1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
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2 | It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
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3 | 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.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
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8 |
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9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS
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10 |
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11 | This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic).
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12 | If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be
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13 | here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X).
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14 |
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15 | When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not>
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16 | Mac OS X.
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17 |
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18 |
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19 | =head1 DESCRIPTION
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20 |
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21 | The latest perl source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional
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22 | pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl is kept
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23 | in close sync with regular perl releases.
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24 |
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25 | To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition
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26 | of the F<macos> subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra
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27 | source files, config files, and make files. It also includes extra
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28 | Mac-specific modules.
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29 |
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30 | To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the F<macperl>
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31 | directory, which includes the source files for creating the
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32 | application itself.
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33 |
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34 | All of this is available from the development site, via
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35 | HTTP (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source
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36 | and binaries) and anonymous CVS.
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37 |
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38 | http://dev.macperl.org/
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39 |
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40 | The source is also in the main perl repository in the macperl
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41 | branch (the 5.6 source is in the maint-5.6/macperl branch).
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42 |
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43 | You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely
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44 | available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site
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45 | for all things having to do with MacPerl development.
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46 |
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47 | MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040
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48 | and PowerPC architectures. The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS 7.5.5
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49 | and 68030 computers.
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50 |
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51 | MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It
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52 | is based on perl 5.004, and works with Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 computers.
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53 |
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54 |
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55 | =head1 AUTHOR
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56 |
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57 | perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher
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58 | E<lt>[email protected]<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris
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59 | Nandor E<lt>[email protected]<gt>.
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60 |
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61 |
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62 | =head1 DATE
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63 |
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64 | Last modified 2002.05.02.
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