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| author | Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> | 2000-11-20 19:55:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-11-21 18:54:41 +0000 |
| commit | 2cc61e15d3dcd28f355bee01f2fb06b42ba7309f (patch) | |
| tree | 4d0343022362710db62a1bb35c8b420cb55fc3ad /Porting | |
| parent | f2b2c1a7ed42395a69ab0bb3b739cdbd8d214137 (diff) | |
| download | perl-2cc61e15d3dcd28f355bee01f2fb06b42ba7309f.tar.gz | |
Re: Not OK: perl5.7.0 +DEVEL7706 +Duseperlio on AIX4.[23]
Message-Id: <p04320403b63b2c750dce@[192.168.1.4]>
va_copy() and the need of it.
See <http://wwwold.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n907.ps>.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7793
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/Glossary | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/config.sh | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/config_H | 13 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index 2233779fdb..c4ce3de565 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -2740,6 +2740,15 @@ n (n.U): command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". +need_va_copy (need_va_copy.U): + This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system stores + the variable argument list datatype, va_list, in a format + that cannot be copied by simple assignment, so that some + other means must be used when copying is required. + As such systems vary in their provision (or non-provision) + of copying mechanisms, handy.h defines a platform- + independent macro, Perl_va_copy(src, dst), to do the job. + netdb_hlen_type (netdbtype.U): This variable holds the type used for the 2nd argument to gethostbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or size_t or unsigned. diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh index 9e0e300455..2f760ae8a0 100644 --- a/Porting/config.sh +++ b/Porting/config.sh @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # Package name : perl5 # Source directory : /m/fs/work/work/permanent/perl/pp4/perl -# Configuration time: Thu Nov 16 16:43:36 EET 2000 +# Configuration time: Tue Nov 21 20:44:07 EET 2000 # Configured by : jhi # Target system : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ccsymbols='__alpha=1 __LANGUAGE_C__=1 __osf__=1 __unix__=1 _LONGLONG=1 _SYSTYPE_ ccversion='V5.6-082' cf_by='jhi' cf_email='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com' -cf_time='Thu Nov 16 16:43:36 EET 2000' +cf_time='Tue Nov 21 20:44:07 EET 2000' charsize='1' chgrp='' chmod='' @@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ mydomain='.yourplace.com' myhostname='yourhost' myuname='osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha ' n='' +need_va_copy='undef' netdb_hlen_type='int' netdb_host_type='const char *' netdb_name_type='const char *' diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H index 59537cba0b..10130c2a6d 100644 --- a/Porting/config_H +++ b/Porting/config_H @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ /* * Package name : perl5 * Source directory : /m/fs/work/work/permanent/perl/pp4/perl - * Configuration time: Thu Nov 16 16:43:36 EET 2000 + * Configuration time: Tue Nov 21 20:44:07 EET 2000 * Configured by : jhi * Target system : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha */ @@ -3220,4 +3220,15 @@ */ #define HAS_SBRK_PROTO /**/ +/* NEED_VA_COPY: + * This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system stores + * the variable argument list datatype, va_list, in a format + * that cannot be copied by simple assignment, so that some + * other means must be used when copying is required. + * As such systems vary in their provision (or non-provision) + * of copying mechanisms, handy.h defines a platform- + * independent macro, Perl_va_copy(src, dst), to do the job. + */ +/*#define NEED_VA_COPY / **/ + #endif |