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authorJeremy H. Brown <jhbrown@ai.mit.edu>2000-12-25 23:29:17 -0500
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-12-29 17:36:45 +0000
commit61f705684fe8c4ce25e5f4e8c980b7f21944f5f8 (patch)
tree47a74961afca664b2405674524d19d91550a9d66 /hints/dec_osf.sh
parent833bb6ae1d5fe2c1d69fc2055e733b3b1f7848fa (diff)
downloadperl-61f705684fe8c4ce25e5f4e8c980b7f21944f5f8.tar.gz
Output the (apparent) version of gcc, as suggested by
Subject: [ID 20001226.001] dec_osf.sh mis-parses gcc version 2.95.2 as less than 2.95, causing installation-failure Message-Id: <uv6puify1hu.fsf@suspiria.ai.mit.edu> (The patch as such didn't any more apply as the misparsing had already been addressed in #6474.) Also change the wording about gcc 2.95.2, for Jeremy it didn't break sdbm, for me it did. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8253
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diff --git a/hints/dec_osf.sh b/hints/dec_osf.sh
index 07b80ea920..ce3a40c77d 100644
--- a/hints/dec_osf.sh
+++ b/hints/dec_osf.sh
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ case "`$cc -v 2>&1 | grep cc`" in
if test "$1" -lt 2 -o \( "$1" -eq 2 -a \( "$2" -lt 95 -o \( "$2" -eq 95 -a "$3" -lt 2 \) \) \); then
cat >&4 <<EOF
-*** Your cc seems to be gcc and its version seems to be less than 2.95.2.
-*** This is not a good idea since old versions of gcc are known to produce
-*** buggy code when compiling Perl (and no doubt for other programs, too).
+*** Your cc seems to be gcc and its version ($_gcc_version) seems to be
+*** less than 2.95.2. This is not a good idea since old versions of gcc
+*** are known to produce buggy code when compiling Perl (and no doubt for
+*** other programs, too).
***
-*** Therefore, I strongly suggest upgrading your gcc. (Why don't you
-*** use the vendor cc is also a good question. It comes with the operating
+*** Therefore, I strongly suggest upgrading your gcc. (Why don't you use
+*** the vendor cc is also a good question. It comes with the operating
*** system and produces good code.)
Cannot continue, aborting.
@@ -88,10 +89,10 @@ EOF
*** Note that as of gcc 2.95.2 (19991024) and Perl 5.6.0 (March 2000)
*** if the said Perl is compiled with the said gcc the lib/sdbm test
-*** dumps core (meaning that the SDBM_File is unusable). As this core
-*** dump doesn't happen with the vendor cc, this is most probably
-*** a lingering bug in gcc. Therefore unless you have a better gcc
-*** you are still better off using the vendor cc.
+*** may dump core (meaning that the SDBM_File extension is unusable).
+*** As this core dump never happens with the vendor cc, this is most
+*** probably a lingering bug in gcc. Therefore unless you have a better
+*** gcc installation you are still better off using the vendor cc.
Since you explicitly chose gcc, I assume that you know what are doing.