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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2002-06-11 14:21:01 +0200
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-06-11 13:03:13 +0000
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warn about gcc 3.1 + usemorebits
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@@ -795,6 +795,10 @@ this support (if it is available).
You can "Configure -Dusemorebits" to turn on both the 64-bit support
and the long double support.
+Note that on some platforms the gcc 3.1 compiler has been reported
+to refuse to compile the Time::Hires module when using -Dusemorebits
+or an equivalent setting.
+
=head2 Selecting File IO mechanisms
Executive summary: in Perl 5.8, you should use the default "PerlIO"