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If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. |
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It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially |
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designed to be readable as is. |
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=head1 NAME |
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perlhaiku - Perl version 5.10+ on Haiku |
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=head1 DESCRIPTION |
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This file contains instructions how to build Perl for Haiku and lists |
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known problems. |
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=head1 BUILD AND INSTALL |
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The build procedure is completely standard: |
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./Configure -de |
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make |
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make install |
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Make perl executable and create a symlink for libperl: |
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chmod a+x /boot/common/bin/perl |
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cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.28.0/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so . |
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Replace C<5.28.0> with your respective version of Perl. |
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=head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS |
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The following problems are encountered with Haiku revision 28311: |
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=over 4 |
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=item * |
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Perl cannot be compiled with threading support ATM. |
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=item * |
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The F<cpan/Socket/t/socketpair.t> test fails. More precisely: the subtests |
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using datagram sockets fail. Unix datagram sockets aren't implemented in |
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Haiku yet. |
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=item * |
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A subtest of the F<cpan/Sys-Syslog/t/syslog.t> test fails. This is due to Haiku |
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not implementing F</dev/log> support yet. |
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=item * |
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The tests F<dist/Net-Ping/t/450_service.t> and F<dist/Net-Ping/t/510_ping_udp.t> |
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fail. This is due to bugs in Haiku's network stack implementation. |
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=back |
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=head1 CONTACT |
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For Haiku specific problems contact the HaikuPorts developers: |
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L<http://ports.haiku-files.org/> |
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The initial Haiku port was done by Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@gmx.de>. |
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Last update: 2008-10-29 |
