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+.\" ========================================================================
+.\"
+.IX Title "PERLPLAN9 1"
+.TH PERLPLAN9 1 2024-01-25 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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+.if n .ad l
+.nh
+.SH NAME
+perlplan9 \- Plan 9\-specific documentation for Perl
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
+These are a few notes describing features peculiar to
+Plan 9 Perl. As such, it is not intended to be a replacement
+for the rest of the Perl 5 documentation (which is both
+copious and excellent). If you have any questions to
+which you can't find answers in these man pages, contact
+Luther Huffman at lutherh@stratcom.com and we'll try to
+answer them.
+.SS "Invoking Perl"
+.IX Subsection "Invoking Perl"
+Perl is invoked from the command line as described in
+perl. Most perl scripts, however, do have a first line
+such as "#!/usr/local/bin/perl". This is known as a shebang
+(shell-bang) statement and tells the OS shell where to find
+the perl interpreter. In Plan 9 Perl this statement should be
+"#!/bin/perl" if you wish to be able to directly invoke the
+script by its name.
+ Alternatively, you may invoke perl with the command "Perl"
+instead of "perl". This will produce Acme-friendly error
+messages of the form "filename:18".
+.PP
+Some scripts, usually identified with a *.PL extension, are
+self-configuring and are able to correctly create their own
+shebang path from config information located in Plan 9
+Perl. These you won't need to be worried about.
+.SS "What's in Plan 9 Perl"
+.IX Subsection "What's in Plan 9 Perl"
+Although Plan 9 Perl currently only provides static
+loading, it is built with a number of useful extensions.
+These include Opcode, FileHandle, Fcntl, and POSIX. Expect
+to see others (and DynaLoading!) in the future.
+.SS "What's not in Plan 9 Perl"
+.IX Subsection "What's not in Plan 9 Perl"
+As mentioned previously, dynamic loading isn't currently
+available nor is MakeMaker. Both are high-priority items.
+.SS "Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl"
+.IX Subsection "Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl"
+Some, such as \f(CW\*(C`chown\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`umask\*(C'\fR aren't provided
+because the concept does not exist within Plan 9. Others,
+such as some of the socket-related functions, simply
+haven't been written yet. Many in the latter category
+may be supported in the future.
+.PP
+The functions not currently implemented include:
+.PP
+.Vb 5
+\& chown, chroot, dbmclose, dbmopen, getsockopt,
+\& setsockopt, recvmsg, sendmsg, getnetbyname,
+\& getnetbyaddr, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent,
+\& sethostent, setnetent, setprotoent, setservent,
+\& endservent, endnetent, endprotoent, umask
+.Ve
+.PP
+There may be several other functions that have undefined
+behavior so this list shouldn't be considered complete.
+.SS "Signals in Plan 9 Perl"
+.IX Subsection "Signals in Plan 9 Perl"
+For compatibility with perl scripts written for the Unix
+environment, Plan 9 Perl uses the POSIX signal emulation
+provided in Plan 9's ANSI POSIX Environment (APE). Signal stacking
+isn't supported. The signals provided are:
+.PP
+.Vb 4
+\& SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGILL, SIGABRT,
+\& SIGFPE, SIGKILL, SIGSEGV, SIGPIPE, SIGPIPE, SIGALRM,
+\& SIGTERM, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2, SIGCHLD, SIGCONT,
+\& SIGSTOP, SIGTSTP, SIGTTIN, SIGTTOU
+.Ve
+.SH "COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9"
+.IX Header "COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9"
+WELCOME to Plan 9 Perl, brave soul!
+.PP
+.Vb 5
+\& This is a preliminary alpha version of Plan 9 Perl. Still to be
+\&implemented are MakeMaker and DynaLoader. Many perl commands are
+\&missing or currently behave in an inscrutable manner. These gaps will,
+\&with perseverance and a modicum of luck, be remedied in the near
+\&future.To install this software:
+.Ve
+.PP
+1. Create the source directories and libraries for perl by running the
+plan9/setup.rc command (i.e., located in the plan9 subdirectory).
+Note: the setup routine assumes that you haven't dearchived these
+files into /sys/src/cmd/perl. After running setup.rc you may delete
+the copy of the source you originally detarred, as source code has now
+been installed in /sys/src/cmd/perl. If you plan on installing perl
+binaries for all architectures, run "setup.rc \-a".
+.PP
+2. After making sure that you have adequate privileges to build system
+software, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 (adjust version
+appropriately) run:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& mk install
+.Ve
+.PP
+If you wish to install perl versions for all architectures (68020,
+mips, sparc and 386) run:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& mk installall
+.Ve
+.PP
+3. Wait. The build process will take a *long* time because perl
+bootstraps itself. A 75MHz Pentium, 16MB RAM machine takes roughly 30
+minutes to build the distribution from scratch.
+.SS "Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9"
+.IX Subsection "Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9"
+This perl distribution comes with a tremendous amount of
+documentation. To add these to the built-in manuals that come with
+Plan 9, from /sys/src/cmd/perl/5.00301 (adjust version appropriately)
+run:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& mk man
+.Ve
+.PP
+To begin your reading, start with:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& man perl
+.Ve
+.PP
+This is a good introduction and will direct you towards other man
+pages that may interest you.
+.PP
+(Note: "mk man" may produce some extraneous noise. Fear not.)
+.SH BUGS
+.IX Header "BUGS"
+"As many as there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the
+world . . ." \- Carl Sagan
+.SH "Revision date"
+.IX Header "Revision date"
+This document was revised 09\-October\-1996 for Perl 5.003_7.
+.SH AUTHOR
+.IX Header "AUTHOR"
+Direct questions, comments, and the unlikely bug report (ahem) direct
+comments toward:
+.PP
+Luther Huffman, lutherh@stratcom.com,
+Strategic Computer Solutions, Inc.