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  22         <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
  23         <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
  24         <li><a href="#note">NOTE</a></li>
  25         <li><a href="#binary_distribution_from_hp">Binary distribution from HP</a></li>
  26         <li><a href="#what_s_new_in_perl_for_mpe_ix">What's New in Perl for MPE/iX</a></li>
  27         <li><a href="#welcome_to_perl_ix">Welcome to Perl/iX</a></li>
  28         <li><a href="#system_requirements_for_perl_ix">System Requirements for Perl/iX</a></li>
  29         <li><a href="#how_to_obtain_perl_ix">How to Obtain Perl/iX</a></li>
  30         <li><a href="#perl_ix_distribution_contents_highlights">Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights</a></li>
  31         <li><a href="#how_to_compile_perl_ix">How to Compile Perl/iX</a></li>
  32         <li><a href="#getting_started_with_perl_ix">Getting Started with Perl/iX</a></li>
  33         <li><a href="#mpe_ix_implementation_considerations">MPE/iX Implementation Considerations</a></li>
  34         <li><a href="#known_perl_ix_bugs_under_investigation">Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation</a></li>
  35         <li><a href="#perl_ix_todo_list">Perl/iX To-Do List</a></li>
  36         <li><a href="#perl_ix_change_history">Perl/iX Change History</a></li>
  37         <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
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  44 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
  45 <p>README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE</p>
  46 <p>
  47 </p>
  48 <hr />
  49 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
  50 <pre>
  51    <a href="http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html">http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html</a>
  52    <a href="http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/">http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/</a>
  53    Perl language for MPE
  54    Last updated January 12, 2006 @ 2100 UTC</pre>
  55 <p>
  56 </p>
  57 <hr />
  58 <h1><a name="note">NOTE</a></h1>
  59 <p>This is a podified version of the above-mentioned web page,
  60 podified by Jarkko Hietaniemi 2001-Jan-01.</p>
  61 <p>
  62 </p>
  63 <hr />
  64 <h1><a name="binary_distribution_from_hp">Binary distribution from HP</a></h1>
  65 <p>The simplest way to obtain Perl for the MPE/iX is to go either of
  66 these URLs and follow the instructions within.</p>
  67 <p><a href="http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/">http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/</a>
  68 <a href="http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html">http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html</a></p>
  69 <p>Use which ever one is more recent.</p>
  70 <p>
  71 </p>
  72 <hr />
  73 <h1><a name="what_s_new_in_perl_for_mpe_ix">What's New in Perl for MPE/iX</a></h1>
  74 <p>January 12, 2006</p>
  75 <ul>
  76 <li>
  77 <p>Updated for perl-5.8.8 and perl-5.9.3 by Ken Hirsch.</p>
  78 <p>Simplified the build process by using the MPEAUTOCONF
  79 functionality in Mark Klein's ld.</p>
  80 <p>If you build this from scratch, make sure you have a version
  81 of ld which supports it.  In the shell, type</p>
  82 <pre>
  83   ld --help
  84     and look for AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF near the bottom</pre>
  85 <pre>
  86   or do this:
  87   ld --help 2&gt;&amp;1 | grep AUTOCONF</pre>
  88 <p>If you see don't see AUTOCONF or MPEAUTOCONF, make sure you get a new
  89 version.</p>
  90 <p>You also do not have to use mpeix/relink after building, so the
  91 recommend sequence is:</p>
  92 <pre>
  93   ./Configure -de</pre>
  94 <pre>
  95       # or ./Configure -de -Dusedevel
  96       # if you're building a development version</pre>
  97 <pre>
  98   make
  99   make test
 100      # if you run this in a job, do &quot;make test_notty&quot;</pre>
