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authorJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2009-08-01 22:09:41 +0100
committerJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2009-08-03 12:14:52 +0100
commite94c1c0554cd0332543ba58d3b8fb932ccf66145 (patch)
tree53dd72d47bc0ac1e068609b932782ed3730b97b2 /hints
parentcd86ed9d430a95bb9cf370c699245e1b667c146d (diff)
downloadperl-e94c1c0554cd0332543ba58d3b8fb932ccf66145.tar.gz
Removed vestigal support for Tenon Intersystems MachTen Unix layer for MacOS Classic.
Perl hasn't supported MachTen since 5.6.
Diffstat (limited to 'hints')
-rw-r--r--hints/machten.sh276
-rw-r--r--hints/machten_2.sh91
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 367 deletions
diff --git a/hints/machten.sh b/hints/machten.sh
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--- a/hints/machten.sh
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-#! /bin/bash
-# machten.sh
-# This is for MachTen 4.1.4. It might work on other versions and variants
-# too. MachTen is now obsolete, lacks many features expected in modern UNIX
-# implementations, and suffers from a number of bugs which are likely never
-# to be fixed. This means that, in the absence of extensive work on
-# this file and on the perl source code, versions of perl later than 5.6.x
-# cannot successfully be built on MachTen. This file enforces this
-# restriction. Should you wish to port a later version of perl to MachTen,
-# feel free to contact me for pointers.
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 040213
-#
-# Users of earlier MachTen versions might need a fixed tr from ftp.tenon.com.
-# This should be described in the MachTen release notes.
-#
-# MachTen 2.x has its own hint file.
-#
-# The original version of this file was put together by Andy Dougherty
-# <doughera@lafayette.edu> based on comments from lots of
-# folks, especially
-# Mark Pease <peasem@primenet.com>
-# Martijn Koster <m.koster@webcrawler.com>
-# Richard Yeh <rcyeh@cco.caltech.edu>
-#
-# Prevent building of perls later than 5.6.x, stating why -- see above.
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 040213
-# Deny system's false claims to support mmap() and munmap(); note
-# also that Sys V IPC (re)disabled by jhi due to continuing inadequacy
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 001111
-# Remove dynamic loading libraries from search; enable SysV IPC with
-# MachTen 4.1.4 and above; define SYSTEM_ALIGN_BYTES for old MT versions
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 000224
-# Disable shadow password file access: MT 4.1.1 has necessary library
-# functions, but not header file (or documentation)
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 990804
-# For now, explicitly disable dynamic loading -- MT 4.1.1 has it,
-# but these hints do not yet support it.
-# Define NOTEDEF_MACHTEN to undo gratuitous Tenon hack to signal.h.
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 9800802
-# Completely disable SysV IPC pending more complete support from Tenon
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 980712
-# Use vfork and perl's malloc by default
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 980630
-# Raise perl's stack size again; cut down reg_infty; document
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 980619
-# Use of semctl() can crash system: disable -- Dominic Dunlop 980506
-# Raise stack size further; slight tweaks to accomodate MT 4.1
-# -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> 980211
-# Raise perl's stack size -- Dominic Dunlop <domo@tcp.ip.lu> 970922
-# Reinstate sigsetjmp iff version is 4.0.3 or greater; use nm
-# (assumes Configure change); prune libswanted -- Dominic Dunlop 970113
-# Warn about test failure due to old Berkeley db -- Dominic Dunlop 970105
-# Do not use perl's malloc; SysV IPC OK -- Neil Cutcliffe, Tenon 961030
-# File::Find's use of link count disabled by Dominic Dunlop 960528
-# Perl's use of sigsetjmp etc. disabled by Dominic Dunlop 960521
-
-# Assume that PERL_REVISON in patchlevel.h is 5.
-# If you want to try building perl-5.8.x or later, set PERL_VERSION_SAFE_MAX
-# appropriately in your environment before running Configure.
