Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/10/03:55:57
Jason Kridner wrote:
>
> I am desperate to have a perl for DOS (32-bit extended, not 16-bit
> or Windows) which has 'inport' and 'outport' instructions. I
> frequently use DJGPP (GO32) and it seems like it would be a natural
> to compile perl. Unfortunately, I have had many problems just
> expanding the archive. Also, all of the make utilities rely on
> running 'sh', etc.
>
> I downloaded the OS/2 port of perl (perl5x.exe), but I get SIGSEGV
> exceptions when I try to run a script (using RSX as the extender).
> Even if I do get it to work, I have no idea how I will compile in
> the 'inport' and 'outport' instructions that I need.
>
> Is anyone else working on solving this problem? I am in desperate need
> and I am willing to put some time into it.
>
> Regards,
> Jason Kridner
> jdk AT ti DOT com
Suggestion: Use Win32 perl, and write C-language routines
per the perlapi and Win32xs docs to do your port I/O stuff.
That way, you don't even have to compile perl.
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