1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. |
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2 | It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially |
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3 | designed to be readable as is. |
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4 | |
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5 | =head1 NAME |
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6 | |
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7 | README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX |
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8 | |
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9 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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10 | |
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11 | As of perl5.7.2 all tests pass under: |
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12 | |
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13 | QNX 4.24G |
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14 | Watcom 10.6 with Beta/970211.wcc.update.tar.F |
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15 | socket3r.lib Nov21 1996. |
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16 | |
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17 | Some tests may complain under known circumstances. See |
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18 | below and hints/qnx.sh for more information. |
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19 | |
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20 | Under QNX 6.1.0 there are still a few tests which fail. |
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21 | See below and hints/qnx.sh for more information. |
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22 | |
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23 | =head2 Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4 |
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24 | |
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25 | As with many unix ports, this one depends on a few "standard" |
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26 | unix utilities which are not necessarily standard for QNX4. |
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27 | |
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28 | =over 4 |
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29 | |
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30 | =item /bin/sh |
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31 | |
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32 | This is used heavily by Configure and then by |
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33 | perl itself. QNX4's version is fine, but Configure |
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34 | will choke on the 16-bit version, so if you are |
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35 | running QNX 4.22, link /bin/sh to /bin32/ksh |
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36 | |
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37 | =item ar |
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38 | |
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39 | This is the standard unix library builder. |
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40 | We use wlib. With Watcom 10.6, when wlib is |
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41 | linked as "ar", it behaves like ar and all is |
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42 | fine. Under 9.5, a cover is required. One is |
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43 | included in ../qnx |
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44 | |
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45 | =item nm |
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46 | |
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47 | This is used (optionally) by configure to list |
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48 | the contents of libraries. I will generate |
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49 | a cover function on the fly in the UU directory. |
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50 | |
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51 | =item cpp |
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52 | |
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53 | Configure and perl need a way to invoke a C |
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54 | preprocessor. I have created a simple cover |
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55 | for cc which does the right thing. Without this, |
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56 | Configure will create its own wrapper which works, |
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57 | but it doesn't handle some of the command line arguments |
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58 | that perl will throw at it. |
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59 | |
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60 | =item make |
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61 | |
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62 | You really need GNU make to compile this. GNU make |
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63 | ships by default with QNX 4.23, but you can get it |
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64 | from quics for earlier versions. |
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65 | |
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66 | =back |
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67 | |
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68 | =head2 Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4 |
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69 | |
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70 | There is no support for dynamically linked libraries in QNX4. |
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71 | |
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72 | If you wish to compile with the Socket extension, you need |
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73 | to have the TCP/IP toolkit, and you need to make sure that |
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74 | -lsocket locates the correct copy of socket3r.lib. Beware |
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75 | that the Watcom compiler ships with a stub version of |
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76 | socket3r.lib which has very little functionality. Also |
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77 | beware the order in which wlink searches directories for |
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78 | libraries. You may have /usr/lib/socket3r.lib pointing to |
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79 | the correct library, but wlink may pick up |
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80 | /usr/watcom/10.6/usr/lib/socket3r.lib instead. Make sure |
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81 | they both point to the correct library, that is, |
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82 | /usr/tcptk/current/usr/lib/socket3r.lib. |
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83 | |
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84 | The following tests may report errors under QNX4: |
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85 | |
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86 | ext/Cwd/Cwd.t will complain if `pwd` and cwd don't give |
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87 | the same results. cwd calls `fullpath -t`, so if you |
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88 | cd `fullpath -t` before running the test, it will |
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89 | pass. |
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90 | |
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91 | lib/File/Find/taint.t will complain if '.' is in your |
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92 | PATH. The PATH test is triggered because cwd calls |
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93 | `fullpath -t`. |
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94 | |
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95 | ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t: Subtest 14 is skipped due to |
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96 | the fact that the functionality to read back the non-blocking |
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97 | status of a socket is not implemented in QNX's TCP/IP. This |
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98 | has been reported to QNX and it may work with later versions |
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99 | of TCP/IP. |
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100 | |
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101 | =head2 QNX auxiliary files |
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102 | |
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103 | The files in the "qnx" directory are: |
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104 | |
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105 | =over 4 |
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106 | |
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107 | =item qnx/ar |
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108 | |
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109 | A script that emulates the standard unix archive (aka library) |
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110 | utility. Under Watcom 10.6, ar is linked to wlib and provides the |
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111 | expected interface. With Watcom 9.5, a cover function is |
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112 | required. This one is fairly crude but has proved adequate for |
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113 | compiling perl. |
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114 | |
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115 | =item qnx/cpp |
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116 | |
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117 | A script that provides C preprocessing functionality. Configure can |
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118 | generate a similar cover, but it doesn't handle all the command-line |
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119 | options that perl throws at it. This might be reasonably placed in |
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120 | /usr/local/bin. |
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121 | |
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122 | =back |
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123 | |
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124 | =head2 Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6 |
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125 | |
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126 | The following tests are still failing for Perl 5.7.3 under QNX 6.1.0: |
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127 | |
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128 | op/sprintf.........................FAILED at test 91 |
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129 | lib/Benchmark......................FAILED at test 26 |
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130 | |
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131 | This is due to a bug in the C library's printf routine. |
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132 | printf("'%e'", 0. ) produces '0.000000e+0', but ANSI requires |
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133 | '0.000000e+00'. QNX has acknowledged the bug and it should be |
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134 | fixed in 6.2.0. |
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135 | |
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136 | =head1 AUTHOR |
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137 | |
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138 | Norton T. Allen (allen@huarp.harvard.edu) |
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139 | |
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