Irix update

>>>>> "A" == Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu> writes:

A> On 17 Apr 1997, Scott Henry wrote:
>> My recommendation is that irix_6_3.sh, irix_6_4.sh should be
>> duplicates of (the recently changed) irix_6_2.sh.  As best as I can
>> determine this far ahead of release, irix_6_5.sh will be the same,
>> too.

A> In which case, they should all just be irix_6.sh.  If 6.0 and 6.1 need
A> separate hints files, then we can have irix_6_0.sh and irix_6_1.sh.

A> If we use the generic irix_6.sh, then 
A> 1.  We don't have pointless, error-prone duplication of hint files.
A> 2.  We magically get covered even when 6.5 and 6.6 are released and we're
A> still stuck at 5.004. :-)

EXCELLENT idea!  I'll make up my patch that way.

[editor's note: the patch never hit the mailing list, but this message
seems relevant]

p5p-msgid: yd8afmwnu80.fsf@hoshi.engr.sgi.com
private-msgid: yd8d8rsi0ln.fsf@hoshi.engr.sgi.com

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diff --git a/hints/irix_6_1.sh b/hints/irix_6_1.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38fe27d282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hints/irix_6_1.sh
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+# irix_6.sh
+# from Krishna Sethuraman, krishna@sgi.com
+# Date: Wed Jan 18 11:40:08 EST 1995
+# added `-32' to force compilation in 32-bit mode.
+# otherwise, copied from irix_5.sh.
+
+# Perl built with this hints file under IRIX 6.0.1 passes 
+# all tests (`make test').
+
+# Tue Jan  2 14:52:36 EST 1996
+# Apparently, there's a stdio bug that can lead to memory
+# corruption using perl's malloc, but not SGI's malloc.
+usemymalloc='n'
+
+ld=ld
+i_time='define'
+cc="cc -32"
+ccflags="$ccflags -D_POSIX_SOURCE -ansiposix -D_BSD_TYPES -Olimit 3000"
+lddlflags="-32 -shared"
+
+# We don't want these libraries.  Anyone know why?
+set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
+shift
+libswanted="$*"
+#
+# The following might be of interest if you wish to try 64-bit mode:
+# irix_6_64bit.sh
+# Krishna Sethuraman, krishna@sgi.com
+# taken from irix_5.sh .  Changes from irix_5.sh:
+# Olimit and nested comments (warning 1009) no longer accepted
+# -OPT:fold_arith_limit so POSIX module will optimize
+# no 64bit versions of sun, crypt, nsl, socket, dl dso's available
+# as of IRIX 6.0.1 so omit those from libswanted line via `sed'.
+
+# perl 5 built with this hints file passes most tests (`make test').
+# Fails on op/subst test only. (built and tested under IRIX 6.0.1).
+
+# i_time='define'
+# ccflags="$ccflags -D_POSIX_SOURCE -ansiposix -D_BSD_TYPES -woff 1009 -OPT:fold_arith_limit=1046"
+# lddlflags="-shared"
+# set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
+# shift
+# libswanted="$*"