NDBM_File fails and ODBM_File just coredumps.
-=head2 DJGPP does not build
-
-Unfortunately DJGPP build broke somewhere after 5.7.3.
-
=head2 FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
This is a known bug in FreeBSD 4.5's readdir_r(), it has been fixed in
BeOS
Cygwin
DG/UX
+ DOS DJGPP 1)
DYNIX/ptx
EPOC R5
FreeBSD
UNICOS/mk
UTS
VOS
- Win95/98/ME/2K/XP 1)
+ Win95/98/ME/2K/XP 2)
WinCE
z/OS (OS/390)
VM/ESA
- 1) compilers: Borland, MinGW (GCC), VC6
+ 1) in DOS mode either the DOS or OS/2 ports can be used
+ 2) compilers: Borland, MinGW (GCC), VC6
The following platforms worked with the previous releases (5.6 and
5.7), but we did not manage either to fix or to test these in time
AmigaOS
-Known to be broken for 5.8.0 (but 5.6.1 and 5.7.3 can be used):
-
- DOS DJGPP 1)
-
- 1) in DOS mode either the DOS or OS/2 ports can be used
-
The following platforms have been known to build Perl from source in
the past (5.005_03 and earlier), but we haven't been able to verify
their status for the current release, either because the