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If you plan on using mod_perl, you MUST download and install this version of Perl/iX!</p> </li> <li><p>uselargefiles="undef": not available in MPE for POSIX files yet.</p> </li> <li><p>Now bundled with various add-on packages:</p> <ul> <li><p>libnet (as seen on CPAN)</p> </li> <li><p>libwww-perl (LWP) which lets Perl programs behave like web browsers:</p> <pre><code>1. #!/PERL/PUB/perl 2. use LWP::Simple; 3. $doc = get('http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html'); # reads the web page into variable $doc</code></pre> <p>(http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html)</p> </li> <li><p>mod_perl (just the perl portion; the actual DSO will be released soon with Apache/iX 1.3.12 from bixby.org). This module allows you to write high performance persistent Perl CGI scripts and all sorts of cool things. (http://perl.apache.org/)</p> <p>and much much more hiding under /PERL/PUB/.cpan/</p> </li> <li><p>The CPAN module now works for automatic downloading and installing of add-on packages:</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">1. export FTP_PASSIVE=1 2. perl -MCPAN -e shell 3. Ignore any terminal I/O related complaints!</code></pre> <p>(http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html)</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>May 20, 2000</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.6.0. Builds straight out of the box on MPE/iX.</p> </li> <li><p>Perl's getpwnam() function which had regressed to being unimplemented on MPE is now implemented once again.</p> </li> </ul> <p>September 17, 1999</p> <ul> <li><p>Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org.</p> </li> </ul> <h1 id="Welcome-to-Perl/iX"><a class="permalink" href="#Welcome-to-Perl/iX">#</a><a id="Welcome"></a><a id="Welcome-to-Perl-iX"></a>Welcome to Perl/iX</h1> <p>This is the official home page for the HP e3000 MPE/iX ( http://www.hp.com/go/e3000 ) port of the Perl scripting language ( http://www.perl.com/ ) which gives you all of the power of C, awk, sed, and sh in a single language. Check here for the latest news, implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports about major milestones will also be posted to the HP3000-L mailing list ( http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU ) and its associated gatewayed newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe.</p> <p>I'm doing this port because I can't live without Perl on the Unix machines that I administer, and I want to have the same power available to me on MPE.</p> <p>Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me, Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ). Or just post them to HP3000-L.</p> <p>The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler ( http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html ).</p> <p>The combined porting wisdom from all of my ports can be found in my MPE/iX Porting Guide (http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html).</p> <p>IMPORTANT NOTICE: Yes, I do work for the HP CSY R&D lab, but ALL of the software you download from bixby.org is my personal freeware that is NOT supported by HP.</p> <h1 id="System-Requirements-for-Perl/iX"><a class="permalink" href="#System-Requirements-for-Perl/iX">#</a><a id="System"></a><a id="System-Requirements-for-Perl-iX"></a>System Requirements for Perl/iX</h1> <ul> <li><p>MPE/iX 5.5 or later. This version of Perl/iX does NOT run on MPE/iX 5.0 or earlier, nor does it run on "classic" MPE/V machines.</p> </li> <li><p>If you wish to recompile Perl, you must install both GNUCORE and GNUGCC from jazz (http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html).</p> </li> <li><p>Perl/iX will be happier on MPE/iX 5.5 if you install the MPEKX40B extended POSIX filename characters patch, but this is optional.</p> </li> <li><p>Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to prevent Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference to _getenv_libc.</p> </li> <li><p>If you will be compiling Perl/iX yourself, you will also need Syslog/iX ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html ) and the /BIND/PUB/include and /BIND/PUB/lib portions of BIND/iX ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html ).