 101 <pre>
 102   make install</pre>
 103 <p>Be prepared for a wait. These take much longer on MPE/iX than on a Unix
 104 system, because of a slow forking, mostly.  On a lightly-loaded HP3000
 105 Series 979 running MPE/iX 7.5:</p>
 106 <pre>
 107     Configure: 1 hour
 108     make:      1 hour 15 minutes
 109     make test  1 hour 45 minutes</pre>
 110 <p>Various socket problems were fixed in mpeix.c.</p>
 111 <p>Mark Klein provided a fixed sigsetjmp (that works with dynamic
 112 libraries) in mpeix_setjmp.c</p>
 113 </li>
 114 <li>
 115 <p>June 1, 2000</p>
 116 <ul>
 117 <li>
 118 <p>Rebuilt to be compatible with mod_perl.  If you plan on using
 119 mod_perl, you MUST download and install this version of Perl/iX!</p>
 120 </li>
 121 <li>
 122 <p>uselargefiles=``undef'': not available in MPE for POSIX files yet.</p>
 123 </li>
 124 <li>
 125 <p>Now bundled with various add-on packages:</p>
 126 <ul>
 127 <li>
 128 <p>libnet (as seen on CPAN)</p>
 129 </li>
 130 <li>
 131 <p>libwww-perl (LWP) which lets Perl programs behave like web browsers:</p>
 132 <pre>
 133     1. #!/PERL/PUB/perl
 134     2. use LWP::Simple;
 135     3. $doc = get('<a href="http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html">http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html</a>');  # reads the
 136        web page into variable $doc</pre>
 137 <p>(http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html)</p>
 138 </li>
 139 <li>
 140 <p>mod_perl (just the perl portion; the actual DSO will be released
 141 soon with Apache/iX 1.3.12 from bixby.org).  This module allows you to
 142 write high performance persistent Perl CGI scripts and all sorts of
 143 cool things. (http://perl.apache.org/)</p>
 144 <p>and much much more hiding under /PERL/PUB/.cpan/</p>
 145 </li>
 146 <li>
 147 <p>The CPAN module now works for automatic downloading and
 148 installing of add-on packages:</p>
 149 <pre>
 150     1. export FTP_PASSIVE=1
 151     2. perl -MCPAN -e shell
 152     3. Ignore any terminal I/O related complaints!</pre>
 153 <p>(http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html)</p>
 154 </li>
 155 </ul>
 156 </ul>
 157 <p>May 20, 2000</p>
 158 <ul>
 159 <li>
 160 <p>Updated to version 5.6.0.  Builds straight out of the box on MPE/iX.</p>
 161 </li>
 162 <li>
 163 <p>Perl's <code>getpwnam()</code> function which had regressed to being
 164 unimplemented on MPE is now implemented once again.</p>
 165 </li>
 166 </ul>
 167 <p>September 17, 1999</p>
 168 <ul>
 169 <li>
 170 <p>Migrated from cccd.edu to bixby.org.</p>
 171 </li>
 172 </ul>
 173 </ul>
 174 <p>
 175 </p>
 176 <hr />
 177 <h1><a name="welcome_to_perl_ix">Welcome to Perl/iX</a></h1>
 178 <p>This is the official home page for the HP e3000 MPE/iX
 179 ( <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/e3000">http://www.hp.com/go/e3000</a> ) port of the Perl scripting
 180 language ( <a href="http://www.perl.com/">http://www.perl.com/</a> ) which gives you all of the power of C,
 181 awk, sed, and sh in a single language. Check here for the latest news,
 182 implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports
 183 about major milestones will also be posted to the HP3000-L mailing list
 184 ( <a href="http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU">http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU</a> ) and
 185 its associated gatewayed newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe.</p>
 186 <p>I'm doing this port because I can't live without Perl on the Unix
 187 machines that I administer, and I want to have the same power
 188 available to me on MPE.</p>
 189 <p>Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me,
 190 Mark Bixby ( <a href="http://www.bixby.org/mark/">http://www.bixby.org/mark/</a> ). Or just post them to HP3000-L.</p>
 191 <p>The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running
 192 MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler
