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.TH PERLMPEIX 1 "2006-01-07" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
README.mpeix \- Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
\& http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
\& http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
\& Last updated January 12, 2006 @ 2100 UTC
This is a podified version of the above-mentioned web page,
podified by Jarkko Hietaniemi 2001\-Jan\-01.
.SH "Binary distribution from HP"
.IX Header "Binary distribution from HP"
The simplest way to obtain Perl for the MPE/iX is to go either of
these URLs and follow the instructions within.
http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
Use which ever one is more recent.
.SH "What's New in Perl for MPE/iX"
.IX Header "What's New in Perl for MPE/iX"
Updated for perl\-5.8.8 and perl\-5.9.3 by Ken Hirsch.
Simplified the build process by using the \s-1MPEAUTOCONF\s0
functionality in Mark Klein's ld.
If you build this from scratch, make sure you have a version
of ld which supports it. In the shell, type
\& and look for AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF near the bottom
\& ld --help 2>&1 | grep AUTOCONF
If you see don't see \s-1AUTOCONF\s0 or \s-1MPEAUTOCONF\s0, make sure you get a new
You also do not have to use mpeix/relink after building, so the
\& # or ./Configure -de -Dusedevel
\& # if you're building a development version
\& # if you run this in a job, do "make test_notty"
Be prepared for a wait. These take much longer on MPE/iX than on a Unix
system, because of a slow forking, mostly. On a lightly-loaded \s-1HP3000\s0
Series 979 running MPE/iX 7.5:
\& make: 1 hour 15 minutes
\& make test 1 hour 45 minutes
Various socket problems were fixed in mpeix.c.
Mark Klein provided a fixed sigsetjmp (that works with dynamic
libraries) in mpeix_setjmp.c
Rebuilt to be compatible with mod_perl. If you plan on using
mod_perl, you \s-1MUST\s0 download and install this version of Perl/iX!
uselargefiles=\*(L"undef\*(R": not available in \s-1MPE\s0 for \s-1POSIX\s0 files yet.
Now bundled with various add-on packages:
libnet (as seen on \s-1CPAN\s0)
libwww-perl (\s-1LWP\s0) which lets Perl programs behave like web browsers:
\& 3. $doc = get('http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html'); # reads the
\& web page into variable $doc
(http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html)
mod_perl (just the perl portion; the actual \s-1DSO\s0 will be released
soon with Apache/iX 1.3.12 from bixby.org). This module allows you to
write high performance persistent Perl \s-1CGI\s0 scripts and all sorts of
cool things. (http://perl.apache.org/)
and much much more hiding under /PERL/PUB/.cpan/
The \s-1CPAN\s0 module now works for automatic downloading and
installing of add-on packages:
\& 1. export FTP_PASSIVE=1
\& 2. perl -MCPAN -e shell
\& 3. Ignore any terminal I/O related complaints!
(http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html)
Updated to version 5.6.0. Builds straight out of the box on MPE/iX.
Perl's \fIgetpwnam()\fR function which had regressed to being
unimplemented on \s-1MPE\s0 is now implemented once again.
Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org.
.IX Header "Welcome to Perl/iX"
This is the official home page for the \s-1HP\s0 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 \s-1HP3000\-L\s0 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.
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 \s-1MPE\s0.
Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me,
Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ). Or just post them to \s-1HP3000\-L\s0.
The platform I'm using to do this port is an \s-1HP\s0 3000 957RX running
MPE/iX 6.0 and using the \s-1GNU\s0 gcc C compiler
( http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html ).
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).
\&\s-1IMPORTANT\s0 \s-1NOTICE:\s0 Yes, I do work for the \s-1HP\s0 \s-1CSY\s0 R&D lab, but \s-1ALL\s0 of
the software you download from bixby.org is my personal freeware that
is \s-1NOT\s0 supported by \s-1HP\s0.
.SH "System Requirements for Perl/iX"
.IX Header "System Requirements for Perl/iX"
MPE/iX 5.5 or later. This version of Perl/iX does \s-1NOT\s0 run on
MPE/iX 5.0 or earlier, nor does it run on \*(L"classic\*(R" \s-1MPE/V\s0 machines.
