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| author | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> | 2002-05-30 06:50:18 -0400 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-05-30 13:51:29 +0000 |
| commit | 73d5b9a0733b4e04fd94a5762670c7c76dec4231 (patch) | |
| tree | 08f267de0f2c3f6333497ae2b811d4c0adbafb9b /hints | |
| parent | 16f7bb68db421d28ad8e9aad0b940103189bbc43 (diff) | |
| download | perl-73d5b9a0733b4e04fd94a5762670c7c76dec4231.tar.gz | |
Re: Linux glibc 2.2.90 issue; likely from readonly stdio mmap
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10205301008040.22885-100000@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu>
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Diffstat (limited to 'hints')
| -rw-r--r-- | hints/linux.sh | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hints/linux.sh b/hints/linux.sh index 7dccc1cc07..2b6e5d5f75 100644 --- a/hints/linux.sh +++ b/hints/linux.sh @@ -56,6 +56,33 @@ if test -L /lib/libc.so.6; then libc=/lib/$libc fi +# glibc 2.2.90 and above apparently change stdio streams so Perl's +# direct buffer manipulation no longer works. The Configure tests +# should be changed to correctly detect this, but until then, +# the following check should at least let perl compile and run. +# (This quick fix should be updated before 5.8.1.) +# Since we just computed libc above, we'll use it here. A typical +# value looks like libc='/lib/libc-2.0.6.so' +# To be defensive, reject all unknown versions > 2.2.9. +# A. Dougherty, May. 30, 2001 +case "$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 |