 193 ( <a href="http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html">http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html</a> ).</p>
 194 <p>The combined porting wisdom from all of my ports can be found in my
 195 MPE/iX Porting Guide (http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html).</p>
 196 <p>IMPORTANT NOTICE: Yes, I do work for the HP CSY R&amp;D lab, but ALL of
 197 the software you download from bixby.org is my personal freeware that
 198 is NOT supported by HP.</p>
 199 <p>
 200 </p>
 201 <hr />
 202 <h1><a name="system_requirements_for_perl_ix">System Requirements for Perl/iX</a></h1>
 203 <ul>
 204 <li>
 205 <p>MPE/iX 5.5 or later. This version of Perl/iX does NOT run on
 206 MPE/iX 5.0 or earlier, nor does it run on ``classic'' MPE/V machines.</p>
 207 </li>
 208 <li>
 209 <p>If you wish to recompile Perl, you must install both GNUCORE and
 210 GNUGCC from jazz (http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html).</p>
 211 </li>
 212 <li>
 213 <p>Perl/iX will be happier on MPE/iX 5.5 if you install the MPEKX40B
 214 extended POSIX filename characters patch, but this is optional.</p>
 215 </li>
 216 <li>
 217 <p>Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to
 218 prevent Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference
 219 to _getenv_libc.</p>
 220 </li>
 221 <li>
 222 <p>If you will be compiling Perl/iX yourself, you will also need
 223 Syslog/iX ( <a href="http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html">http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html</a> ) and the
 224 /BIND/PUB/include and /BIND/PUB/lib portions of BIND/iX
 225 ( <a href="http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html">http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html</a> ).</p>
 226 </li>
 227 </ul>
 228 <p>
 229 </p>
 230 <hr />
 231 <h1><a name="how_to_obtain_perl_ix">How to Obtain Perl/iX</a></h1>
 232 <ol>
 233 <li>
 234 <p>Download Perl using either FTP.ARPA.SYS or some other client</p>
 235 </li>
 236 <li>
 237 <p>Extract the installation script</p>
 238 </li>
 239 <li>
 240 <p>Edit the installation script</p>
 241 </li>
 242 <li>
 243 <p>Run the installation script</p>
 244 </li>
 245 <li>
 246 <p>Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries</p>
 247 </li>
 248 </ol>
 249 <p>Download Perl using FTP.ARPA.SYS from your HP 3000 (the preferred
 250 method).....</p>
 251 <pre>
 252     :HELLO MANAGER.SYS
 253     :XEQ FTP.ARPA.SYS
 254     open ftp.bixby.org
 255     anonymous
 256     your@email.address
 257     bytestream
 258     cd /pub/mpe
 259     get perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z /tmp/perl.tar.Z;disc=2147483647
 260     exit</pre>
 261 <p>.....Or download using some other generic web or ftp client (the alternate
 262 method)</p>
 263 <p>Download the following files (make sure that you use ``binary mode'' or
 264 whatever client feature that is 8-bit clean):</p>
 265 <ul>
 266 <li>
 267 <p>Perl from</p>
 268 <pre>
 269     <a href="http://www.bixby.org/ftp/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z">http://www.bixby.org/ftp/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z</a></pre>
 270 <p>or</p>
 271 <pre>
 272     <a href="ftp://ftp.bixby.org/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z">ftp://ftp.bixby.org/pub/mpe/perl-5.6.0-mpe.tar.Z</a></pre>
 273 </li>
 274 <li>
 275 <p>Upload those files to your HP 3000 in an 8-bit clean bytestream manner to:</p>
 276 <pre>
 277     /tmp/perl.tar.Z</pre>
 278 </li>
 279 <li>
 280 <p>Then extract the installation script (after both download methods)</p>
 281 <pre>
 282     :CHDIR /tmp
 283     :XEQ TAR.HPBIN.SYS 'xvfopz /tmp/perl.tar.Z INSTALL'</pre>
 284 </li>
 285 <li>
 286 <p>Edit the installation script</p>
 287 <p>Examine the accounting structure creation commands and modify if
 288 necessary (adding additional capabilities, choosing a non-system
 289 volume set, etc).</p>
 290 <pre>
 291     :XEQ VI.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL</pre>
 292 </li>
