From: Jeff Okamoto Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 15:25:51 +0000 (-0700) Subject: README.hpux version 0.6.1 X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=94f13a8fe911b4e5d658c1e8bb515599305c074c;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git README.hpux version 0.6.1 Message-Id: <200006202225.PAA26205@xfiles.intercon.hp.com> p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6229 --- diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index 06b39b9..5fbddf7 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you -see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is -specially designed to be readable as is. +If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. +It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially +designed to be readable as is. =head1 NAME @@ -8,33 +8,35 @@ README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix (HP-UX) systems =head1 DESCRIPTION -This document describes various features of HP's Unix operating system (HP-UX) -that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or -runs. +This document describes various features of HP's Unix operating system +(HP-UX) that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is +compiled and/or runs. =head2 Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX -An ANSI C compiler is required to build Perl. The C compiler that ships -with all HP-UX systems is a K&R compiler that can only be used to build -new kernels. +When compiling Perl, you must use an ANSI C compiler. The C compiler +that ships with all HP-UX systems is a K&R compiler that should only be +used to build new kernels. Perl can be compiled with either HP's ANSI C compiler or with gcc. The -former is recommended, as not only can it compile Perl with no difficulty, -but also can take advantage of features listed later that require the use -of HP compiler-specific command-line flags. +former is recommended, as not only can it compile Perl with no +difficulty, but also can take advantage of features listed later that +require the use of HP compiler-specific command-line flags. -If you decide to use gcc, make sure your installation is recent and complete, -and be sure to read the Perl README file for more gcc-specific details. +If you decide to use gcc, make sure your installation is recent and +complete, and be sure to read the Perl README file for more gcc-specific +details. =head2 PA-RISC -HP's current Unix systems run on its own Precision Architecture (PA-RISC) chip. -HP-UX used to run on the Motorola MC68000 family of chips, but any machine with -this chip in it is quite obsolete and this document will not attempt to address -issues for compiling Perl on the Motorola chipset. +HP's current Unix systems run on its own Precision Architecture +(PA-RISC) chip. HP-UX used to run on the Motorola MC68000 family of +chips, but any machine with this chip in it is quite obsolete and this +document will not attempt to address issues for compiling Perl on the +Motorola chipset. -The most recent version of PA-RISC at the time of this document's last update -is 2.0. +The most recent version of PA-RISC at the time of this document's last +update is 2.0. =head2 PA-RISC 1.0 @@ -42,8 +44,8 @@ The original version of PA-RISC, HP no longer sells any system with this chip. The following systems contain PA-RISC 1.0 chips: - 600, 635, 645, 800, 808, 815, 822, 825, 832, 834, 835, 840, - 842, 845, 850, 852, 855, 860, 865, 870, 890 + 600, 635, 645, 808, 815, 822, 825, 832, 834, 835, 840, 842, 845, 850, 852, + 855, 860, 865, 870, 890 =head2 PA-RISC 1.1 @@ -52,52 +54,58 @@ system. The following systems contain with PA-RISC 1.1 chips: - 705, 710, 712, 715, 720, 722, 725, 728, 730, 735, 743, 745, 747, 750, - 755, 770, 807S, 817S, 827S, 837S, 847S, 857S, 867S, 877S, 887S, 897S, - D200, D210, D220, D230, D250, D260, D310, D320, D330, D350, D360, D400, - E25, E35, E45, E55, F10, F20, F30, G30, G40, G50, G60, G70, H30, H40, - H50, H60, H70, I30, I40, I50, I60, I70, K100, K200, K210, K220, K400, - K410, K420, T500, T520 - + 705, 710, 712, 715, 720, 722, 725, 728, 730, 735, 742, 743, 745, 747, 750, + 755, 770, 777, 778, 779, 800, 801, 803, 806, 807, 809, 811, 813, 816, 817, + 819, 821, 826, 827, 829, 831, 837, 839, 841, 847, 849, 851, 856, 857, 859, + 867, 869, 877, 887, 891, 892, 897, A180, A180C, B115, B120, B132L, B132L+, + B160L, B180L, C100, C110, C115, C120, C160L, D200, D210, D220, D230, D250, + D260, D310, D320, D330, D350, D360, D410, DX0, DX5, DZO, E25, E35, E45, + E55, F10, F20, F30, G30, G40, G50, G60, G70, H20, H30, H40, H50, H60, H70, + I30, I40, I50, I60, I70, J200, J210, J210XC, K100, K200, K210, K220, K230, + K400, K410, K420, S700i, S715, S724, S760, T500, T520 =head2 PA-RISC 2.0 -The most recent upgrade to the PA-RISC design, it added support for 64-bit -integer data. +The most recent upgrade to the PA-RISC design, it added support for +64-bit integer data. -The following systems contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips (this is very likely to be -out of date): +As of the date of this document's last update, the following systems +contain PA-RISC 2.0 chips (this is very likely to be out of date): - D270, D280, D370, D380, K250, K260, K370, K380, K450, K460, K570, K580, - T600, V2200, N-class + 700, 780, 781, 782, 783, 785, 802, 804, 810, 820, 861, 871, 879, 889, 893, + 895, 896, 898, 899, B1000, C130, C140, C160, C180, C180+, C180-XP, C200+, + C400+, C3000, C360, CB260, D270, D280, D370, D380, D390, D650, J220, J2240, + J280, J282, J400, J410, J5000, J7000, K250, K260, K260-EG, K270, K360, + K370, K380, K450, K460, K460-EG, K460-XP, K470, K570, K580, L1000, L2000, + N4000, R380, R390, T540, T600, V2000, V2200, V2250, V2500 