If you wish to recompile Perl, you must install both \s-1GNUCORE\s0 and
\&\s-1GNUGCC\s0 from jazz (http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html).
Perl/iX will be happier on MPE/iX 5.5 if you install the \s-1MPEKX40B\s0
extended \s-1POSIX\s0 filename characters patch, but this is optional.
Patch \s-1LBCJXT6A\s0 is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to
prevent Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference
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 ).
.SH "How to Obtain Perl/iX"
.IX Header "How to Obtain Perl/iX"
Download Perl using either \s-1FTP\s0.ARPA.SYS or some other client
Extract the installation script
Edit the installation script
Run the installation script
Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries
Download Perl using \s-1FTP\s0.ARPA.SYS from your \s-1HP\s0 3000 (the preferred
\& get perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z /tmp/perl.tar.Z;disc=2147483647
\&.....Or download using some other generic web or ftp client (the alternate
Download the following files (make sure that you use \*(L"binary mode\*(R" or
whatever client feature that is 8\-bit clean):
\& http://www.bixby.org/ftp/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z
\& ftp://ftp.bixby.org/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z
Upload those files to your \s-1HP\s0 3000 in an 8\-bit clean bytestream manner to:
Then extract the installation script (after both download methods)
\& :XEQ TAR.HPBIN.SYS 'xvfopz /tmp/perl.tar.Z INSTALL'
Edit the installation script
Examine the accounting structure creation commands and modify if
necessary (adding additional capabilities, choosing a non-system
\& :XEQ VI.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL
Run the installation script.
The accounting structure will be created and then all files will be
extracted from the archive.
\& :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL
Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries
You only have to do this \s-1ONCE\s0 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.
\& :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K
.SH "Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights"
.IX Header "Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights"
The file you're reading now.
Perl/iX Installation script.
Script to convert *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries.
Perl \s-1NMPRG\s0 executable. A version-numbered backup copy also
exists. You might wish to \*(L"ln \-s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl\*(R".
Much add-on source code downloaded with the \s-1CPAN\s0 module.
Perl libraries, both core and add\-on.
Perl man page documentation.
.IP "public_html/feedback.cgi" 4
.IX Item "public_html/feedback.cgi"
Sample feedback \s-1CGI\s0 form written in Perl.
.IP "src/perl\-5.6.0\-mpe" 4
.IX Item "src/perl-5.6.0-mpe"
.SH "How to Compile Perl/iX"
.IX Header "How to Compile Perl/iX"
Read the \s-1INSTALL\s0 file for the official instructions
make test (expect approximately 15 out of 11306 subtests to fail,
mostly due to \s-1MPE\s0 not supporting hard links, \s-1UDP\s0 socket problems,
and handling \fIexit()\fR return codes improperly)
Optionally create symbolic links that point to the Perl
executable, i.e. ln \-s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl
The summary test results from \*(L"cd t; ./perl \-I../lib harness\*(R":
\& 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.
.SH "Getting Started with Perl/iX"
.IX Header "Getting Started with Perl/iX"
Create your Perl script files with \*(L"#!/PERL/PUB/perl\*(R" (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!
Be sure to take a look at the \s-1CPAN\s0 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 \s-1CPAN\s0 module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ).
.SH "MPE/iX Implementation Considerations"
.IX Header "MPE/iX Implementation Considerations"
There some minor functionality issues to be aware of when comparing
Perl for Unix (Perl/UX) to Perl/iX:
\&\s-1MPE\s0 gcc/ld doesn't properly support linking \s-1NMPRG\s0 executables against
\&\s-1NMXL\s0 dynamic libraries, so you must manually run mpeix/relink after
Perl/iX File::Copy will use \s-1MPE\s0's /bin/cp command to copy files by
name in order to preserve file attributes like file code.
\&\s-1MPE\s0 (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for \fIsetgrent()\fR, \fIendgrent()\fR,
\&\fIsetpwent()\fR, \fIendpwent()\fR.
\&\s-1MPE\s0 (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for hard links.