 293 <li>
 294 <p>Run the installation script.</p>
 295 <p>The accounting structure will be created and then all files will be
 296 extracted from the archive.</p>
 297 <pre>
 298     :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /tmp/INSTALL</pre>
 299 </li>
 300 <li>
 301 <p>Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries</p>
 302 <p>You only have to do this ONCE on your MPE/iX 5.5 machine in order to
 303 convert /lib/lib*.a and /usr/lib/lib*.a libraries to their *.sl
 304 equivalents.  This step should not be necessary on MPE/iX 6.0 or later
 305 machines because the 6.0 or later update process does it for you.</p>
 306 <pre>
 307     :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K</pre>
 308 </li>
 309 </ul>
 310 <p>
 311 </p>
 312 <hr />
 313 <h1><a name="perl_ix_distribution_contents_highlights">Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights</a></h1>
 314 <dl>
 315 <dt><strong><a name="item_readme">README</a></strong>
 316
 317 <dd>
 318 <p>The file you're reading now.</p>
 319 </dd>
 320 </li>
 321 <dt><strong><a name="item_install">INSTALL</a></strong>
 322
 323 <dd>
 324 <p>Perl/iX Installation script.</p>
 325 </dd>
 326 </li>
 327 <dt><strong><a name="item_libshp3k">LIBSHP3K</a></strong>
 328
 329 <dd>
 330 <p>Script to convert *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries.</p>
 331 </dd>
 332 </li>
 333 <dt><strong><a name="item_perl">PERL</a></strong>
 334
 335 <dd>
 336 <p>Perl NMPRG executable.  A version-numbered backup copy also
 337 exists.  You might wish to ``ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl''.</p>
 338 </dd>
 339 </li>
 340 <dt><strong><a name="item__2ecpan_2f">.cpan/</a></strong>
 341
 342 <dd>
 343 <p>Much add-on source code downloaded with the CPAN module.</p>
 344 </dd>
 345 </li>
 346 <dt><strong><a name="item_lib_2f">lib/</a></strong>
 347
 348 <dd>
 349 <p>Perl libraries, both core and add-on.</p>
 350 </dd>
 351 </li>
 352 <dt><strong><a name="item_man_2f">man/</a></strong>
 353
 354 <dd>
 355 <p>Perl man page documentation.</p>
 356 </dd>
 357 </li>
 358 <dt><strong><a name="item_public_html_2ffeedback_2ecgi">public_html/feedback.cgi</a></strong>
 359
 360 <dd>
 361 <p>Sample feedback CGI form written in Perl.</p>
 362 </dd>
 363 </li>
 364 <dt><strong><a name="item_src_2fperl_2d5_2e6_2e0_2dmpe">src/perl-5.6.0-mpe</a></strong>
 365
 366 <dd>
 367 <p>Source code.</p>
 368 </dd>
 369 </li>
 370 </dl>
 371 <p>
 372 </p>
 373 <hr />
 374 <h1><a name="how_to_compile_perl_ix">How to Compile Perl/iX</a></h1>
 375 <ol>
 376 <li>
 377 <p>cd src/perl-5.6.0-mpe</p>
 378 </li>
 379 <li>
 380 <p>Read the INSTALL file for the official instructions</p>
 381 </li>
 382 <li>
 383 <p>./Configure -d</p>
 384 </li>
 385 <li>
 386 <p>make</p>
 387 </li>
 388 <li>
 389 <p>./mpeix/relink</p>
 390 </li>
 391 <li>
 392 <p>make test (expect approximately 15 out of 11306 subtests to fail,
 393 mostly due to MPE not supporting hard links, UDP socket problems,
 394 and handling <a href="file://C|\msysgit\mingw\html/pod/perlfunc.html#item_exit"><code>exit()</code></a> return codes improperly)</p>
 395 </li>
 396 <li>
 397 <p>make install</p>
 398 </li>
 399 <li>
 400 <p>Optionally create symbolic links that point to the Perl
 401 executable, i.e. ln -s /PERL/PUB/PERL /usr/local/bin/perl</p>
 402 </li>
 403 </ol>
 404 <p>The summary test results from ``cd t; ./perl -I../lib harness'':</p>
 405 <pre>
 406   Failed Test  Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of failed
 407   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 408   io/fs.t                      29    8  27.59%  2-5, 7-9, 11
 409   io/openpid.t                 10    1  10.00%  7
 410   lib/io_sock.t                14    1   7.14%  13
 411   lib/io_udp.t                  7    2  28.57%  3, 5
 412   lib/posix.t                  27    1   3.70%  12
 413   op/lex_assign.t             187    1   0.53%  13
 414   op/stat.t                    58    1   1.72%  3
 415   15 tests and 94 subtests skipped.
