=head2 Building with threads in Irix
Run Configure with -Duseithreads which will configure Perl with
-the new Perl 5.8.0 "interpreter threads", see L<threads>.
+the Perl 5.8.0 "interpreter threads", see L<threads>.
-The old Perl 5.005 threads is obsolete, unmaintained, and its use is
-discouraged. If you really want it, run Configure with the
--Dusethreads -Duse5005threads options as described in INSTALL.
-
-For either thread model and for Irix 6.2, you have to have the
-following patches installed:
+For Irix 6.2 with perl threads, you have to have the following
+patches installed:
1404 Irix 6.2 Posix 1003.1b man pages
1645 Irix 6.2 & 6.3 POSIX header file updates
=head2 Threaded Perl on Tru64
-If you want to use threads, you should primarily use the new Perl
+If you want to use threads, you should primarily use the Perl
5.8.0 threads model by running Configure with -Duseithreads.
-The old Perl 5.005 threads is obsolete, unmaintained, and its use is
-discouraged. If you really want it, run Configure with the
--Dusethreads -Duse5005threads options as described in INSTALL.
-
-Either thread model is going to work only in Tru64 4.0 and newer
-releases, older operating releases like 3.2 aren't probably going
-to work properly with threads.
+Perl threading is going to work only in Tru64 4.0 and newer releases,
+older operating releases like 3.2 aren't probably going to work
+properly with threads.
=head2 Long Doubles on Tru64