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authorMalcolm Beattie <mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>1997-11-27 17:08:06 +0000
committerMalcolm Beattie <mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>1997-11-27 17:08:06 +0000
commit69ce17deadf68709800535ea3a06e022857685a2 (patch)
tree2ae9f60c5405331e6466061e22575e92b29772fa /hints/irix_6.sh
parentad8d18a8e157392f6bca3ec2bd8549397e756d90 (diff)
downloadperl-69ce17deadf68709800535ea3a06e022857685a2.tar.gz
Give dire warnings about the IRIX 6.2 kernel panic.
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@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ The following IRIX patches must, however, be installed:
1645 IRIX 6.2 & 6.3 POSIX header file updates
2000 Irix 6.2 Posix 1003.1b support modules
2254 Pthread library fixes
+ 2401 6.2 all platform kernel rollup
+IMPORTANT:
+ Without patch 2401, a kernel bug in IRIX 6.2 will
+ cause your machine to panic and crash when running
+ threaded perl. IRIX 6.3 and up should be OK.
+
Cannot continue, aborting.
EOF