perllinux(1)
NAME
README.linux - Perl version 5 on Linux systems
DESCRIPTION
This document describes various features of Linux that will affect how
Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs.
Experimental Support for Sun Studio Compilers for Linux OS
Sun Microsystems has released a port of their Sun Studio compiliers for
Linux. As of November 2005, only an alpha version has been released.
Until a release of these compilers is made, support for compiling Perl
with these compiler experimental.
- Also, some special instructions for building Perl with Sun Studio on
Linux. Following the normal "Configure", you have to run make as follows: - LDLOADLIBS=-lc make
- "LDLOADLIBS" is an environment variable used by the linker to link modules "/ext" modules to glibc. Currently, that environment variable is
not getting populated by a combination of "Config" entries and "ExtUtil::MakeMaker". While there may be a bug somewhere in Perl's configuration or "ExtUtil::MakeMaker" causing the problem, the most likely
cause is an incomplete understanding of Sun Studio by this author.
Further investigation is needed to get this working better.
AUTHOR
Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>
- Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to perlbug@perl.org.