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| author | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> | 1998-07-15 10:23:39 -0400 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-07-19 06:25:05 +0000 |
| commit | 56cb0a1cdc8ec02cd8a47636454b897d7f8bb403 (patch) | |
| tree | ebead2766b1a1781f57b8359a323914618954c7f /INSTALL | |
| parent | 8202fd39354c88c225e4200fee9877f5a082eebe (diff) | |
| download | perl-56cb0a1cdc8ec02cd8a47636454b897d7f8bb403.tar.gz | |
Re: Configure s?rand support [PATCH 5.004_75] -- better patch
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980715135257.1310F-100000@newton.phys>
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Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -773,14 +773,18 @@ config.sh. For example, you can replace the rand() and srand() functions in the perl source by any other random number generator by a trick such as the -following: +following (this should all be on one line): - sh Configure -Dccflags='-Drand=random -Dsrand=srandom' + sh Configure -Dccflags='-Dmy_rand=random -Dmy_srand=srandom' \ + -Drandbits=31 -or by adding -Drand=random and -Dsrand=srandom to your ccflags -at the appropriate Configure prompt. (Note: Although this worked for -me, it might not work for you if your system's header files give -different prototypes for rand() and random() or srand() and srandom().) +or you can use the drand48 family of functions with + + sh Configure -Dccflags='-Dmy_rand=lrand48 -Dmy_srand=srand48' \ + -Drandbits=31 + +or by adding the -D flags to your ccflags at the appropriate Configure +prompt. (Read pp.c to see how this works.) You should also run Configure interactively to verify that a hint file doesn't inadvertently override your ccflags setting. (Hints files @@ -1573,4 +1577,4 @@ the contact information to match your distribution. =head1 LAST MODIFIED -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.40 1998/07/06 14:49:02 doughera Released $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.42 1998/07/15 18:04:44 doughera Released $ |