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author | Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com> | 2002-10-20 09:06:00 +0000 |
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committer | Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com> | 2002-10-20 09:06:00 +0000 |
commit | 81b04369996fe19fbab7e8dfd28db6db516b0d90 (patch) | |
tree | dc529f4ebe8a3f960051deb3709c25684aa9512d /Porting | |
parent | 7c07f45e8da164583bdc891840f65bb5d002d0e0 (diff) | |
parent | 3db8f154c4c6e098a5a0bdf7932e8f86fbd2c451 (diff) | |
download | perl-81b04369996fe19fbab7e8dfd28db6db516b0d90.tar.gz |
Integrate mainline
p4raw-id: //depot/perlio@18031
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
-rw-r--r-- | Porting/Glossary | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Porting/config.sh | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Porting/config_H | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Porting/pumpkin.pod | 86 |
4 files changed, 84 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index 9cec029211..79da8e1027 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -4342,11 +4342,6 @@ uquadtype (quadtype.U): unsigned int, unsigned long long, uint64_t, or whatever type is used for 64-bit integers. -use5005threads (usethreads.U): - This variable conditionally defines the USE_5005THREADS symbol, - and indicates that Perl should be built to use the 5.005-based - threading implementation. - use64bitall (use64bits.U): This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_ALL symbol, and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh index 4c342bdf91..1c1a88a50f 100644 --- a/Porting/config.sh +++ b/Porting/config.sh @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # Package name : perl5 # Source directory : . -# Configuration time: Wed Sep 11 10:54:26 METDST 2002 +# Configuration time: Mon Sep 30 10:33:19 METDST 2002 # Configured by : merijn # Target system : hp-ux l1 b.11.00 u 9000800 527706567 unlimited-user license @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ccsymbols='__HP_cc=111104 __STDC_EXT__=1' ccversion='B.11.11.25985.GP' cf_by='merijn' cf_email='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com' -cf_time='Wed Sep 11 10:54:26 METDST 2002' +cf_time='Mon Sep 30 10:33:19 METDST 2002' charsize='1' chgrp='' chmod='chmod' @@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ d_msgsnd='define' d_msync='define' d_munmap='define' d_mymalloc='undef' +d_nanosleep='define' d_nice='define' d_nl_langinfo='define' d_nv_preserves_uv='define' @@ -523,6 +524,7 @@ from=':' full_ar='/usr/bin/ar' full_csh='/usr/bin/csh' full_sed='/usr/bin/sed' +gccansipedantic='' gccosandvers='' gccversion='' getgrent_r_proto='0' @@ -691,8 +693,8 @@ libperl='libperl.a' libpth='/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib' libs='-lcl -lpthread -lnsl -lnm -lndbm -lgdbm -ldb -lmalloc -ldld -lm -lc -lndir -lcrypt -lsec' libsdirs=' /lib' -libsfiles=' libcl.sl libpthread.sl libnsl.sl libnm.sl libndbm.sl libgdbm.sl libdb.sl libmalloc.a libdld.sl libm.sl libc.sl libndir.a libcrypt.a libsec.sl' -libsfound=' /lib/libcl.sl /lib/libpthread.sl /lib/libnsl.sl /lib/libnm.sl /lib/libndbm.sl /lib/libgdbm.sl /lib/libdb.sl /lib/libmalloc.a /lib/libdld.sl /lib/libm.sl /lib/libc.sl /lib/libndir.a /lib/libcrypt.a /lib/libsec.sl' +libsfiles=' libcl.sl libpthread.sl libnsl.sl libnm.sl libndbm.sl libgdbm.sl.3 libdb.sl libmalloc.a libdld.sl libm.sl libc.sl libndir.a libcrypt.a libsec.sl' +libsfound=' /lib/libcl.sl /lib/libpthread.sl /lib/libnsl.sl /lib/libnm.sl /lib/libndbm.sl /lib/libgdbm.sl.3 /lib/libdb.sl /lib/libmalloc.a /lib/libdld.sl /lib/libm.sl /lib/libc.sl /lib/libndir.a /lib/libcrypt.a /lib/libsec.sl' libspath=' /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib' libswanted='cl pthread sfio socket bind inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm db malloc dl dld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt sec ucb bsd x util' libswanted_uselargefiles='' @@ -771,7 +773,7 @@ patchlevel='9' path_sep=':' perl5='/pro/bin/perl' perl='' -perl_patchlevel='17892' +perl_patchlevel='17942' perladmin='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com' perllibs='-lcl -lpthread -lnsl -lnm -lmalloc -ldld -lm -lc -lndir -lcrypt -lsec' perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.9.0' @@ -915,7 +917,6 @@ uidtype='uid_t' uname='uname' uniq='uniq' uquadtype='unsigned long long' -use5005threads='undef' use64bitall='undef' use64bitint='undef' usecrosscompile='undef' @@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ vendorlibexp='' vendorprefix='' vendorprefixexp='' version='5.9.0' -version_patchlevel_string='version 9 subversion 0 patch 17892' +version_patchlevel_string='version 9 subversion 0 patch 17942' versiononly='define' vi='' voidflags='15' @@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ PERL_SUBVERSION=0 PERL_API_REVISION=5 PERL_API_VERSION=8 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0 -PERL_PATCHLEVEL=17892 +PERL_PATCHLEVEL=17942 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true # Variables propagated from previous config.sh file. doop_cflags='' diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H index d2614fe088..e004bd6813 100644 --- a/Porting/config_H +++ b/Porting/config_H @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ /* * Package name : perl5 * Source directory : . - * Configuration time: Wed Sep 11 10:54:26 METDST 2002 + * Configuration time: Mon Sep 30 10:33:19 METDST 2002 * Configured by : merijn * Target system : hp-ux l1 b.11.00 u 9000800 527706567 unlimited-user license */ @@ -2018,6 +2018,12 @@ */ #define HAS_STRUCT_MSGHDR /**/ +/* HAS_NANOSLEEP: + * This symbol, if defined, indicates that the nanosleep + * system call is available to sleep with 1E-9 sec accuracy. + */ +#define HAS_NANOSLEEP /**/ + /* HAS_OFF64_T: * This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t. */ @@ -3569,10 +3575,6 @@ * This symbol, if defined, indicates that Perl should be built to * use the interpreter-based threading implementation. */ -/* USE_5005THREADS: - * This symbol, if defined, indicates that Perl should be built to - * use the 5.005-based threading implementation. - */ /* OLD_PTHREADS_API: * This symbol, if defined, indicates that Perl should * be built to use the old draft POSIX threads API. @@ -3582,11 +3584,7 @@ * try to use the various _r versions of library functions. * This is extremely experimental. */ -/*#define USE_5005THREADS / **/ /*#define USE_ITHREADS / **/ -#if defined(USE_5005THREADS) && !defined(USE_ITHREADS) -#define USE_THREADS /* until src is revised*/ -#endif /*#define OLD_PTHREADS_API / **/ /*#define USE_REENTRANT_API / **/ diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index cff54cdf10..1962f3eecb 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ to perl5-porters-request@perl.org . Archives of the list are held at: - http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl-porters/ + http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/ =head1 How are Perl Releases Numbered? @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ always match the regular expression: C<$1> in the pattern is always an even number for maintenance versions, and odd for developer releases. -In the past it has been observed that pumkings tend to invent new +In the past it has been observed that pumpkings tend to invent new naming conventions on the fly. If you are a pumpking, before you invent a new name for any of the three types of perl distributions, please inform the guys from the CPAN who are doing indexing and @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ settled elsewhere. If feasible, try to keep filenames 8.3-compliant to humor those poor souls that get joy from running Perl under such dire limitations. There's a script, check83.pl, for keeping your nose 8.3-clean. +In a similar vein, do not create files or directories which differ only +in case (upper versus lower). =head2 Seek consensus on major changes @@ -590,19 +592,19 @@ to change the version number near the top of the F<Changes> file. =head2 Todo -The F<Todo> file contains a roughly-catgorized unordered list of -aspects of Perl that could use enhancement, features that could be -added, areas that could be cleaned up, and so on. During your term as -pumpkin-holder, you will probably address some of these issues, and -perhaps identify others which, while you decide not to address them -this time around, may be tackled in the future. Update the file -reflect the situation as it stands when you hand over the pumpkin. +The F<pod/perltodo.pod> file contains a roughly-categorized unordered +list of aspects of Perl that could use enhancement, features that could +be added, areas that could be cleaned up, and so on. During your term +as pumpkin-holder, you will probably address some of these issues, and +perhaps identify others which, while you decide not to address them this +time around, may be tackled in the future. Update the file to reflect +the situation as it stands when you hand over the pumpkin. You might like, early in your pumpkin-holding career, to see if you can find champions for partiticular issues on the to-do list: an issue owned is an issue more likely to be resolved. -There are also some more porting-specific L<Todo> items later in this +There are also some more porting-specific L</Todo> items later in this file. =head2 OS/2-specific updates @@ -769,6 +771,48 @@ clean up, and print warnings from the log files (-Wformat support by Robin Barker.) +=item gcc -ansi -pedantic + +Configure -Dgccansipedantic [ -Dcc=gcc ] will enable (via the cflags script, +not $Config{ccflags}) the gcc strict ANSI C flags -ansi and -pedantic for +the compilation of the core files on platforms where it knows it can +do so (like Linux, see cflags.SH for the full list), and on some +platforms only one (Solaris can do only -pedantic, not -ansi). +The flag -DPERL_GCC_PEDANTIC also gets added, since gcc does not add +any internal cpp flag to signify that -pedantic is being used, as it +does for -ansi (__STRICT_ANSI__). + +Note that the -ansi and -pedantic are enabled only for version 3 (and +later) of gcc, since even gcc version 2.95.4 finds lots of seemingly +false "value computed not used" errors from Perl. + +The -ansi and -pedantic are useful in catching at least the following +nonportable practices: + +=over 4 + +=item * + +gcc-specific extensions + +=item * + +lvalue casts + +=item * + +// C++ comments + +=item * + +enum trailing commas + +=back + +The -Dgccansipedantic should be used only when cleaning up the code, +not for production builds, since otherwise gcc cannot inline certain +things. + =back =head1 Running Purify @@ -1216,12 +1260,18 @@ a mail message from Larry: probably have been named something to do with overriding though. Since it's undocumented we could still change it... :-) -Given that it's already there, you can use it to override -distribution modules. If you do +Given that it's already there, you can use it to override distribution modules. +One way to do that is to add - sh Configure -Dccflags='-DAPPLLIB_EXP=/my/override' + ccflags="$ccflags -DAPPLLIB_EXP=\"/my/override\"" + +to your config.over file. (You have to be particularly careful to get the +double quotes in. APPLLIB_EXP must be a valid C string. It might +actually be easier to just #define it yourself in perl.c.) -then perl.c will put /my/override ahead of ARCHLIB and PRIVLIB. +Then perl.c will put /my/override ahead of ARCHLIB and PRIVLIB. Perl will +also search architecture-specific and version-specific subdirectories of +APPLLIB_EXP. =head2 Shared libperl.so location @@ -1277,9 +1327,11 @@ Anyway, all this leads to quite obscure failures that are sure to drive casual users crazy. Even experienced users will get confused :-). Upon reflection, I'd say leave libperl.so in $archlib. -=item 4. +=back + +=head2 Indentation style -Indentation style: over the years Perl has become a mishmash of +Over the years Perl has become a mishmash of various indentation styles, but the original "Larry style" can probably be restored with (GNU) indent somewhat like this: @@ -1292,8 +1344,6 @@ of consecutive assignments, which would truly wreck the layout in places like sv.c:Perl_sv_upgrade() or sv.c:Perl_clone_using(). Similarly nicely aligned &&s, ||s and ==s would not be respected. -=back - =head1 Upload Your Work to CPAN You can upload your work to CPAN if you have a CPAN id. Check out |