From: Gerrit P. Haase Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:23:28 +0000 (+0100) Subject: [DOC-PATCH] for README.cygwin, bleadperl version X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=270085805fa918837f9a23b71589ce94ac7477d6;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git [DOC-PATCH] for README.cygwin, bleadperl version From: "Gerrit P. Haase" Message-ID: <941032389637.20030320212328@familiehaase.de> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19037 --- diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin index 9888b18..b1406c3 100644 --- a/README.cygwin +++ b/README.cygwin @@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ These are B yet available with Cygwin. =item * C<-Dusethreads> -POSIX threads are B yet implemented in Cygwin completely. +POSIX threads are implemented in Cygwin, define this symbol if you want +a threaded perl. If there is trouble, check that your Cygwin installation +is up to date. =item * C<-Duselargefiles> @@ -441,7 +443,8 @@ access by native Win32 programs). Inplace editing C of files doesn't work without doing a backup of the file being edited C because of windowish restrictions, -so Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you just use C. +therefore Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you use C +without specifying a backup extension. Using fork() after loading multiple dlls may fail with an internal cygwin error like the following: @@ -451,9 +454,9 @@ error like the following: 200 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: child -395691(0xB8) died before initialization with status code 0x1 1370 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: *** child state child loading dlls -Use the rebase utility to resolve the conflicting dll addresses. -See: http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/rebase/ -and http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-07/msg00276.html +Use the rebase utility to resolve the conflicting dll addresses. The +rebase package is included in the Cygwin netrelease. Use setup.exe from +F to install it. =back @@ -565,8 +568,8 @@ alexander smishlajev , Steven Morlock , Sebastien Barre , Teun Burgers , -Gerrit Haase . +Gerrit P. Haase . =head1 HISTORY -Last updated: 2002-10-07 +Last updated: 2003-03-20