-if [ `awk '$1=="#define" && $2=="PERL_VERSION"{print $3}' patchlevel.h` \
- -gt ${PERL_VERSION_SAFE_MAX:-6} ]
-then
- cat <<EOF >&4
-
-Perl versions greater than 5.6.x have not been ported to MachTen. If you
-wish to build a version from the 5.6 track, please see the notes in
-README.machten
-EOF
- exit 1
-fi
-#
-# MachTen 4.1.1's support for shadow password file access is incomplete:
-# disable its use completely.
-d_getspnam=${d_getspnam:-undef}
-
-# MachTen 4.1.1 does support dynamic loading, but perl doesn't
-# know how to use it yet.
-usedl=${usedl:-undef}
-
-# MachTen 4.1.1 may have an unhelpful hack in /usr/include/signal.h.
-# Undo it if so.
-if grep NOTDEF_MACHTEN /usr/include/signal.h > /dev/null
-then
- ccflags="$ccflags -DNOTDEF_MACHTEN"
-fi
-
-# Power MachTen is a real memory system and its standard malloc
-# has been optimized for this. Using this malloc instead of Perl's
-# malloc may result in significant memory savings. In particular,
-# unlike most UNIX memory allocation subsystems, MachTen's free()
-# really does return unneeded process data memory to the system.
-# However, MachTen's malloc() is woefully slow -- maybe 100 times
-# slower than perl's own, so perl's own is usually the better
-# choice. In order to use perl's malloc(), the sbrk() system call
-# must be simulated using MachTen's malloc(). See malloc.c for
-# precise details of how this is achieved. Recent improvements
-# to perl's malloc() currently crash MachTen, and so are disabled
-# by -DPLAIN_MALLOC and -DNO_FANCY_MALLOC.
-usemymalloc=${usemymalloc:-y}
-
-# Older versions of MachTen malloc() data on a two-byte boundary, which
-# works, but slows down operations on long, float and double data.
-# Perl's malloc() can compensate if SYSTEM_ALLOC_ALIGNMENT is suitably
-# defined.
-if expr "$osvers" \< "4.1" >/dev/null
-then
-system_alloc_alignment=" -DSYSTEM_ALLOC_ALIGNMENT=2"
-fi
-# Do not wrap the following long line
-malloc_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DPLAIN_MALLOC -DNO_FANCY_MALLOC -DUSE_PERL_SBRK$system_alloc_alignment"'
-
-# When MachTen does a fork(), it immediately copies the whole of
-# the parent process' data space for the child. This can be
-# expensive. Using vfork() where appropriate avoids this cost.
-d_vfork=${d_vfork:-define}
-
-# Specify a high level of optimization (-O3 wouldn't do much more)
-optimize=${optimize:--O2 -fomit-frame-pointer}
-
-# Make symbol table listings less voluminous
-nmopts=-gp
-
-# Set reg_infty -- the maximum allowable number of repeats in regular
-# expressions such as /a{1,$max_repeats}/, and the maximum number of
-# times /a*/ will match. Setting this too high without having a stack
-# large enough to accommodate deep recursion in the regular expression
-# engine allows perl to crash your Mac due to stack overrun if it
-# encounters a pathological regular expression. The default is a
-# compromise between capability and required stack size (see below).
-# You may override the default value from the Configure command-line
-# like this:
-#
-# Configure -Dreg_infty=16368 ...
-
-reg_infty=${reg_infty:-2047}
-
-# If you want to have many perl processes active simultaneously --
-# processing CGI forms -- for example, you should opt for a small stack.
-# For safety, you should set reg_infty no larger than the corresponding
-# value given in this table:
-#
-# Stack size reg_infty value supported
-# ---------- -------------------------
-# 128k 2**8-1 (256)
-# 256k 2**9-1 (511)
-# 512k 2**10-1 (1023)
-# 1M 2**11-1 (2047)
-# ...
-# 16M 2**15-1 (32767) (perl's default value)
-
-# This script selects a safe stack size based on the value of reg_infty
-# specified above. However, you may choose to take a risk and set
-# stack size lower: pathological regular expressions are rare in real-world
-# programs. But be aware that, if perl does encounter one, it WILL
-# crash your system. Do not set stack size lower than 96k unless
-# you want perl's installation tests ( make test ) to crash your system.
