From 42be3f00cca53ff4799730ee7035dc189fbe8d96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jarkko Hietaniemi Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 14:23:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README.hpux update from Merijn. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10130 --- README.hpux | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index 7d01983..9aa4f44 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ 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. +chip type used. (Start browsing at the bottom to prevent confusion ;-) =head2 Portability Between PA-RISC Versions @@ -140,13 +140,51 @@ 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. +Some extensions, like DB_File and Compress::Zlib use/require prebuilt +libraries for the perl extensions/modules to work. If these libraries +are built using the default configuration, it might happen that you run +into an error like "invalid loader fixup" during load phase. HP is aware +of this problem and address it at + http://devresource.hp.com/devresource/Docs/TechTips/cxxTips.html#tip13 + +A more general approach is to intervene manually, as with an example for +the DB_File module, which requires SleepyCat's libdb.sl: + + # cd .../db-3.2.9/build_unix + # vi Makefile + ... add +Z to all cflags to create shared objects + CFLAGS= -c $(CPPFLAGS) +Z -Ae +O2 +Onolimit \ + -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/X11R6 + CXXFLAGS= -c $(CPPFLAGS) +Z -Ae +O2 +Onolimit \ + -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/X11R6 + + # make clean + # make + # mkdir tmp + # cd tmp + # ar x ../libdb.a + # ld -b -o libdb-3.2.sl *.o + # mv libdb-3.2.sl /usr/local/lib + # rm *.o + # cd /usr/local/lib + # rm -f libdb.sl + # ln -s libdb-3.2.sl libdb.sl + + # cd .../DB_File-1.76 + # make distclean + # perl Makefile.PL + # make + # make test + # make install + 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 (though see the section on 64-bit perl below). +file (though see the section on 64-bit perl below). If you are using a +recent version of the Perl distribution, these flags are set automatically. =head2 Using Large Files with Perl @@ -192,10 +230,9 @@ HP-UX 11.00 at least. 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. +is listed before -lc in the list of libraries to link Perl with. The +hints provided for HP-UX during Configure will try very hard to get +this right for you. HP-UX versions before 10.30 require a seperate installation of a POSIX threads library package. Two examples are the HP DCE package, available -- 2.7.4