From: UnixOS2 Archive To: "UnixOS2 Archive" Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 04:39:07 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 337 ************************************************** Saturday 05 October 2002 Number 337 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Perl 5.8.0 binary : Voytek Eymont 2 Re: Perl 5.8.0 binary : John Poltorak **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 06:18:06 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: Perl 5.8.0 binary ** Reply to note from "Lyn St George" Fri, 04 Oct 2002 20:25:36 +0000 > My own TODO list includes attempted builds of > MySQL (with gcc, rather than Yuri Dario's one with VAC), BerkeleyDB, > Procmail, Perl with 'has_chown' #define'd, Apache with mod_perl, and > Interchange using Unix-style sockets. Note that spare time is still in very > short supply, as ever ... if you do, pls include InnoDB with MySQL.... thanks, Voytek Eymont SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd http://www.sbt.net.au/links/ phone +61-2 9310-1144 fax +61-2 9310-1118 Checked for Virus's by Asoft **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 09:46:33 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: Perl 5.8.0 binary On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 08:25:36PM +0000, Lyn St George wrote: > On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:40:37 +0100, John Poltorak wrote: > > >On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 10:16:08PM +0100, Thomas Hoffmann wrote: > > >> What about providing a pre-built Perl 5.8.0 for people that just would > >> like to > >> use this sofware for building other stuff (vs. people that are after > >> permanent "proofs of concept")? And if this binary distro would fit into > >> the frame of FHS, this would even be better. > >> > >> Just dreaming ....;-) > > There is one on ftp://ftp.zolotek.net/os2/perl-5.8.0_os2_ic1.zip. > The 'ic' refers to this having been built with some extra #define's and > modules to suit Interchange (an ecommerce application server). Can you explain the nature of the additions you need for Interchange? Is there any reason not to include those additions in a standard version of Perl for OS/2? IMV, it doesn't really make much sense to have several versions of the latest Perl. I would like to have a single version which works in all circumstances. How well does your version perform with the built in tests? I think we got down to around four or less fails when several people were testing it. It would be nice to put together a UnixOS/2 Perl package at some point after the excellent work done in making it work straight out of the box when it was released. > - > Cheers > Lyn St George > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + http://www.zolotek.net .. eCommerce hosting, consulting > + http://www.os2docs.org .. some 'How To' stuff ... > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- John