diff options
| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-04-17 17:09:16 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-04-17 17:09:16 +0000 |
| commit | 7a8675bc7c355f062650f283996d25b47996007d (patch) | |
| tree | d9d812f1046a6a8fe5e955aa425273e71c9f21fa /INSTALL | |
| parent | d2e84f4c6d50974396b5eb49a584da41841a6138 (diff) | |
| download | perl-7a8675bc7c355f062650f283996d25b47996007d.tar.gz | |
Implement -Dnoextensions=... and -Donlyextensions=...
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19253
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1049,8 +1049,20 @@ Even if you do not have dynamic loading, you must still build the DynaLoader extension; you should just build the stub dl_none.xs version. (Configure will suggest this as the default.) -In summary, here are the Configure command-line variables you can set -to turn off various extensions. All others are included by default. +To disable certain extensions so that they are not built, use +the -Dnoextensions=... and -Donlyextensions=... options. They both +accept a space-separated list of extensions. The extensions listed +in C<noextensions> are removed from the list of extensions to build, +while the C<onlyextensions> is rather more severe and builds only +the listed extensions. The latter should be used with extreme caution +since certain extensions are used by many other extensions and modules: +such modules include Fcntl and IO. The order of processing these +options is first C<only> (if present), then C<no> (if present). + +Another, older way to turn off various extensions (which is still good +to know if you have to work with older Perl) exists. Here are the +Configure command-line variables you can set to turn off various +extensions. All others are included by default. DB_File i_db DynaLoader (Must always be included as a static extension) |