-#
-# You may override the default value from the Configure command-line
-# by specifying the required size in kilobytes like this:
-#
-# Configure -Dstack_size=96
-
-if [ "X$stack_size" = 'X' ]
-then
- stack_size=128
- X=`expr $reg_infty / 256`
-
- while [ $X -gt 0 ]
- do
- X=`expr $X / 2`
- stack_size=`expr $stack_size \* 2`
- done
- X=`expr $stack_size \* 1024`
-fi
-
-ldflags="$ldflags -Xlstack=$X"
-ccflags="$ccflags -DREG_INFTY=$reg_infty"
-
-# Install in /usr/local by default
-prefix='/usr/local'
-
-# At least on PowerMac, doubles must be aligned on 8 byte boundaries.
-# I don't know if this is true for all MachTen systems, or how to
-# determine this automatically.
-alignbytes=8
-
-# 4.0.2 and earlier had a problem with perl's use of sigsetjmp and
-# friends. Use setjmp and friends instead.
-expr "$osvers" \< "4.0.3" > /dev/null && d_sigsetjmp='undef'
-
-# System V IPC before MachTen 4.1.4 is incomplete (missing msg function
-# prototypes, no ftok()), buggy (semctl(.., .., IPC_STATUS, ..) hangs
-# system), and undocumented. Claim it's not there at all before 4.1.4.
-if expr "$osvers" \< "4.1.4" >/dev/null
-then
-d_msg=${d_msg:-undef}
-d_sem=${d_sem:-undef}
-d_shm=${d_shm:-undef}
-fi
-
-
-# As of MachTen 4.1.4 the msg* and shm* are in libc but unimplemented
-# (an attempt to use them causes a runtime error)
-# XXX Configure probe for really functional msg*() is needed XXX
-# XXX Configure probe for really functional shm*() is needed XXX
-if test "$d_msg" = ""; then
- d_msgget=${d_msgget:-undef}
- d_msgctl=${d_msgctl:-undef}
- d_msgsnd=${d_msgsnd:-undef}
- d_msgrcv=${d_msgrcv:-undef}
- case "$d_msgget$d_msgsnd$d_msgctl$d_msgrcv" in
- *"undef"*) d_msg="$undef" ;;
- esac
-fi
-if test "$d_shm" = ""; then
- d_shmat=${d_shmat:-undef}
- d_shmdt=${d_shmdt:-undef}
- d_shmget=${d_shmget:-undef}
- d_shmctl=${d_shmctl:-undef}
- case "$d_shmat$d_shmctl$d_shmdt$d_shmget" in
- *"undef"*) d_shm="$undef" ;;
- esac
-fi
-
-# MachTen has stubs for mmap and munmap(), but they just result in the
-# caller being killed on the grounds of "Bad system call"
-d_mmap=${d_mmap:-undef}
-d_munmap=${d_munmap:-undef}
-
-# Get rid of some extra libs which it takes Configure a tediously
-# long time never to find on MachTen, or which break perl
-set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ net / /' -e 's/ socket / /' \
- -e 's/ inet / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ nm / /' -e 's/ malloc / /' \
- -e 's/ ld / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ posix / /' \
- -e 's/ cposix / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ dl / /' -e 's/ dld / /' \
- -e 's/ ucb / /' -e 's/ bsd / /' -e 's/ BSD / /' -e 's/ PW / /'`
-shift
-libswanted="$*"
-
-# While link counts on MachTen 4.1's fast file systems work correctly,
-# on Macintosh Heirarchical File Systems, (and on HFS+)
-# MachTen always reports ony two links to directories, even if they
-# contain subdirectories. Consequently, we use this variable to stop
-# File::Find using the link count to determine whether there are
-# subdirectories to be searched. This will generate a harmless message:
-# Hmm...You had some extra variables I don't know about...I'll try to keep 'em.
-# Propagating recommended variable dont_use_nlink
-dont_use_nlink=define
-
-cat <<EOM >&4
-
-At the end of Configure, you will see a harmless message
-
-Hmm...You had some extra variables I don't know about...I'll try to keep 'em.
- Propagating recommended variable dont_use_nlink
- Propagating recommended variable nmopts
- Propagating recommended variable malloc_cflags...