A complete list of models at the time the OS was built is in the file -/opt/langtools/lib/sched.models. -The first column corresponds to the output of the "uname -m" command -(without the leading "9000/"). -The second column is the PA-RISC version -and the third column is the exact chip type used. +/opt/langtools/lib/sched.models. The first column corresponds to the +output of the "uname -m" command (without the leading "9000/"). The +second column is the PA-RISC version and the third column is the exact +chip type used. =head2 Portability Between PA-RISC Versions An executable compiled on a PA-RISC 2.0 platform will not execute on a -PA-RISC 1.1 platform, even if they are running the same version of HP-UX. -If you are building Perl on a PA-RISC 2.0 platform and want that Perl to -to also run on a PA-RISC 1.1, the compiler flags +DAportable and +DS32 -should be used. +PA-RISC 1.1 platform, even if they are running the same version of +HP-UX. If you are building Perl on a PA-RISC 2.0 platform and want that +Perl to to also run on a PA-RISC 1.1, the compiler flags +DAportable and ++DS32 should be used. -It is no longer possible to compile PA-RISC 1.0 executables on either the -PA-RISC 1.1 or 2.0 platforms. +It is no longer possible to compile PA-RISC 1.0 executables on either +the PA-RISC 1.1 or 2.0 platforms. =head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX HP-UX supports dynamically loadable libraries (shared libraries). Shared libraries end with the suffix .sl. -Shared libraries created on a platform using a particular PA-RISC version -are not usable on platforms using an earlier PA-RISC version by default. -However, this backwards compatibility may be enabled using the same -+DAportable compiler flag (with the same PA-RISC 1.0 caveat mentioned above). +Shared libraries created on a platform using a particular PA-RISC +version are not usable on platforms using an earlier PA-RISC version by +default. However, this backwards compatibility may be enabled using the +same +DAportable compiler flag (with the same PA-RISC 1.0 caveat +mentioned above). To create a shared library, the following steps must be performed: @@ -116,49 +124,46 @@ If these dependent libraries are not listed at shared library creation time, you will get fatal "Unresolved symbol" errors at run time when the library is loaded. -You may create a shared library that refers to another library, which -may be either an archive library or a shared library. If it is a -shared library, this is called a "dependent library". -The dependent library's name is recorded in the main shared library, -but it is not linked into the shared library. -Instead, it is loaded when the main shared library is loaded. +You may create a shared library that referers to another library, which +may be either an archive library or a shared library. If this second +library is a shared library, this is called a "dependent library". The +dependent library's name is recorded in the main shared library, but it +is not linked into the shared library. Instead, it is loaded when the +main shared library is loaded. This can cause problems if you build an +extension on one system and move it to another system where the +libraries may not be located in the same place as on the first system. If the referred library is an archive library, then it is treated as a simple collection of .o modules (all of which must contain PIC). These modules are then linked into the shared library. -Note that it is okay to create a library which contains a dependent library -that is already linked into perl. +Note that it is okay to create a library which contains a dependent +library that is already linked into perl. It is no longer possible to link PA-RISC 1.0 shared libraries. =head2 The HP ANSI C Compiler -When using this compiler to build Perl, you should make sure that -the flag -Aa is added to the cpprun and cppstdin variables in the -config.sh file. +When using this compiler to build Perl, you should make sure that the +flag -Aa is added to the cpprun and cppstdin variables in the config.sh +file (though see the section on 64-bit perl below). =head2 Using Large Files with Perl -Beginning with HP-UX version 10.20, files larger than 2GB (2^31) may be -created and manipulated. -Three separate methods of doing this are available. -Of these methods, -the best method for Perl is to compile using the -Duselargefiles -flag to Configure. -This will cause the -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 compiler flag to be used -when building Perl. -This causes Perl to be compiled using structures and functions in which -these are 64 bits wide, rather than 32 bits wide. -(Note that this will only work with HP's ANSI C compiler. -If you want to compile Perl using gcc, you will have to get a version -of the compiler that support 64-bit operations.) - -The one drawback to this approach is that -any extension which calls any file-manipulating C function -will need to be recompiled +Beginning with HP-UX version 10.20, files larger than 2GB (2^31 bytes) +may be created and manipulated. Three separate methods of doing this +are available. Of these methods, the best method for Perl is to compile +using the -Duselargefiles flag to Configure. This causes Perl to be +compiled using structures and functions in which these are 64 bits wide, +rather than 32 bits wide. (Note that this will only work with HP's ANSI +C compiler. If you want to compile Perl using gcc, you will have to get +a version of the compiler that support 64-bit operations.) + +There are some drawbacks to this approach. One is that any extension +which calls any file-manipulating C function will need to be recompiled (just follow the usual "perl Makefile.PL; make; make test; make install" procedure). + The list of functions that will need to recompiled is: creat, fgetpos, fopen, freopen, fsetpos, fstat, @@ -169,65 +174,72 @@ open, prealloc, stat, statvfs, statvfsdev, tmpfile, truncate, getrlimit, setrlimit +Another drawback is only valid for Perl versions before 5.6.0. This +drawback is that the seek and tell functions (both the builtin version +and POSIX module version) will not perform correctly. + +It is strongly recommended that you use this flag when you run +Configure. If you do not do this, but later answer the question about +large files when Configure asks you, you may get a configuration that +cannot be compiled, or that does not function as expected. + =head2 Threaded Perl It is impossible to compile a version of threaded Perl on any version of HP-UX before 10.30, and it is strongly suggested that you be running on HP-UX 11.00 at least. -To compile Perl with thread, add -Dusethreads to the arguments of Configure. -Ensure that the -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L compiler flag is automatically -added to the list of flags. Also make sure that -lpthread is listed before --lc in the list of libraries to link Perl with. +To compile Perl with threads, add -Dusethreads to the arguments of +Configure. Verify that the -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L compiler flag is +automatically added to the list of flags. Also make sure that -lpthread +is listed before -lc in the list of libraries to link Perl with. -As of the date of this document, -Perl threads are not fully supported on HP-UX. +As of the date of this document, Perl threads are not fully supported on +HP-UX. =head2 64-bit Perl -Beginning with HP-UX 11.00, programs compiled under HP-UX can take advantage -of the LP64 programming environment (LP64 means Longs and Pointers are 64 bits -wide). +Beginning with HP-UX 11.00, programs compiled under HP-UX can take +advantage of the LP64 programming environment (LP64 means Longs and +Pointers are 64 bits wide). -Work is being performed on Perl to make it 64-bit compliant on all versions -of Unix. Once this is complete, scalar variables will be able to hold -numbers larger than 2^32 with complete precision. +Work is being performed on Perl to make it 64-bit compliant on all +versions of Unix. Once this is complete, scalar variables will be able +to hold numbers larger than 2^32 with complete precision. As of the date of this document, Perl is not 64-bit compliant on HP-UX. -Should a user wish to experiment with compiling Perl in the LP64 environment, -use the -Duse64bitall flag to Configure. -This will force Perl to be compiled in a pure LP64 environment (via the -+DD64 flag). +Should a user wish to experiment with compiling Perl in the LP64 +environment, use the -Duse64bitall flag to Configure. This will force +Perl to be compiled in a pure LP64 environment (via the +DD64 flag). -You can also use the -Duse64bitint flag to Configure. -Although there are some minor differences between compiling Perl with -this flag versus the -Duse64bitall flag, -they should not be noticeable from a Perl user's perspective. +You can also use the -Duse64bitint flag to Configure. Although there +are some minor differences between compiling Perl with this flag versus +the -Duse64bitall flag, they should not be noticeable from a Perl user's +perspective. -In both cases, it is strongly recommended that you use these flags -when you run Configure. -If you do not use them, but answer the questions about 64-bit numbers -when Configure asks you, -you may get a configuration that cannot be compiled, or that does -not function as expected. +In both cases, it is strongly recommended that you use these flags when +you run Configure. If you do not use do this, but later answer the +questions about 64-bit numbers when Configure asks you, you may get a +configuration that cannot be compiled, or that does not function as +expected. -(Note that these Configure flags will only work with HP's ANSI C compiler. -If you want to compile Perl using gcc, you will have to get a version -of the compiler that support 64-bit operations.) +(Note that these Configure flags will only work with HP's ANSI C +compiler. If you want to compile Perl using gcc, you will have to get a +version of the compiler that support 64-bit operations.) =head2 GDBM and Threads -If you attempt to compile Perl with threads on an 11.X system and also link -in the GDBM library, then Perl will immediately core dump when it starts up. -The only workaround at this point is to relink the GDBM library under 11.X, -then relink it into Perl. +If you attempt to compile Perl with threads on an 11.X system and also +link in the GDBM library, then Perl will immediately core dump when it +starts up. The only workaround at this point is to relink the GDBM +library under 11.X, then relink it into Perl. =head2 NFS filesystems and utime(2) If you are compiling Perl on a remotely-mounted NFS filesystem, the test -io/fs.t may fail on test #18. -This appears to be a bug in HP-UX and no fix is currently available. +io/fs.t may fail on test #18. This appears to be a bug in HP-UX and no +fix is currently available. =head1 AUTHOR @@ -237,6 +249,6 @@ With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella. =head1 DATE -Version 0.3: 2000/03/31 +Version 0.6.1: 2000/06/20 =cut