From d59d305206b8c559e82aa12f81767fd91602077c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H.Merijn Brand" Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:58:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] URL for End-Of-Life and OS/Arch documentation Small enhancements p4raw-id: //depot/perl@34083 --- README.hpux | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index afd8227..353008b 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -43,7 +43,15 @@ The official (threaded) builds from HP, as they are shipped on the Application DVD/CD's are available on http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=PERL for both PA-RISC and IPF (Itanium Processor Family). They are built -with the HP ANSI-C compiler. +with the HP ANSI-C compiler by ActiveState. + +To see what version is included on the DVD (assumed here to be mounted +on /cdrom), issue this command: + + # swlist -s /cdrom perl + # perl D.5.8.8.B 5.8.8 Perl Programming Language + perl.Perl5-32 D.5.8.8.B 32-bit 5.8.8 Perl Programming Language with Extensions + perl.Perl5-64 D.5.8.8.B 64-bit 5.8.8 Perl Programming Language with Extensions =head2 Using perl from HP's porting centre @@ -252,6 +260,23 @@ To see all about your machine, type ia64 hp server rx2600 # /usr/contrib/bin/machinfo +=head2 HP-UX versions + +Not all architectures (PA = PA-RISC, IPF = Itanium Processor Family) +support all versions of HP-UX, here is a short list + + HP-UX version Kernel Architecture + ------------- ------ ------------ + 10.20 32 bit PA + 11.00 32/64 PA + 11.11 11i v1 32/64 PA + 11.22 11i v2 64 IPF + 11.23 11i v2 64 PA & IPF + 11.31 11i v3 64 PA & IPF + +See for the full list of hardware/OS support and expected end-of-life +http://www.hp.com/go/hpuxservermatrix + =head2 Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX HP-UX supports dynamically loadable libraries (shared libraries). @@ -390,10 +415,11 @@ are often multiple versions of the same package available). Above mentioned distributions are depots. H.Merijn Brand has made prebuilt gcc binaries available on http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ and/or -http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/ for HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00, and HP-UX 11.11 -(HP-UX 11i) in both 32- and 64-bit versions. These are bzipped tar archives -that also include recent GNU binutils and GNU gdb. Read the instructions -on that page to rebuild gcc using itself. +http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/ for HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00, HP-UX 11.11 +(HP-UX 11i v1), and HP-UX 11.23 (HP-UX 11i v2) in both 32- and 64-bit +versions. These are bzipped tar archives that also include recent GNU +binutils and GNU gdb. Read the instructions on that page to rebuild gcc +using itself. On PA-RISC you need a different compiler for 32-bit applications and for 64-bit applications. On PA-RISC, 32-bit objects and 64-bit objects do @@ -629,6 +655,6 @@ With much assistance regarding shared libraries from Marc Sabatella. =head1 DATE -Version 0.8.2: 2008-05-16 +Version 0.8.3: 2008-06-24 =cut -- 2.7.4