- Propagating recommended variable reg_infty
- Propagating recommended variable system_alloc_alignment
-Read the File::Find documentation for more information about dont_use_nlink
-
-Your perl will be built with a stack size of ${stack_size}k and a regular
-expression repeat count limit of $reg_infty. If you want alternative
-values, see the file hints/machten.sh for advice on how to change them.
-
-Tests
- io/fs test 4 and
- op/stat test 3
-may fail since MachTen may not return a useful nlinks field to stat
-on directories.
-
-EOM
-expr "$osvers" \< "4.1" >/dev/null && test -r ./broken-db.msg && \
- . ./broken-db.msg
-
-unset stack_size X
diff --git a/hints/machten_2.sh b/hints/machten_2.sh
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--- a/hints/machten_2.sh
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@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-# machten.sh
-# This file has been put together by Mark Pease <peasem@primenet.com>
-# Comments, questions, and improvements welcome!
-#
-# MachTen does not support dynamic loading. If you wish to, you
-# can fetch, compile, and install the dld package.
-# This ought to work with the ext/DynaLoader/dl_dld.xs in the
-# perl5 package. Have fun!
-# Some possible locations for dld:
-# ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu:pub/scm/dld-3.2.7.tar.gz
-# prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/jacal/dld-3.2.7.tar.gz
-# ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/SCM-support/dld-3.2.7.tar.gz
-# tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/libs/dld-3.2.7.tar.gz
-#
-# Original version was for MachTen 2.1.1.
-# Last modified by Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
-# Tue Aug 13 12:31:01 EDT 1996
-#
-# Warning about tests which no longer fail
-# fixed by Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
-# March 5, 1997
-#
-# Locale, optimization, and malloc changes by Tom Phoenix Mar 15, 1997
-#
-# groupstype change and note about t/lib/findbin.t by Tom, Mar 24, 1997
-
-# MachTen's ability to have valid filepaths beginning with "//" may
-# be causing lib/FindBin.pm to fail. I don't know how to fix it, but
-# the reader is encouraged to do so! :-) -- Tom
-
-# There seem to be some hard-to-diagnose problems under MachTen's
-# malloc, so we'll use Perl's. If you have problems which Perl's
-# malloc's diagnostics can't help you with, you may wish to use
-# MachTen's malloc after all.
-case "$usemymalloc" in
-'') usemymalloc='y' ;;
-esac
-
-# I (Tom Phoenix) don't know how to test for locales on MachTen. (If
-# you do, please fix this hints file!) But since mine didn't come
-# with locales working out of the box, I'll assume that's the case
-# for most folks.
-case "$d_setlocale" in
-'') d_setlocale=undef
-esac
-
-# MachTen doesn't have secure setid scripts
-d_suidsafe='undef'
-
-# groupstype should be gid_t, as near as I can tell, but it only
-# seems to work right when it's int.
-groupstype='int'
-
-case "$optimize" in
-'') optimize='-O2' ;;
-esac
-
-so='none'
-# These are useful only if you have DLD, but harmless otherwise.
-# Make sure gcc doesn't use -fpic.
-cccdlflags=' ' # That's an empty space.
-lddlflags='-r'
-dlext='o'
-
-# MachTen does not support POSIX enough to compile the POSIX module.
-useposix=false
-
-#MachTen might have an incomplete Berkeley DB implementation.
-i_db=$undef
-
-#MachTen versions 2.X have no hard links. This variable is used
-# by File::Find.
-# This will generate a harmless message:
-# Hmm...You had some extra variables I don't know about...I'll try to keep 'em.
-# Propagating recommended variable dont_use_nlink
-# Without this, tests io/fs #4 and op/stat #3 will fail.
-dont_use_nlink=define
-
-cat <<'EOM' >&4
-
-At the end of Configure, you will see a harmless message
-
-Hmm...You had some extra variables I don't know about...I'll try to keep 'em.
- Propagating recommended variable dont_use_nlink
-
-Read the File::Find documentation for more information.
-
-It's possible that test t/lib/findbin.t will fail on some configurations
-of MachTen.
-
-EOM