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Diffstat (limited to 'hints')
| -rw-r--r-- | hints/machten.sh | 30 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/hints/machten.sh b/hints/machten.sh index 46fb144ec6..cdca69aa10 100644 --- a/hints/machten.sh +++ b/hints/machten.sh @@ -1,7 +1,14 @@ #! /bin/bash # machten.sh # This is for MachTen 4.1.4. It might work on other versions and variants -# too. If it doesn't, tell me, and I'll try to fix it -- domo@computer.org +# 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. @@ -15,6 +22,8 @@ # 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 @@ -44,8 +53,21 @@ # 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 -# -# Comments, questions, and improvements welcome! + +# 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 ${PERL_VERSION_SAFE_MAX:-6} ] +then + cat <<EOF >&4 + +Perl versions greater than 5.6.x have not been ported to MachTen. If you +wish to build a version from the 5.6 track, please see the notes in +README.machten +EOF + exit 1 +fi # # MachTen 4.1.1's support for shadow password file access is incomplete: # disable its use completely. @@ -95,7 +117,7 @@ d_vfork=${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 les voluminous +# Make symbol table listings less voluminous nmopts=-gp # Set reg_infty -- the maximum allowable number of repeats in regular |