From: John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 12:01:10 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Additional README.aix changes
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Additional README.aix changes
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diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix
index 30e8f1e..def6cb9 100644
--- a/README.aix
+++ b/README.aix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Before installing the patches to the IBM C-compiler you need to know the
 level of patching for the Operating System. IBM's command 'oslevel' will
 show the base, but is not always complete:
 
+For AIX 4.3:
+
     # oslevel
     4.3.0.0
     # lslpp -l | grep 'bos.rte '
@@ -55,11 +57,29 @@ show the base, but is not always complete:
     bos.rte            4.3.2.0  COMMITTED  Base Operating System Runtime
     #
 
-As a side note, perl cannot be built without bos.adt.syscalls installed
+For AIX 5.1:
+
+    # oslevel
+    5.1.0.0
+    # lslpp -l | grep 'bos.rte '
+    bos.rte           5.1.0.25  COMMITTED  Base Operating System Runtime
+    bos.rte           5.1.0.25  COMMITTED  Base Operating System Runtime
 
-    # lslpp -l | grep syscalls
+As a side note, perl cannot be built without bos.adt.syscalls and
+bos.adt.libm installed.
+
+For AIX 4.3:
+
+    # lslpp -l | egrep "syscalls|libm"
+    bos.adt.libm      4.3.3.50  COMMITTED  Base Application Development
     bos.adt.syscalls  4.3.3.51  COMMITTED  System Calls Application
     #
+  
+For AIX 5.1:
+
+    # lslpp -l | egrep "syscalls|libm"
+    bos.adt.libm      5.1.0.25  COMMITTED  Base Application Development
+    bos.adt.syscalls  5.1.0.25  COMMITTED  System Calls Application
 
 =head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
 
@@ -166,7 +186,9 @@ Follow the messages ... and you're done.
 
 =head2 Using GNU's gcc for building perl
 
-Using gcc-3.0 (tested with 3.0.4) now works out of the box.
+Using gcc-3.0 (tested with 3.0.4) now works out of the box, as does the
+most recent gcc-2.9 available directly from IBM (as part of their Linux
+compatibility packages).
 
 =head2 Using Large Files with Perl
 
@@ -199,6 +221,6 @@ H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl>
 
 =head1 DATE
 
-Version 0.0.4: 13 May 2002
+Version 0.0.5: 21 May 2002
 
 =cut