From 4e8bf9a348242bc456e45cc949ef94797f173447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Williamson Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:29:32 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] perldelta: Update advice for z/OS --- pod/perldelta.pod | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 0e7a275439ba..485c04a95810 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -1388,8 +1388,18 @@ Only static builds (the default) build reliably =item * -Threaded builds have problems with mutexes during critical sections, so -use at your own risk +When using locales, z/OS does not handle the C category +properly, so when compiling perl, you should add the following to your +F options + + ./Configure -Accflags=-DNO_LOCALE_MESSAGES + +=item * + +z/OS does not support locales with threads, so when compiling a threaded +perl, you should add the following to your F options + + ./Configure -Accflags=-DNO_LOCALE =item *