</p> </li> </ul> <h1 id="How-to-Obtain-Perl/iX"><a class="permalink" href="#How-to-Obtain-Perl/iX">#</a><a id="How"></a><a id="How-to-Obtain-Perl-iX"></a>How to Obtain Perl/iX</h1> <ol> <li><p>Download Perl using either FTP.ARPA.SYS or some other client</p> </li> <li><p>Extract the installation script</p> </li> <li><p>Edit the installation script</p> </li> <li><p>Run the installation script</p> </li> <li><p>Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries</p> </li> </ol> <p>Download Perl using FTP.ARPA.SYS from your HP 3000 (the preferred method).....</p> <pre><code>:HELLO MANAGER.SYS :XEQ FTP.ARPA.SYS open ftp.bixby.org anonymous your@email.address bytestream cd /pub/mpe get perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z /tmp/perl.tar.Z;disc=2147483647 exit</code></pre> <p>.....Or download using some other generic web or ftp client (the alternate method)</p> <p>Download the following files (make sure that you use "binary mode" or whatever client feature that is 8-bit clean):</p> <ul> <li><p>Perl from</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">http://www.bixby.org/ftp/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z</code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">ftp://ftp.bixby.org/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Upload those files to your HP 3000 in an 8-bit clean bytestream manner to:</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">/tmp/perl.tar.Z</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Then extract the installation script (after both download methods)</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">:CHDIR /tmp :XEQ TAR.HPBIN.SYS 'xvfopz /tmp/perl.tar.Z INSTALL'</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Edit the installation script</p> <p>Examine the accounting structure creation commands and modify if necessary (adding additional capabilities, choosing a non-system volume set, etc).</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">:XEQ VI.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Run the installation script.</p> <p>The accounting structure will be created and then all files will be extracted from the archive.</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">:XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL</code></pre> </li> <li><p>Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries</p> <p>You only have to do this ONCE on your MPE/iX 5.5 machine in order to convert /lib/lib*.a and /usr/lib/lib*.a libraries to their *.sl equivalents. This step should not be necessary on MPE/iX 6.0 or later machines because the 6.0 or later update process does it for you.</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">:XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K</code></pre> </li> </ul> <h1 id="Perl/iX-Distribution-Contents-Highlights"><a class="permalink" href="#Perl/iX-Distribution-Contents-Highlights">#</a><a id="Perl"></a><a id="Perl-iX-Distribution-Contents-Highlights"></a>Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights</h1> <dl> <dt id="README"><a class="permalink" href="#README">#</a>README</dt> <dd> <p>The file you're reading now.</p> </dd> <dt id="INSTALL"><a class="permalink" href="#INSTALL">#</a>INSTALL</dt> <dd> <p>Perl/iX Installation script.</p> </dd> <dt id="LIBSHP3K"><a class="permalink" href="#LIBSHP3K">#</a>LIBSHP3K</dt> <dd> <p>Script to convert *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries.</p> </dd> <dt id="PERL"><a class="permalink" href="#PERL">#</a>PERL</dt> <dd> <p>Perl NMPRG executable. A version-numbered backup copy also exists. You might wish to "ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl".</p> </dd> <dt id=".cpan/"><a class="permalink" href="#.cpan/">#</a><a id="cpan"></a>.cpan/</dt> <dd> <p>Much add-on source code downloaded with the CPAN module.</p> </dd> <dt id="lib/"><a class="permalink" href="#lib/">#</a><a id="lib"></a>lib/</dt> <dd> <p>Perl libraries, both core and add-on.</p> </dd> <dt id="man/"><a class="permalink" href="#man/">#</a><a id="man"></a>man/</dt> <dd> <p>Perl man page documentation.</p> </dd> <dt id="public_html/feedback.cgi"><a class="permalink" href="#public_html/feedback.cgi">#</a><a id="public_html"></a><a id="public_html-feedback.cgi"></a>public_html/feedback.cgi</dt> <dd> <p>Sample feedback CGI form written in Perl.