Mass Deface
binary
> site namefmt 1
> put perl.tar /QOpenSys
Once you have it on, simply bring up a PASE shell and extract the tarball.
If you are compiling in PASE, then "make install" is the only thing you
will need to do.
The default path for perl binary is /QOpenSys/perl/bin/perl. You'll
want to symlink /QOpenSys/usr/bin/perl to this file so you don't have
to modify your path.
=head2 Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
Perl in PASE may be used in the same manner as you would use Perl on AIX.
Scripts starting with #!/usr/bin/perl should work if you have
/QOpenSys/usr/bin/perl symlinked to your perl binary. This will not
work if you've done a setuid/setgid or have environment variable
PASE_EXEC_QOPENSYS="N". If you have V5R1, you'll need to get the
latest PTFs to have this feature. Scripts starting with
#!/QOpenSys/perl/bin/perl should always work.
=head2 Known Problems
When compiling in PASE, there is no "oslevel" command. Therefore,
you may want to create a script called "oslevel" that echoes the
level of AIX that your version of PASE runtime supports. If you're
unsure, consult your documentation or use "4.3.3.0".
If you have test cases that fail, check for the existence of spool files.
The test case may be trying to use a syscall that is not implemented
in PASE. To avoid the SIGILL, try setting the PASE_SYSCALL_NOSIGILL
environment variable or have a handler for the SIGILL. If you can
compile programs for PASE, run the config script and edit config.sh
when it gives you the option. If you want to remove fchdir(), which
isn't implement in V5R1, simply change the line that says:
d_fchdir='define'
to
d_fchdir='undef'
and then compile Perl. The places where fchdir() is used have
alternatives for systems that do not have fchdir() available.
=head2 Perl on ILE
There exists a port of Perl to the ILE environment. This port, however,
is based quite an old release of Perl, Perl 5.00502 (August 1998).
(As of July 2002 the latest release of Perl is 5.8.0, and even 5.6.1
has been out since April 2001.) If you need to run Perl on ILE, though,
you may need this older port: L