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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1996-06-24 03:07:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Charles Bailey <bailey@genetics.upenn.edu> | 1996-06-24 03:07:54 +0000 |
| commit | baf67fda52a40289c9f17a029b77d57ec7ee99fb (patch) | |
| tree | 6bd4cf3f458aa11ebba3700929647fac094b8802 /hints | |
| parent | ef0c99469b039696f8730cf24a8f0c48662abffd (diff) | |
| download | perl-baf67fda52a40289c9f17a029b77d57ec7ee99fb.tar.gz | |
perl 5.003: hints/machten.sh
Don't use buggy sigsetjmp
Don't use nlinks returned by stat to count subdirectories
Diffstat (limited to 'hints')
| -rw-r--r-- | hints/machten.sh | 37 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hints/machten.sh b/hints/machten.sh index 10c6d04fcf..c86707c182 100644 --- a/hints/machten.sh +++ b/hints/machten.sh @@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ # Mark Pease <peasem@primenet.com> # Martijn Koster <m.koster@webcrawler.com> # Richard Yeh <rcyeh@cco.caltech.edu> - +# +# File::Find's use of link count disabled by Dominic Dunlop 950528 +# Perl's use of sigsetjmp etc. disabled by Dominic Dunlop 950521 # # Comments, questions, and improvements welcome! # # MachTen 4.X does support dynamic loading, but perl doesn't # know how to use it yet. # -# Last modified by Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> -# Thu Feb 8 15:07:52 EST 1996 +# Updated by Dominic Dunlop <domo@tcp.ip.lu> +# Tue May 28 11:20:08 WET DST 1996 # Configure doesn't know how to parse the nm output. usenm=undef @@ -29,3 +31,32 @@ usenm=undef # I don't know if this is true for all MachTen systems, or how to # determine this automatically. alignbytes=8 + +# There appears to be a problem with perl's use of sigsetjmp and +# friends. Use setjmp and friends instead. +d_sigsetjmp='undef' + +# 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 + +Tests + io/fs test 4 and + op/stat test 3 +may fail since MachTen does not return a useful nlinks field to stat +on directories. + +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. + +EOM |