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- If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
- see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is
- specifically designed to be readable as is.
-
- =head1 Name
-
- Perl for NetWare
-
- =head1 Description
-
- This file gives instructions for building Perl 5.7 and above, and also
- Perl modules for NetWare. Before you start, you may want to read the
- README file found in the top level directory into which the Perl source
- code distribution was extracted. Make sure you read and understand
- the terms under which the software is being distributed.
-
- =head1 Build
-
- This section describes the steps to be performed to build a Perl NLM
- and other associated NLMs.
-
- =head2 Tools & SDK
-
- The build requires CodeWarrior compiler and linker. In addition,
- the "NetWare SDK", "NLM & NetWare Libraries for C" and
- "NetWare Server Protocol Libraries for C", all available at
- L<http://developer.novell.com/ndk/>, are also required.
- Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or later is also required.
-
- =head2 Setup
-
- The build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK.
- Once the Tools & SDK are installed, the build environment has to
- be setup. The following batch files setup the environment.
-
- =over 4
-
- =item SetNWBld.bat
-
- The Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input. The first
- being the NetWare SDK path, second being the path for CodeWarrior
- Compiler & tools. Execution of this file sets these paths and also
- sets the build type to Release by default.
-
- =item Buildtype.bat
-
- This is used to set the build type to debug or release. Change the
- build type only after executing SetNWBld.bat
-
- =item *
-
- Example:
- 1. Typing "buildtype d on" at the command prompt causes the buildtype
- to be set to Debug type with D2 flag set.
- 2. Typing "buildtype d off" or "buildtype d" at the command prompt causes
- the buildtype to be set to Debug type with D1 flag set.
- 2. Typing "buildtype r" at the command prompt sets it to Release Build type.
-
- =back
-
- =head2 Make
-
- The make process runs only under WinNT shell. The NetWare makefile is
- located under the NetWare folder. This makes use of miniperl.exe to
- run some of the Perl scripts. To create miniperl.exe, first set the
- required paths for Visual c++ compilier (specify vcvars32 location) at
- the command prompt. Then run nmake from win32 folder through WinNT
- command prompt. The build process can be stopped after miniperl.exe
- is created. Then run nmake from NetWare folder through WinNT command
- prompt.
-
- Currently the following two build types are tested on NetWare:
-
- =over 4
-
- =item *
-
- USE_MULTI, USE_ITHREADS & USE_IMP_SYS defined
-
- =item *
-
- USE_MULTI & USE_IMP_SYS defined and USE_ITHREADS not defined
-
- =back
-
- =head2 Interpreter
-
- Once miniperl.exe creation is over, run nmake from the NetWare folder.
- This will build the Perl interpreter for NetWare as I<perl.nlm>.
- This is copied under the I<Release> folder if you are doing
- a release build, else will be copied under I<Debug> folder for debug builds.
-
- =head2 Extensions
-
- The make process also creates the Perl extensions as I<<Extension>.nlm>
-
- =head1 Install
-
- To install NetWare Perl onto a NetWare server, first map the Sys
- volume of a NetWare server to I<i:>. This is because the makefile by
- default sets the drive letter to I<i:>. Type I<nmake nwinstall> from
- NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt. This will copy the binaries
- and module files onto the NetWare server under I<sys:\Perl>
- folder. The Perl interpreter, I<perl.nlm>, is copied under
- I<sys:\perl\system> folder. Copy this to I<sys:\system> folder.
-
- Example: At the command prompt Type "nmake nwinstall".
- This will install NetWare Perl on the NetWare Server.
- Similiarly if you type "nmake install",
- This will cause the binaries to be installed on the local machine.
- (Typically under the c:\perl folder)
-
- =head1 Build new extensions
-
- To build extensions other than standard extensions, NetWare Perl has
- to be installed on Windows along with Windows Perl. The Perl for
- Windows can be either downloaded from the CPAN site and built using
- the sources, or the binaries can be directly downloaded from the
- ActiveState site. Installation can be done by invoking I<nmake
- install> from the NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt after
- building NetWare Perl by following steps given above. This will copy
- all the *.pm files and other required files. Documentation files are
- not copied. Thus one must first install Windows Perl, Then install
- NetWare Perl.
-
- Once this is done, do the following to build any extension:
-
- =over 4
-
- =item *
-
- Change to the extension directory where its source files are present.
-
- =item *
-
- Run the following command at the command prompt:
-
- perl -II<path to NetWare lib dir> -II<path to lib> Makefile.pl
-
- Example:
-
- perl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.6.1\lib MakeFile.pl
-
- or
-
- perl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.8.0\lib MakeFile.pl
-
- =item *
-
- nmake
-
- =item *
-
- nmake install
-
- Install will copy the files into the Windows machine where NetWare
- Perl is installed and these files may have to be copied to the NetWare
- server manually. Alternatively, pass I<INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib> as
- an input to makefile.pl above. Here I<i:> is the mapped drive to the
- sys: volume of the server where Perl on NetWare is installed. Now
- typing I<nmake install>, will copy the files onto the NetWare server.
-
- Example: You can execute the following on the command prompt.
-
- perl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.6.1\lib MakeFile.pl
- INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib
-
- or
-
- perl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread -Ic:\perl\5.8.0\lib MakeFile.pl
- INSTALLSITELIB=i:\perl\lib
-
- =item *
-
- Note: Some modules downloaded from CPAN may require NetWare related
- API in order to build on NetWare. Other modules may however build
- smoothly with or without minor changes depending on the type of
- module.
-
- =back
-
- =head1 Acknowledgements
-
- The makefile for Win32 is used as a reference to create the makefile
- for NetWare. Also, the make process for NetWare port uses
- miniperl.exe to run scripts during the make and installation process.
-
- =head1 Authors
-
- Anantha Kesari H Y (hyanantha@novell.com)
- Aditya C (caditya@novell.com)
-
- =head1 Date
-
- =over 4
-
- =item *
-
- Created - 18 Jan 2001
-
- =item *
-
- Modified - 25 June 2001
-
- =item *
-
- Modified - 13 July 2001
-
- =item *
-
- Modified - 28 May 2002
-
- =back
-