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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-09-15 21:02:17 +0300
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2002-09-16 20:33:51 +0000
commitf42e9f9012367e58b1bc8229a10035f5c1ac8612 (patch)
tree487394a7061d0a3e9e712cc928f71a8c742dadf5 /hints/netbsd.sh
parent7ef5744c3d4533e5052c995815258d3686f7e8ae (diff)
downloadperl-f42e9f9012367e58b1bc8229a10035f5c1ac8612.tar.gz
Re: [perl #17174] perl 5.8.0 fails tests on NetBSD/Alpha
Message-ID: <20020915150217.GB21300@lyta.hut.fi> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17907
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diff --git a/hints/netbsd.sh b/hints/netbsd.sh
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--- a/hints/netbsd.sh
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@@ -144,3 +144,28 @@ case "$rpathflag" in
done
;;
esac
+
+case `uname -m` in
+alpha)
+ echo 'int main() {}' > try.c
+ gcc=`${cc:-cc} -v -c try.c 2>&1|grep 'gcc version egcs-2'`
+ case "$gcc" in
+ '' | "gcc version egcs-2.95."[3-9]*) ;; # 2.95.3 or better okay
+ *) cat >&4 <<EOF
+***
+*** Your gcc ($gcc) is known to be
+*** too buggy on netbsd/alpha to compile Perl with optimization.
+*** It is suggested you install the lang/gcc package which should
+*** have at least gcc 2.95.3 which should work okay: use for example
+*** Configure -Dcc=/usr/pkg/gcc-2.95.3/bin/cc. You could also
+*** Configure -Doptimize=-O0 to compile Perl without any optimization
+*** but that is not recommended.
+***
+EOF
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+ rm -f try.*
+ ;;
+esac
+