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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-06-05 12:44:45 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-06-05 12:44:45 +0000
commitb965688b0e455884d8849b2b52a7c24c4c9dae12 (patch)
tree3454872c1e0c795485acdb7321fcb761f00f831c /hints
parent3392b9ec92d57049a2d2a6e9d3cae41fff9ee2de (diff)
downloadperl-b965688b0e455884d8849b2b52a7c24c4c9dae12.tar.gz
More for #16991.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17006
Diffstat (limited to 'hints')
-rw-r--r--hints/linux.sh27
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/hints/linux.sh b/hints/linux.sh
index d06e4f1cd3..7dccc1cc07 100644
--- a/hints/linux.sh
+++ b/hints/linux.sh
@@ -56,33 +56,6 @@ if test -L /lib/libc.so.6; then
libc=/lib/$libc
fi
-# glibc 2.2.90 and above apparently change stdio streams so Perl's
-# direct buffer manipulation no longer works. The Configure tests
-# should be changed to correctly detect this, but until then,
-# the following check should at least let perl compile and run.
-# (This quick fix should be updated before 5.8.1.)
-# Since we just computed libc above, we'll use it here. A typical
-# value looks like libc='/lib/libc-2.0.6.so'
-# To be defensive, reject all unknown versions > 2.2.9.
-# A. Dougherty, May. 30, 2002
-case "$libc" in
-*-2.[01]*) ;;
-*-2.2.so) ;;
-*-2.2.[0-9].*) ;;
-*) # Honor a command-line override
- if test -z "$d_stdstdio"; then
- d_stdstdio="$undef"
- cat <<'EOM' >&4
-
-Disabling perl's stdio buffer snooping. This will generate a harmless
- *** WHOA THERE!!! ***
-message in Configure. Accept the recommended value.
-Read hints/linux.sh for further information.
-EOM
- fi
- ;;
-esac
-
# Configure may fail to find lstat() since it's a static/inline
# function in <sys/stat.h>.
d_lstat=define