Change 11408 by pudge@pudge-mobile on 2001/07/19 03:27:36
Update docs with latest implementation information and new URLs.
Affected files ...
... //depot/maint-5.6/macperl/README.macos#6 edit
... //depot/maint-5.6/macperl/pod/perlport.pod#3 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/maint-5.6/macperl/README.macos#6 (text) ====
Index: perl/README.macos
--- perl/README.macos.~1~ Wed Jul 18 21:30:06 2001
+++ perl/README.macos Wed Jul 18 21:30:06 2001
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
able to, in the future, keep in closer sync with regular perl releases.
At this time, though, it is very buggy, and is under development. An
-alpha release is coming very soon.
+alpha release is available, with work progressing toward a beta.
To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition
of the "macos" subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@
directory, which includes the source files for creating the
application itself.
-All of this is also available from the SourceForge site, via
-HTTP, FTP, and anonymous CVS.
+All of this is available from the development site, via
+HTTP and anonymous CVS.
+
+ http://dev.macperl.org/
- http://macperl.sourceforge.net/
+The source is also in the main perl repository in the maint-5.6/macperl
+branch.
You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely
available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site
@@ -57,4 +60,4 @@
=head1 DATE
-Last modified 2001.07.07.
+Last modified 2001.07.19.
==== //depot/maint-5.6/macperl/pod/perlport.pod#3 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlport.pod
--- perl/pod/perlport.pod.~1~ Wed Jul 18 21:30:06 2001
+++ perl/pod/perlport.pod Wed Jul 18 21:30:06 2001
@@ -795,15 +795,15 @@
=item *
-The MacPerl Pages, http://www.macperl.com/ .
+MacPerl Development, http://dev.macperl.org/ .
=item *
-The MacPerl mailing lists, http://www.macperl.org/ .
+The MacPerl Pages, http://www.macperl.com/ .
=item *
-MacPerl Module Porters, http://pudge.net/mmp/ .
+The MacPerl mailing lists, http://lists.perl.org/ .
=back
@@ -1535,9 +1535,6 @@
=item glob
-Globbing built-in, but only C<*> and C<?> metacharacters are supported.
-(S<Mac OS>)
-
This operator is implemented via the File::Glob extension on most
platforms. See L<File::Glob> for portability information.
@@ -1552,8 +1549,10 @@
=item kill SIGNAL, LIST
-Not implemented, hence not useful for taint checking. (S<Mac OS>,
-S<RISC OS>)
+C<kill(0, LIST)> is implemented for the sake of taint checking;
+use with other signals is unimplemented. (S<Mac OS>)
+
+Not implemented, hence not useful for taint checking. (S<RISC OS>)
C<kill()> doesn't have the semantics of C<raise()>, i.e. it doesn't send
a signal to the identified process like it does on Unix platforms.
@@ -1606,8 +1605,6 @@
=item pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>)
-
Very limited functionality. (MiNT)
=item readlink EXPR
@@ -1664,7 +1661,7 @@
=item socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
+Not implemented. (Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
=item stat FILEHANDLE
@@ -1916,8 +1913,8 @@
1) in DOS mode either the DOS or OS/2 ports can be used
2) Mac OS Classic (pre-X) is almost 5.6.1-ready; building from
the source does work with 5.6.1, but additional MacOS specific
- source code is needed for a complete build. Contact the mailing
- list [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information.
+ source code is needed for a complete build. See the web
+ site http://dev.macperl.org/ for more information.
3) compilers: Borland, Cygwin, Mingw32 EGCS/GCC, VC++
The following platforms worked for the previous releases (5.6.0 and 5.7.0),
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