\&\s-1MPE\s0 requires \s-1\fIGETPRIVMODE\s0()\fR in order to \fIbind()\fR to ports less than 1024.
Perl/iX will call \s-1\fIGETPRIVMODE\s0()\fR automatically on your behalf if you
attempt to \fIbind()\fR to these low-numbered ports. Note that the Perl/iX
executable and the \s-1PERL\s0 account do not normally have CAP=PM, so if you
will be \fIbind()\fR\-ing to these privileged ports, you will manually need
to add \s-1PM\s0 capability as appropriate.
\&\s-1MPE\s0 requires that you \fIbind()\fR to an \s-1IP\s0 address of zero. Perl/iX
automatically replaces the \s-1IP\s0 address that you pass to \fIbind()\fR with
\&\s-1MPE\s0 requires \s-1\fIGETPRIVMODE\s0()\fR in order to \fIsetuid()\fR. There are too many
calls to \fIsetuid()\fR within Perl/iX, so I have not attempted an automatic
\&\s-1\fIGETPRIVMODE\s0()\fR solution similar to \fIbind()\fR.
.SH "Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation"
.IX Header "Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation"
.IX Header "Perl/iX To-Do List"
Make \fIsetuid()\fR/\fIsetgid()\fR support work.
Make sure that \fIfcntl()\fR against a socket descriptor is redirected to \fIsfcntl()\fR.
Add support for Berkeley \s-1DB\s0 once I've finished porting Berkeley \s-1DB\s0.
Write an \s-1MPE\s0 \s-1XS\s0 extension library containing miscellaneous important
\&\s-1MPE\s0 functions like \s-1\fIGETPRIVMODE\s0()\fR, \s-1\fIGETUSERMODE\s0()\fR, and \fIsfcntl()\fR.
.SH "Perl/iX Change History"
.IX Header "Perl/iX Change History"
Patch \s-1LBCJXT6A\s0 is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to prevent
Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference to _getenv_libc.
Updated to version 5.005_03.
The official source distribution once again compiles \*(L"straight out
of the box\*(R" for \s-1MPE\s0.
The current incarnation of the 5.5 \s-1POSIX\s0 filename extended
characters patch is now \s-1MPEKX40B\s0.
The \s-1LIBSHP3K\s0 *.a \-> *.sl library conversion script is now included
Updated to version 5.005_02.
Fixed a DynaLoader bug that was unable to load symbols from relative
Fixed a .xs compilation bug where the mpeixish.sh include file wasn't
being installed into the proper directory.
All bugfixes will be submitted back to the official Perl developers.
The current incarnation of the \s-1POSIX\s0 filename extended characters
patch is now \s-1MPEKXJ3A\s0.
The previous \s-1POSIX\s0 filename extended characters patch \s-1MPEKX44C\s0 has
been superseded by \s-1MPEKXB5A\s0.
The previous \s-1POSIX\s0 filename extended characters patch \s-1MPEKX76A\s0 has
been superseded by \s-1MPEKX44C\s0.
Updated to version 5.005_01.
Updated to version 5.005 (production release). The public
freeware sources are now 100% MPE-ready \*(L"straight out of the box\*(R".
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 \s-1HP3000\s0, you will be helping to
insure that the final release of 5.005 will be 100% MPE-ready and
My \s-1MPE\s0 binary release is now extracted using my standard \s-1INSTALL\s0 script.
Changed startperl to #!/PERL/PUB/perl so that Perl will recognize
scripts more easily and efficiently.
Updated to version 5.004_70 (internal developer release) which is now
MPE\-ready. The next public freeware release of Perl should compile
\&\*(L"straight out of the box\*(R" on \s-1MPE\s0. 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.
Updated to version 5.004_04. No changes in MPE-specific functionality.
Added Demos section to the Perl/iX home page so you can see some
sample Perl applications running on my 3000.
Added System Requirements section to the Perl/iX home page just so the
prerequisites stand out more. Various other home page tweaks.
Mark Bixby, http://www.bixby.org/mark/
projects / OpenSPARC-T2-SAM / blob