Perl under AmigaOS lacks some features of perl under UNIX because of
deficiencies in the UNIX-emulation, most notably:
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-fork()
-
-=item *
-
-some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
+=over 6
-=item *
+=item fork()
-inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file
+=item some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file dates
-=item *
+=item inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file
-umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is
-finally close()d
+=item umask() works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is
+ finally close()d
=back
F<configure>, but it causes no harm.)
=head2 Making
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-remember to use a healthy sized stack (I used 2000000)
-
-=item *
-
-your PATH environment variable must include /bin (e.g. ".:/bin" is good)
-(or, more precisely, it must include the directory where you have your
-basic UNIX utilities like test, cat, sed, and so on)
-
-=item *
- sh Configure -Dprefix=/ade -Dloclibpth=/ade/lib
-
-=item *
+ remember to use a hefty wad of stack (I use 2000000)
-fix makedepend
+ sh configure.gnu --prefix=/gg
- In the file 'makedepend' there are three spots like this `$cat ...`:
- a for loop near line 75, an egrep near line 161, and a for loop near
- line 175. In all those spots using an editor change the $cat to
- /bin/cat.
-
-=item *
-
-now type make depend
-
- When the make depend has ended load the gnumakefile into
- an editor and go to the end of the file.
-
- Move upwards in the file until you reach av.o: EXTERN.h
- and delete all lines down to # WARNING: Put....
-
-=item *
-
-now go to the x2p directory
-
- Load the gnumakefile into an editor.
-
- Go to the end moveup until you reach hash.o: EXTERN.h
- and delete all lines dowonwards until you reach a line saying
-
- # WARNING: Put nothing....
+ the makedepend script has to be edited if it fails
+
+ change $cat to /bin/cat at line 75
+ change cat to /bin/cat at line 163
+ change cat to /bin/cat at line 176 (both)
+ change $cat to /bin/cat at line 190
-=item *
+ now type make depend
Now!
make
-=back
-
=head2 Testing
Now run