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Re: Perl setting

Date 2013-06-04 21:51 -0700
From Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
Subject Re: Perl setting
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gianfli.cim@gmail.com wrote:
> Il giorno mercoledì 5 giugno 2013 04:42:52 UTC+2, Dave Yeo ha scritto:
>> >  Dave Yeo wrote:
>> >
>>> >  >  set PERL_SH_DIR=/bin/sh.exe
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  That should be /bin
>> >
>> >  Dave
> There should be something else wrong Dave, this is my testperl.cmd out:
>
>
> ECHO is off.
> Testing perl...  Getting version...
> ECHO is off.
>
> This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 2 (v5.14.2) built for os2
>
> Copyright 1987-2011, Larry Wall
>
>
> OS/2 port Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, Raymond Chen, Kai Uwe Rommel
> Version 5 port Copyright (c) 1994-2002, Andreas Kaiser, Ilya Zakharevich
> Version 5.8.8+ ports Copyright (c) 2007-2012, Paul Smedley, Knut St. Osmundsen
>
> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
>
> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
> Internet, point your browser athttp://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
>
> ====================================
> We checked that Perl can be loaded.  Apparently, your PATH and LIBPATH
> are set to reasonable values.  From now on the tests are coded in Perl.
> Press<ENTER>: ====================================
> The next step is to check that you installed shell in a location perl can
> find, so that you can start external programs.
> ====================================
> I could not find your shell.  You WILL have problems starting external
> programs (except the simplest ones).  Please check that you installed
> a shell with a Bourne syntax and informed Perl where to find it.
> ====================================
> You had set an environment variable PERL_SH_DIR. However,
> there is NO DIRECTORY with name '/bin/sh.exe' !

As I said, it should be set to /bin (or wherever you have sh.exe). I use 
[pdk]sh.exe as a shell.
After correcting my BEGINLIBPATH to point to g:\perl5\bin instead of lib 
perltest.cmd complains about a bunch of
The following entries in 'g:/perl5/lib/5.16.3/os2/Config.pm'
contain path settings which look suspicious:
  aphostname => 'u:/bin/hostname'
  archlib => 'u:/perl5/lib/5.16.3/os2'
...
  usrinc => 'U:/USR/include'
Press <ENTER>: ====================================
Apparently you edited 'g:/perl5/lib/5.16.3/Net/Config.pm',
so I expect you know what you did.  OK...
Tests finished. Press <ENTER>:

I should probably edit these to point to G: instead of U: or better 
build it myself.

I installed Pauls newest recently and haven't used it much but 
autoreconf -i -f works as expected.
Previously I used an EMX build of perl 5.8 that I built
Dave

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Perl setting gianfli.cim@gmail.com - 2013-06-04 01:35 -0700
  Re: Perl setting Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 07:11 -0700
    Re: Perl setting gianfli.cim@gmail.com - 2013-06-04 11:49 -0700
      Re: Perl setting Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 19:10 -0700
        Re: Perl setting gianfli.cim@gmail.com - 2013-06-04 21:00 -0700
    Re: Perl setting Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 19:42 -0700
      Re: Perl setting gianfli.cim@gmail.com - 2013-06-04 21:24 -0700
        Re: Perl setting Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 21:51 -0700
          Re: Perl setting gianfli.cim@gmail.com - 2013-06-05 11:57 -0700

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