Change 19037 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2003/03/20 20:16:43
Subject: [DOC-PATCH] for README.cygwin, bleadperl version
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:23:28 +0100
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/README.cygwin#29 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/README.cygwin#29 (text) ====
Index: perl/README.cygwin
--- perl/README.cygwin#28~17985~ Thu Oct 10 02:27:00 2002
+++ perl/README.cygwin Thu Mar 20 12:16:43 2003
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@
=item * C<-Dusethreads>
-POSIX threads are B<not> yet implemented in Cygwin completely.
+POSIX threads are implemented in Cygwin, define this symbol if you want
+a threaded perl. If there is trouble, check that your Cygwin installation
+is up to date.
=item * C<-Duselargefiles>
@@ -441,7 +443,8 @@
Inplace editing C<perl -i> of files doesn't work without doing a backup
of the file being edited C<perl -i.bak> because of windowish restrictions,
-so Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you just use C<perl -i>.
+therefore Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you use C<perl -i>
+without specifying a backup extension.
Using fork() after loading multiple dlls may fail with an internal cygwin
error like the following:
@@ -451,9 +454,9 @@
200 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: child -395691(0xB8) died before
initialization with status code 0x1
1370 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: *** child state child loading dlls
-Use the rebase utility to resolve the conflicting dll addresses.
-See: http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/rebase/
-and http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-07/msg00276.html
+Use the rebase utility to resolve the conflicting dll addresses. The
+rebase package is included in the Cygwin netrelease. Use setup.exe from
+F<http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> to install it.
=back
@@ -565,8 +568,8 @@
Steven Morlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sebastien Barre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Teun Burgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
-Gerrit Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
+Gerrit P. Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
=head1 HISTORY
-Last updated: 2002-10-07
+Last updated: 2003-03-20
End of Patch.
