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1If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
2see.  It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is
3specifically designed to be readable as is.
4
5=head1 NAME
6
7perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
8
9=head1 DESCRIPTION
10
11This file gives instructions for building Perl 5.7 and above, and also
12Perl modules for NetWare. Before you start, you may want to read the
13README file found in the top level directory into which the Perl source
14code distribution was extracted. Make sure you read and understand
15the terms under which the software is being distributed.
16
17=head1 BUILD
18
19This section describes the steps to be performed to build a Perl NLM
20and other associated NLMs.
21
22=head2 Tools & SDK
23
24The build requires CodeWarrior compiler and linker.  In addition,
25the "NetWare SDK", "NLM & NetWare Libraries for C" and
26"NetWare Server Protocol Libraries for C", all available at
27L<http://developer.novell.com/ndk/>, are also required.
28Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or later is also required.
29
30=head2 Setup
31
32The build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK.
33Once the Tools & SDK are installed, the build environment has to
34be setup.  The following batch files setup the environment.
35
36=over 4
37
38=item SetNWBld.bat
39
40The Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input. The first
41being the NetWare SDK path, second being the path for CodeWarrior
42Compiler & tools. Execution of this file sets these paths and also
43sets the build type to Release by default.
44
45=item Buildtype.bat
46
47This is used to set the build type to debug or release. Change the
48build type only after executing SetNWBld.bat
49
50=item *
51
52Example:
53  1. Typing "buildtype d on" at the command prompt causes the buildtype
54     to be set to Debug type with D2 flag set.
55  2. Typing "buildtype d off" or "buildtype d" at the command prompt causes
56     the buildtype to be set to Debug type with D1 flag set.
57  2. Typing "buildtype r" at the command prompt sets it to Release Build type.
58
59=back
60
61=head2 Make
62
63The make process runs only under WinNT shell.  The NetWare makefile is
64located under the NetWare folder.  This makes use of miniperl.exe to
65run some of the Perl scripts. To create miniperl.exe, first set the
66required paths for Visual c++ compilier (specify vcvars32 location) at
67the command prompt.  Then run nmake from win32 folder through WinNT
68command prompt.  The build process can be stopped after miniperl.exe
69is created. Then run nmake from NetWare folder through WinNT command
70prompt.
71
72Currently the following two build types are tested on NetWare:
73
74=over 4
75
76=item *
77
78USE_MULTI, USE_ITHREADS & USE_IMP_SYS defined
79
80=item *
81
82USE_MULTI & USE_IMP_SYS defined and USE_ITHREADS not defined
83
84=back
85
86=head2 Interpreter
87
88Once miniperl.exe creation is over, run nmake from the NetWare folder.
89This will build the Perl interpreter for NetWare as I<perl.nlm>.
90This is copied under the I<Release> folder if you are doing
91a release build, else will be copied under I<Debug> folder for debug builds.
92
93=head2 Extensions
94
95The make process also creates the Perl extensions as I<<Extension>.nlm>
96
97=head1 INSTALL
98
99To install NetWare Perl onto a NetWare server, first map the Sys
100volume of a NetWare server to I<i:>. This is because the makefile by
101default sets the drive letter to I<i:>.  Type I<nmake nwinstall> from
102NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt.  This will copy the binaries
103and module files onto the NetWare server under I<sys:\Perl>
104folder. The Perl interpreter, I<perl.nlm>, is copied under
105I<sys:\perl\system> folder.  Copy this to I<sys:\system> folder.
106
107Example: At the command prompt Type "nmake nwinstall".
108          This will install NetWare Perl on the NetWare Server.
109          Similiarly if you type "nmake install",
110          This will cause the binaries to be installed on the local machine.
111          (Typically under the c:\perl folder)
112
113=head1 BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
114
115To build extensions other than standard extensions, NetWare Perl has
116to be installed on Windows along with Windows Perl. The Perl for
117Windows can be either downloaded from the CPAN site and built using
118the sources, or the binaries can be directly downloaded from the
119ActiveState site.  Installation can be done by invoking I<nmake
120install> from the NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt after
121building NetWare Perl by following steps given above.  This will copy
122all the *.pm files and other required files.  Documentation files are
123not copied.  Thus one must first install Windows Perl, Then install
124NetWare Perl.
125
126Once this is done, do the following to build any extension:
127
128=over 4
129
130=item *
131
132Change to the extension directory where its source files are present.
133
134=item *
135
136Run the following command at the command prompt:
137
138    perl -II<path to NetWare lib dir> -II<path to lib> Makefile.pl
139
140Example:
141
142    perl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.6.1\lib MakeFile.pl
143
144or
145
146    perl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.8.0\lib MakeFile.pl
147
148=item *
149
150nmake
151
152=item *
153
154nmake install
155
156Install will copy the files into the Windows machine where NetWare
157Perl is installed and these files may have to be copied to the NetWare
158server manually. Alternatively, pass I<INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib> as
159an input to makefile.pl above. Here I<i:> is the mapped drive to the
160sys: volume of the server where Perl on NetWare is installed. Now
161typing I<nmake install>, will copy the files onto the NetWare server.
162
163Example: You can execute the following on the command prompt.
164
165          perl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.6.1\lib MakeFile.pl
166          INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib
167
168or
169
170          perl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.8.0\lib MakeFile.pl
171          INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib
172
173=item *
174
175Note: Some modules downloaded from CPAN may require NetWare related
176API in order to build on NetWare.  Other modules may however build
177smoothly with or without minor changes depending on the type of
178module.
179
180=back
181
182=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
183
184The makefile for Win32 is used as a reference to create the makefile
185for NetWare.  Also, the make process for NetWare port uses
186miniperl.exe to run scripts during the make and installation process.
187
188=head1 AUTHORS
189
190Anantha Kesari H Y (hyanantha@novell.com)
191Aditya C (caditya@novell.com)
192
193=head1 DATE
194
195=over 4
196
197=item *
198
199Created - 18 Jan 2001
200
201=item *
202
203Modified - 25 June 2001
204
205=item *
206
207Modified - 13 July 2001
208
209=item *
210
211Modified - 28 May 2002
212
213=back
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