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1If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
2see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is
3specifically designed to be readable as is.
4
5=head1 NAME
6
7perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
8
9=head1 DESCRIPTION
10
11This file gives instructions for building Perl 5.7 and above, and also
12Perl modules for NetWare. Before you start, you may want to read the
13README file found in the top level directory into which the Perl source
14code distribution was extracted. Make sure you read and understand
15the terms under which the software is being distributed.
16
17=head1 BUILD
18
19This section describes the steps to be performed to build a Perl NLM
20and other associated NLMs.
21
22=head2 Tools & SDK
23
24The build requires CodeWarrior compiler and linker. In addition,
25the "NetWare SDK", "NLM & NetWare Libraries for C" and
26"NetWare Server Protocol Libraries for C", all available at
27L<http://developer.novell.com/ndk/>, are also required.
28Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or later is also required.
29
30=head2 Setup
31
32The build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK.
33Once the Tools & SDK are installed, the build environment has to
34be setup. The following batch files setup the environment.
35
36=over 4
37
38=item SetNWBld.bat
39
40The Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input. The first