 416   Failed 7/236 test scripts, 97.03% okay. 15/11306 subtests failed, 99.87% okay.</pre>
 417 <p>
 418 </p>
 419 <hr />
 420 <h1><a name="getting_started_with_perl_ix">Getting Started with Perl/iX</a></h1>
 421 <p>Create your Perl script files with ``#!/PERL/PUB/perl'' (or an
 422 equivalent symbolic link) as the first line.  Use the chmod command to
 423 make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script!</p>
 424 <p>Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list
 425 ( <a href="http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html">http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html</a> ). A wide variety of free Perl software
 426 is available.  You can automatically download these packages by using
 427 the CPAN module ( <a href="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html">http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html</a> ).</p>
 428 <p>
 429 </p>
 430 <hr />
 431 <h1><a name="mpe_ix_implementation_considerations">MPE/iX Implementation Considerations</a></h1>
 432 <p>There some minor functionality issues to be aware of when comparing
 433 Perl for Unix (Perl/UX) to Perl/iX:</p>
 434 <ul>
 435 <li>
 436 <p>MPE gcc/ld doesn't properly support linking NMPRG executables against
 437 NMXL dynamic libraries, so you must manually run mpeix/relink after
 438 each re-build of Perl.</p>
 439 </li>
 440 <li>
 441 <p>Perl/iX File::Copy will use MPE's /bin/cp command to copy files by
 442 name in order to preserve file attributes like file code.</p>
 443 </li>
 444 <li>
 445 <p>MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for setgrent(), endgrent(),
 446 setpwent(), endpwent().</p>
 447 </li>
 448 <li>
 449 <p>MPE (and thus Perl/iX) lacks support for hard links.</p>
 450 </li>
 451 <li>
 452 <p>MPE requires <code>GETPRIVMODE()</code> in order to <code>bind()</code> to ports less than 1024.
 453 Perl/iX will call <code>GETPRIVMODE()</code> automatically on your behalf if you
 454 attempt to <code>bind()</code> to these low-numbered ports.  Note that the Perl/iX
 455 executable and the PERL account do not normally have CAP=PM, so if you
 456 will be bind()-ing to these privileged ports, you will manually need
 457 to add PM capability as appropriate.</p>
 458 </li>
 459 <li>
 460 <p>MPE requires that you <code>bind()</code> to an IP address of zero.  Perl/iX
 461 automatically replaces the IP address that you pass to <code>bind()</code> with
 462 a zero.</p>
 463 </li>
 464 <li>
 465 <p>MPE requires <code>GETPRIVMODE()</code> in order to setuid().  There are too many
 466 calls to <code>setuid()</code> within Perl/iX, so I have not attempted an automatic
 467 <code>GETPRIVMODE()</code> solution similar to bind().</p>
 468 </li>
 469 </ul>
 470 <p>
 471 </p>
 472 <hr />
 473 <h1><a name="known_perl_ix_bugs_under_investigation">Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation</a></h1>
 474 <p>None.</p>
 475 <p>
 476 </p>
 477 <hr />
 478 <h1><a name="perl_ix_todo_list">Perl/iX To-Do List</a></h1>
 479 <ul>
 480 <li>
 481 <p>Make <code>setuid()/setgid()</code> support work.</p>
 482 </li>
 483 <li>
 484 <p>Make sure that <code>fcntl()</code> against a socket descriptor is redirected to sfcntl().</p>
 485 </li>
 486 <li>
 487 <p>Add support for Berkeley DB once I've finished porting Berkeley DB.</p>
 488 </li>
 489 <li>
 490 <p>Write an MPE XS extension library containing miscellaneous important
 491 MPE functions like GETPRIVMODE(), GETUSERMODE(), and sfcntl().</p>
 492 </li>
 493 </ul>
 494 <p>
 495 </p>
 496 <hr />
 497 <h1><a name="perl_ix_change_history">Perl/iX Change History</a></h1>
 498 <p>May 6, 1999</p>
 499 <ul>
 500 <li>
 501 <p>Patch LBCJXT6A is required on MPE/iX 5.5 machines in order to prevent
 502 Perl/iX from dying with an unresolved external reference to _getenv_libc.</p>
 503 </li>
 504 </ul>
 505 <p>April 7, 1999</p>
 506 <ul>
 507 <li>
 508 <p>Updated to version 5.005_03.</p>
 509 </li>
 510 <li>
 511 <p>The official source distribution once again compiles ``straight out
