Reintroduce the avoidance of mixing HP-UX cc and GNU ar.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@9831

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/hints/hpux.sh b/hints/hpux.sh
index 5f28e79c0b..c7bc695133 100644
--- a/hints/hpux.sh
+++ b/hints/hpux.sh
@@ -160,6 +160,34 @@ case "$ccisgcc" in
 	;;
     esac
 
+cat > UU/cc.cbu <<'EOCBU'
+# XXX This script UU/cc.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure after it
+# XXX has prompted the user for the C compiler to use.
+# Get gcc to share its secrets.
+echo 'main() { return 0; }' > try.c
+	# Indent to avoid propagation to config.sh
+	verbose=`${cc:-cc} -v -o try try.c 2>&1`
+	if echo "$verbose" | grep '^Reading specs from' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		# Using gcc.
+	: nothing to see here, move on.
+	else
+		# Using cc.
+	        ar=${ar:-ar}
+		case "`$ar -V 2>&1`" in
+    		*GNU*)
+		    if test -x /usr/bin/ar; then
+			cat <<END >&2
+ 
+*** You are using HP cc(1) but GNU ar(1).  This might lead into trouble
+*** later on, I'm switching to HP ar to play safe.
+
+END
+			ar=/usr/bin/ar
+		    fi
+		    ;;
+		esac
+	fi
+EOCBU
 
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