Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 18:20:03 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/10230: -T and -B not implemented on filehandles for perl 5.005_02 Message-ID: <199903270220.SAA21654@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/10230; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: sdn@slip.net (Steve Davidson) Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/10230: -T and -B not implemented on filehandles for perl 5.005_02 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 19:11:33 -0700 > > > This is perl, version 5.005_02 built for i386-freebsd > > > >Description: > > > -T and -B are not implemented on filehandles for perl 5.005_02. > > > How can I get these features? > > > > The functionality was added by me in response to patches by Gary Kline. > > The diffs to these lives in the Attic of perl4. Check out revision 1.2 > > of perl/perl/tdoio.c and 1.4 of doio.c. > > > > (I don't even have a 3.* system to see how easily the patches would port > > to perl5.) > > > > > > -T and -B are not implemented on the "perl" that comes with Freebsd 3.1 That's right. > % perl -v > This is perl, version 5.005_02 built for i386-freebsd Perl5 does not have this functionality. > Can you please tell me why this is the case? > Where these features excised for a reason? No, they have never been part of Perl on *BSD, but we had local patches that implemented the feature in Perl4. > In the solution still to go find and apply patches? The solution is to do what I stated above. You need to take the Perl4 patches and modify them to work in Perl5, which is a non-trivial job. I looked into for about 30 minutes, and then gave up and decided it was too much work. But, feel free to submit patches tha work. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the messagehome | help
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