 512 of the box'' for MPE.</p>
 513 </li>
 514 <li>
 515 <p>The current incarnation of the 5.5 POSIX filename extended
 516 characters patch is now MPEKX40B.</p>
 517 </li>
 518 <li>
 519 <p>The LIBSHP3K *.a -&gt; *.sl library conversion script is now included
 520 as /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K.</p>
 521 </li>
 522 </ul>
 523 <p>November 20, 1998</p>
 524 <ul>
 525 <li>
 526 <p>Updated to version 5.005_02.</p>
 527 </li>
 528 <li>
 529 <p>Fixed a DynaLoader bug that was unable to load symbols from relative
 530 path name libraries.</p>
 531 </li>
 532 <li>
 533 <p>Fixed a .xs compilation bug where the mpeixish.sh include file wasn't
 534 being installed into the proper directory.</p>
 535 </li>
 536 <li>
 537 <p>All bugfixes will be submitted back to the official Perl developers.</p>
 538 </li>
 539 <li>
 540 <p>The current incarnation of the POSIX filename extended characters
 541 patch is now MPEKXJ3A.</p>
 542 </li>
 543 </ul>
 544 <p>August 14, 1998</p>
 545 <ul>
 546 <li>
 547 <p>The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX44C has
 548 been superseded by MPEKXB5A.</p>
 549 </li>
 550 </ul>
 551 <p>August 7, 1998</p>
 552 <ul>
 553 <li>
 554 <p>The previous POSIX filename extended characters patch MPEKX76A has
 555 been superseded by MPEKX44C.</p>
 556 </li>
 557 </ul>
 558 <p>July 28, 1998</p>
 559 <ul>
 560 <li>
 561 <p>Updated to version 5.005_01.</p>
 562 </li>
 563 </ul>
 564 <p>July 23, 1998</p>
 565 <ul>
 566 <li>
 567 <p>Updated to version 5.005 (production release).  The public
 568 freeware sources are now 100% MPE-ready ``straight out of the box''.</p>
 569 </li>
 570 </ul>
 571 <p>July 17, 1998</p>
 572 <ul>
 573 <li>
 574 <p>Updated to version 5.005b1 (public beta release).  The public
 575 freeware sources are now 99.9% MPE-ready.  By installing and
 576 testing this beta on your own HP3000, you will be helping to
 577 insure that the final release of 5.005 will be 100% MPE-ready and
 578 100% bug free.</p>
 579 </li>
 580 <li>
 581 <p>My MPE binary release is now extracted using my standard INSTALL script.</p>
 582 </li>
 583 </ul>
 584 <p>July 15, 1998</p>
 585 <ul>
 586 <li>
 587 <p>Changed startperl to #!/PERL/PUB/perl so that Perl will recognize
 588 scripts more easily and efficiently.</p>
 589 </li>
 590 </ul>
 591 <p>July 8, 1998</p>
 592 <ul>
 593 <li>
 594 <p>Updated to version 5.004_70 (internal developer release) which is now
 595 MPE-ready.  The next public freeware release of Perl should compile
 596 ``straight out of the box'' on MPE.  Note that this version of Perl/iX
 597 was strictly internal to me and never publicly released.  Note that
 598 [21]BIND/iX is now required (well, the include files and libbind.a) if
 599 you wish to compile Perl/iX.</p>
 600 </li>
 601 </ul>
 602 <p>November 6, 1997</p>
 603 <ul>
 604 <li>
 605 <p>Updated to version 5.004_04.  No changes in MPE-specific functionality.</p>
 606 </li>
 607 </ul>
 608 <p>October 16, 1997</p>
 609 <ul>
 610 <li>
 611 <p>Added Demos section to the Perl/iX home page so you can see some
 612 sample Perl applications running on my 3000.</p>
 613 </li>
 614 </ul>
 615 <p>October 3, 1997</p>
 616 <ul>
 617 <li>
 618 <p>Added System Requirements section to the Perl/iX home page just so the
 619 prerequisites stand out more. Various other home page tweaks.</p>
 620 </li>
 621 </ul>
 622 <p>October 2, 1997</p>
 623 <ul>
 624 <li>
 625 <p>Initial public release.</p>
 626 </li>
 627 </ul>
 628 <p>September 1997</p>
 629 <ul>
 630 <li>
 631 <p>Porting begins.</p>
 632 </li>
 633 </ul>
 634 <p>
 635 </p>
 636 <hr />
 637 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
 638 <p>Mark Bixby, <a href="http://www.bixby.org/mark/">http://www.bixby.org/mark/</a></p>
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 641 <big><strong><span class="block">&nbsp;README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE</span></strong></big>
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