</p> </dd> <dt id="src/perl-5.6.0-mpe"><a class="permalink" href="#src/perl-5.6.0-mpe">#</a><a id="src"></a><a id="src-perl-5.6.0-mpe"></a>src/perl-5.6.0-mpe</dt> <dd> <p>Source code.</p> </dd> </dl> <h1 id="How-to-Compile-Perl/iX"><a class="permalink" href="#How-to-Compile-Perl/iX">#</a><a id="How1"></a><a id="How-to-Compile-Perl-iX"></a>How to Compile Perl/iX</h1> <ol> <li><p>cd src/perl-5.6.0-mpe</p> </li> <li><p>Read the INSTALL file for the official instructions</p> </li> <li><p>./Configure -d</p> </li> <li><p>make</p> </li> <li><p>./mpeix/relink</p> </li> <li><p>make test (expect approximately 15 out of 11306 subtests to fail, mostly due to MPE not supporting hard links, UDP socket problems, and handling exit() return codes improperly)</p> </li> <li><p>make install</p> </li> <li><p>Optionally create symbolic links that point to the Perl executable, i.e. ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl</p> </li> </ol> <p>The summary test results from "cd t; ./perl -I../lib harness":</p> <pre><code class="plaintext">Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed --------------------------------------------------------------------------- io/fs.t 29 8 27.59% 2-5, 7-9, 11 io/openpid.t 10 1 10.00% 7 lib/io_sock.t 14 1 7.14% 13 lib/io_udp.t 7 2 28.57% 3, 5 lib/posix.t 27 1 3.70% 12 op/lex_assign.t 187 1 0.53% 13 op/stat.t 58 1 1.72% 3 15 tests and 94 subtests skipped. Failed 7/236 test scripts, 97.03% okay. 15/11306 subtests failed, 99.87% okay.</code></pre> <h1 id="Getting-Started-with-Perl/iX"><a class="permalink" href="#Getting-Started-with-Perl/iX">#</a><a id="Getting"></a><a id="Getting-Started-with-Perl-iX"></a>Getting Started with Perl/iX</h1> <p>Create your Perl script files with "#!/PERL/PUB/perl" (or an equivalent symbolic link) as the first line. Use the chmod command to make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script!</p> <p>Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list ( http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html ). A wide variety of free Perl software is available. You can automatically download these packages by using the CPAN module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ).</p> <h1 id="MPE/iX-Implementation-Considerations"><a class="permalink" href="#MPE/iX-Implementation-Considerations">#</a><a id="MPE"></a><a id="MPE-iX-Implementation-Considerations"></a>MPE/iX Implementation Considerations</h1> <p>There some minor functionality issues to be aware of when comparing Perl for Unix (Perl/UX) to Perl/iX:</p> <ul> <li><p>MPE gcc/ld doesn't properly support linking NMPRG executables against NMXL dynamic libraries, so you must manually run mpeix/relink after each re-build of Perl.</p> </li> <li><p>Perl/iX File::Copy will use MPE's /bin/cp command to copy files by name in order to preserve file attributes like file code.</p> </li> <li><p>MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for setgrent(), endgrent(), setpwent(), endpwent().</p> </li> <li><p>MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for hard links.</p> </li> <li><p>MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to bind() to ports less than 1024. Perl/iX will call GETPRIVMODE() automatically on your behalf if you attempt to bind() to these low-numbered ports. Note that the Perl/iX executable and the PERL account do not normally have CAP=PM, so if you will be bind()-ing to these privileged ports, you will manually need to add PM capability as appropriate.</p> </li> <li><p>MPE requires that you bind() to an IP address of zero. Perl/iX automatically replaces the IP address that you pass to bind() with a zero.</p> </li> <li><p>MPE requires GETPRIVMODE() in order to setuid(). There are too many calls to setuid() within Perl/iX, so I have not attempted an automatic GETPRIVMODE() solution similar to bind().</p> </li> </ul> <h1 id="Known-Perl/iX-Bugs-Under-Investigation"><a class="permalink" href="#Known-Perl/iX-Bugs-Under-Investigation">#</a><a id="Known"></a><a id="Known-Perl-iX-Bugs-Under-Investigation"></a>Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation</h1> <p>None.