| 1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
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| 2 | see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is
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| 3 | specially 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.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
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| 8 |
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| 9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS
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| 10 |
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| 11 | This file contains notes for building perl on the Stratus VOS
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| 12 | operating system. Perl is a scripting or macro language that is
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| 13 | popular on many systems. See L<perlbook> for a number of good
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| 14 | books on Perl.
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| 15 |
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| 16 | These are instructions for building Perl from source. Most people can
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| 17 | simply download a pre-compiled distribution from the VOS anonymous FTP
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| 18 | site. If you are running VOS Release 14.2.0 or earlier, download Perl
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| 19 | from ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html If you are
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| 20 | running VOS Release 14.3.0 or later, download Perl from
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| 21 | ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/ga/ga.html Instructions for
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| 22 | unbundling the Perl distribution file are at
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| 23 | ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/utility.html
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| 24 |
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| 25 | If you are running VOS Release 14.4.1 or later, you can obtain a
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| 26 | pre-compiled, supported copy of perl by purchasing Release 2.0.1
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| 27 | (or later) of the VOS GNU C++ and GNU Tools product from Stratus
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| 28 | Technologies.
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| 29 |
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| 30 | =head2 Multiple methods to build perl for VOS
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| 31 |
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| 32 | If you elect to build perl from its source code, you have several
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| 33 | different ways that you can build perl. The method that you use
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| 34 | depends on the version of VOS that you are using and on the
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| 35 | architecture of your Stratus hardware platform.
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| 36 |
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| 37 | =over 5
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| 38 |
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| 39 | =item 1
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| 40 |
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| 41 | If you have a Stratus XA2000 (Motorola 68k-based) platform, you
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| 42 | must build perl using the alpha version of VOS POSIX support and
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| 43 | using the VOS Standard C Cross-compiler. You must build perl on
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| 44 | VOS Release 14.1.0 (or later) on an XA/R or Continuum platform.
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| 45 |
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| 46 | This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
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| 47 | does not contain the complete perl functionality.
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| 48 |
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| 49 | You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
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| 50 | in the vos subdirectory.
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| 51 |
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| 52 | =item 2
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| 53 |
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| 54 | If you have a Stratus XA/R (Intel i860-based) platform, you must
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| 55 | build perl using the alpha version of VOS POSIX support and using
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| 56 | the VOS Standard C compiler or cross-compiler. You must build
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| 57 | perl on VOS Release 14.1.0 (or later) on an XA/R or Continuum
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| 58 | platform.
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| 59 |
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| 60 | This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
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| 61 | does not contain the complete perl functionality.
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| 62 |
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| 63 | You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
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| 64 | in the vos subdirectory.
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| 65 |
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| 66 | =item 3
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| 67 |
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| 68 | If you have a Stratus Continuum (PA-RISC-based) platform that is
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| 69 | running a version of VOS earlier than VOS 14.3.0, you must build
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| 70 | perl using the alpha version of VOS POSIX support and using the
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| 71 | VOS Standard C compiler or cross-compiler. You must build perl
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| 72 | on VOS Release 14.1.0 (or later) on an XA/R or Continuum
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| 73 | platform.
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| 74 |
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| 75 | This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
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| 76 | does not contain the complete perl functionality.
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| 77 |
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| 78 | You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
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| 79 | in the vos subdirectory.
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| 80 |
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| 81 | =item 4
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| 82 |
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| 83 | If you have a Stratus Continuum (PA-RISC-based) platform that is
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| 84 | running VOS Release 14.3.0 through VOS Release 14.4.1, you must
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| 85 | build perl using the generally-available version of VOS POSIX
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| 86 | support, and using either the VOS Standard C compiler or the VOS
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| 87 | GNU C compiler. You must build perl on VOS Release 14.3.0 (or
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| 88 | later) on a Continuum platform.
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| 89 |
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| 90 | This version of perl is properly called "miniperl" because it
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| 91 | does not contain the complete perl functionality.
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| 92 |
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| 93 | You must build perl with the compile_perl.cm command macro found
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| 94 | in the vos subdirectory.
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| 95 |
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| 96 | =item 5
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