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 | specifically designed to be readable as is.
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4 |
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5 | =head1 NAME
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7 | README.linux - Perl version 5 on Linux systems
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8 |
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9 | =head1 DESCRIPTION
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10 |
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11 | This document describes various features of Linux that will affect how Perl
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12 | version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs.
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13 |
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14 | =head2 Experimental Support for Sun Studio Compilers for Linux OS
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15 |
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16 | Sun Microsystems has released a port of their Sun Studio compiliers for
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17 | Linux. As of November 2005, only an alpha version has been released.
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18 | Until a release of these compilers is made, support for compiling Perl with
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19 | these compiler experimental.
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20 |
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21 | Also, some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on Linux.
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22 | Following the normal C<Configure>, you have to run make as follows:
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23 |
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24 | LDLOADLIBS=-lc make
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25 |
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26 | C<LDLOADLIBS> is an environment variable used by the linker to link modules
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27 | C</ext> modules to glibc. Currently, that environment variable is not getting
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28 | populated by a combination of C<Config> entries and C<ExtUtil::MakeMaker>.
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29 | While there may be a bug somewhere in Perl's configuration or
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30 | C<ExtUtil::MakeMaker> causing the problem, the most likely cause is an
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31 | incomplete understanding of Sun Studio by this author. Further investigation
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32 | is needed to get this working better.
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33 |
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34 | =head1 AUTHOR
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35 |
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36 | Steve Peters <[email protected]>
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37 |
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38 | Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to F<[email protected]>.
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39 |
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