</p> <h1 id="Perl/iX-To-Do-List"><a class="permalink" href="#Perl/iX-To-Do-List">#</a><a id="Perl1"></a><a id="Perl-iX-To-Do-List"></a>Perl/iX To-Do List</h1> <ul> <li><p>Make setuid()/setgid() support work.</p> </li> <li><p>Make sure that fcntl() against a socket descriptor is redirected to sfcntl().</p> </li> <li><p>Add support for Berkeley DB once I've finished porting Berkeley DB.</p> </li> <li><p>Write an MPE XS extension library containing miscellaneous important MPE functions like GETPRIVMODE(), GETUSERMODE(), and sfcntl().</p> </li> </ul> <h1 id="Perl/iX-Change-History"><a class="permalink" href="#Perl/iX-Change-History">#</a><a id="Perl2"></a><a id="Perl-iX-Change-History"></a>Perl/iX Change History</h1> <p>May 6, 1999</p> <ul> <li><p>Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to prevent Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference to _getenv_libc.</p> </li> </ul> <p>April 7, 1999</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.005_03.</p> </li> <li><p>The official source distribution once again compiles "straight out of the box" for MPE.</p> </li> <li><p>The current incarnation of the 5.5 POSIX filename extended characters patch is now MPEKX40B.</p> </li> <li><p>The LIBSHP3K *.a -> *.sl library conversion script is now included as /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K.</p> </li> </ul> <p>November 20, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.005_02.</p> </li> <li><p>Fixed a DynaLoader bug that was unable to load symbols from relative path name libraries.</p> </li> <li><p>Fixed a .xs compilation bug where the mpeixish.sh include file wasn't being installed into the proper directory.</p> </li> <li><p>All bugfixes will be submitted back to the official Perl developers.</p> </li> <li><p>The current incarnation of the POSIX filename extended characters patch is now MPEKXJ3A.</p> </li> </ul> <p>August 14, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX44C has been superseded by MPEKXB5A.</p> </li> </ul> <p>August 7, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX76A has been superseded by MPEKX44C.</p> </li> </ul> <p>July 28, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.005_01.</p> </li> </ul> <p>July 23, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.005 (production release). The public freeware sources are now 100% MPE-ready "straight out of the box".</p> </li> </ul> <p>July 17, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.005b1 (public beta release). The public freeware sources are now 99.9% MPE-ready. By installing and testing this beta on your own HP3000, you will be helping to insure that the final release of 5.005 will be 100% MPE-ready and 100% bug free.</p> </li> <li><p>My MPE binary release is now extracted using my standard INSTALL script.</p> </li> </ul> <p>July 15, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>Changed startperl to #!/PERL/PUB/perl so that Perl will recognize scripts more easily and efficiently.</p> </li> </ul> <p>July 8, 1998</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.004_70 (internal developer release) which is now MPE-ready. The next public freeware release of Perl should compile "straight out of the box" on MPE. Note that this version of Perl/iX was strictly internal to me and never publicly released. Note that [21]BIND/iX is now required (well, the include files and libbind.a) if you wish to compile Perl/iX.</p> </li> </ul> <p>November 6, 1997</p> <ul> <li><p>Updated to version 5.004_04. No changes in MPE-specific functionality.</p> </li> </ul> <p>October 16, 1997</p> <ul> <li><p>Added Demos section to the Perl/iX home page so you can see some sample Perl applications running on my 3000.</p> </li> </ul> <p>October 3, 1997</p> <ul> <li><p>Added System Requirements section to the Perl/iX home page just so the prerequisites stand out more. Various other home page tweaks.</p> </li> </ul> <p>October 2, 1997</p> <ul> <li><p>Initial public release.</p> </li> </ul> <p>September 1997</p> <ul> <li><p>Porting begins.</p> </li> </ul> <h1 id="AUTHOR"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHOR">#</a>AUTHOR</h1> <p>Mark Bixby, http://www.bixby.org/mark/</p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Perldoc Browser is maintained by Dan Book (<a href="https://metacpan.org/author/DBOOK">DBOOK</a>). 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