Mingw32 libraries and headers. While both of them work to build perl, -the EGCS binaries are currently favored by the maintainers, since they -come with more up-to-date Mingw32 libraries. +The GCC-2.95.2 bundle comes with Mingw32 libraries and headers. -Make sure you install the binaries as indicated in the web sites -above. You will need to set up a few environment variables (usually -run from a batch file). +Make sure you install the binaries that work with MSVCRT.DLL as indicated +in the README for the GCC bundle. You may need to set up a few environment +variables (usually run from a batch file). You also need dmake. See L above on how to get it. @@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ is typically requested through: perl Makefile.PL CAPI=TRUE PERL_OBJECT requires VC++ 5.0 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or later. It -is not yet supported under GCC or EGCS. WARNING: Binaries built with +is not yet supported under GCC. WARNING: Binaries built with PERL_OBJECT enabled are B compatible with binaries built without. Perl installs PERL_OBJECT binaries under a distinct architecture name, so they B coexist, though. @@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(), enable the appropriate option in the makefile. des_fcrypt() is not bundled with the distribution due to US Government restrictions on the export of cryptographic software. Nevertheless, this routine -is part of the "libdes" library (written by Ed Young) which is widely +is part of the "libdes" library (written by Eric Young) which is widely available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay (for example: "ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto/SSLeay/DES/"). Set CRYPT_SRC to the name of the file that implements des_fcrypt(). Alternatively, if @@ -217,21 +215,6 @@ The build process may produce "harmless" compiler warnings (more or less copiously, depending on how picky your compiler gets). The maintainers are aware of these warnings, thankyouverymuch. :) -When building using Visual C++, a perl95.exe will also get built. This -executable is only needed on Windows95, and should be used instead of -perl.exe, and then only if you want sockets to work properly on Windows95. -This is necessitated by a bug in the Microsoft C Runtime that cannot be -worked around in the "normal" perl.exe. perl95.exe gets built with its -own private copy of the C Runtime that is not accessible to extensions -(which see the DLL version of the CRT). Be aware, therefore, that this -perl95.exe will have esoteric problems with extensions like perl/Tk that -themselves use the C Runtime heavily, or want to free() pointers -malloc()-ed by perl. - -You can avoid the perl95.exe problems completely if you either enable -USE_PERLCRT with Visual C++, or use Borland C++ for building perl. In -those cases, perl95.exe is not needed and will not be built. - =back =head2 Testing @@ -252,10 +235,6 @@ default path. You will need to copy the DLLs reported by the messages from where Borland chose to install it, into the Windows system directory (usually somewhere like C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32), and rerun the test. -The Visual C runtime apparently has a bug that causes posix.t to fail -test#2. This usually happens only if you extracted the files in text -mode. Enable the USE_PERLCRT option in the Makefile to fix this bug. - Please report any other failures as described under L. =head2 Installation @@ -729,7 +708,7 @@ by C. Gary Ng E71564.1743@CompuServe.COME -Gurusamy Sarathy Egsar@umich.eduE +Gurusamy Sarathy Egsar@activestate.comE Nick Ing-Simmons Enick@ni-s.u-net.comE @@ -745,10 +724,8 @@ L This port was originally contributed by Gary Ng around 5.003_24, and borrowed from the Hip Communications port that was available -at the time. - -Nick Ing-Simmons and Gurusamy Sarathy have made numerous and -sundry hacks since then. +at the time. Various people have made numerous and sundry hacks +since then. Borland support was added in 5.004_01 (Gurusamy Sarathy). @@ -756,7 +733,10 @@ GCC/mingw32 support was added in 5.005 (Nick Ing-Simmons). Support for PERL_OBJECT was added in 5.005 (ActiveState Tool Corp). -Last updated: 18 January 1999 +Support for fork() emulation was added in 5.6 (ActiveState Tool Corp). -=cut +Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl). +Last updated: 28 December 1999 + +=cut