Message-ID:	<34B7563E.73C2996C@dialup.fdn.fr>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 1998 12:06:47 +0100
From:	Michael Hallgren <hallgren AT solo DOT fdn DOT org>
Reply-To:	hallgren AT solo DOT fdn DOT org
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	GUT Distribution List <gut AT ens DOT fr>
CC:	DJGPP List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>, Latex2html list <latex2html AT mcs DOT anl DOT gov>
Subject:	Re: Serious problems with PERL5.004 under DOS/DJGPP
References:	<34B6D46B DOT 2842 AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>

Daniel TAUPIN wrote:

> My trials to implement latex2html under DOS+djgpp are in bad
> situation.
> The cause IS the behaviour or PERL
> 5.004 as provided with gnu/djgpp other packages.
>
> In fact, I have been astonished to find that a perl script 'i.e. my
> attempted implementation of l2h)
> run OK once, and failed another time (exactly the same). In the
> failing
> case, I found out that I had leaved
> a Netscape active. Then I terminated the Netscape window... and things
>
> went Ok (OK meaning with the same
> behavious as usual, not necessarily correct).
>
> In the same may, when I run "perl latex2html" under native DOS it make
>
> wrong things (id does not crash) while this are reasonable under the
> DOS
> window of dos. But the difference is the amount of XMS under native
> DOS
> (4Mbyte) while it is 30Mbyte in the DOS winbdow of windows.
>
> ====> All this means that, when PERL54 has memory problems, it DOES
> NOT
> say "I have memory problems, abort" , but it just returns a code such
> as
> "unable to find a required file"! This mainly occurs with the
> "require(<file>) command, but I have no proof that nothing else can
> auso
> fail...

I'm using Perl under Unix (FreeBSD, Linux, etc). There was a memory
management problem with Perl 5.004, that seems to have been fixed in the
current (5.004_04) release. What's the current DOS version?
 

Cheers

Michael Hallgren

>  
>
>  Obviously, I state that such a behaviour resulting in randomly
> results
> is TERRIBLE since one cannot seriously develop something under
> djgpp/DOS
> perl!
>
> ====> Question: did somebody experience the same erratic behaviours,
> and
> is there a corrected djgpp release?
>
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> ------------------------------------
>   Daniel Taupin, Physique des Solides, Univ. Paris-Sud, 91405 ORSAY
>   E-mail= mailto:taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr
>   Tél: (33)1.69.15.60.79, Fax: (33)1.69.15.60.86, home/fax:
> (33)1.60.10.26.44
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