Short: Perl 5.8.5 AmigaOS4 src Author: LarrY Wall et al, amigaos4 port by Andy Broad Uploader: andy broad ology org uk (Andy Broad) Type: dev/lang Version: 5.8.5.03 Requires: latest SDK including abc-shell and core-utils (to build) Architecture: generic This is an initial port of Perl5.8.5 to Amiga OS4.0. Amiga release .03 It is a totally native port and requires no ixemul! Perl (practical extraction and report language) was originally written by Larry Wall et al. See www.perl.org for more info. This port was done by Andy Broad please direct all queries to andy()broad.ology.org in the first instance. ---- This is the source disstribution. Okay I admit it's not pretty, the source could do with a good tidying up, bits and pieces are all over. This distribution comes pre configured as the configuration process is not smooth. AS it's preconfigured it's agood deal larger than the original perl distibution so I have removed many of the file pertaining to other architectures, keeping only the windows ones as these were the inspiration for the fork emulation. It is set up to build with implicit threads, and the fork emualtion introduced for windows has been adapted to amigaos4 purposes. If you wish to change the configuration you should edit config.sh rather than run Configure (at least back up config.sh before you try Configure!). The easiest way to add (or remove) static extentions is to unpack the module src into perl-5.8.5/ext/ and then add the module to the various list of static and known extentions in config.sh. Remeber to run all the .SH files after altering config.sh or your changes may not get prpagated correctly. Then run make.