| 1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. |
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| 2 | It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially |
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| 3 | designed to be readable as is. |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | =head1 NAME |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic). |
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| 12 | If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be |
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| 13 | here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X). |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not> |
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| 16 | Mac OS X. |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | The latest perl source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional |
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| 22 | pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl is kept |
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| 23 | in close sync with regular perl releases. |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition |
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| 26 | of the F<macos> subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra |
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| 27 | source files, config files, and make files. It also includes extra |
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| 28 | Mac-specific modules. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the F<macperl> |
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| 31 | directory, which includes the source files for creating the |
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| 32 | application itself. |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | All of this is available from the development site, via |
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| 35 | HTTP (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source |
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| 36 | and binaries) and anonymous CVS. |
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| 37 | |
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| 38 | http://dev.macperl.org/ |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | The source is also in the main perl repository in the macperl |
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| 41 | branch (the 5.6 source is in the maint-5.6/macperl branch). |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely |
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| 44 | available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site |
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| 45 | for all things having to do with MacPerl development. |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040 |
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| 48 | and PowerPC architectures. The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS 7.5.5 |
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| 49 | and 68030 computers. |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It |
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| 52 | is based on perl 5.004, and works with Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 computers. |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | =head1 AUTHOR |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher |
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| 58 | E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris |
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| 59 | Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>. |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | =head1 DATE |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | Last modified 2002.05.02. |
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