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1# hints/dec_osf.sh
2
3# * If you want to debug perl or want to send a
4# stack trace for inclusion into an bug report, call
5# Configure with the additional argument -Doptimize=-g2
6# or uncomment this assignment to "optimize":
7#
8#optimize=-g2
9#
10# If you want both to optimise and debug with the DEC cc
11# you must have -g3, e.g. "-O4 -g3", and (re)run Configure.
12#
13# * gcc can always have both -g and optimisation on.
14#
15# * debugging optimised code, no matter what compiler
16# one is using, can be surprising and confusing because of
17# the optimisation tricks like code motion, code removal,
18# loop unrolling, and inlining. The source code and the
19# executable code simply do not agree any more while in
20# mid-execution, the optimiser only cares about the results.
21#
22# * Configure will automatically add the often quoted
23# -DDEBUGGING for you if the -g is specified.
24#
25# * There is even more optimisation available in the new
26# (GEM) DEC cc: -O5 and -fast. "man cc" will tell more about them.
27# The jury is still out whether either or neither help for Perl
28# and how much. Based on very quick testing, -fast boosts
29# raw data copy by about 5-15% (-fast brings in, among other
30# things, inlined, ahem, fast memcpy()), while on the other
31# hand searching things (index, m//, s///), seems to get slower.
32# Your mileage will vary.
33#
34# * The -std is needed because the following compiled
35# without the -std and linked with -lm
36#
37# #include <math.h>
38# #include <stdio.h>
39# int main(){short x=10,y=sqrt(x);printf("%d\n",y);}
40#
41# will in Digital UNIX 3.* and 4.0b print 0 -- and in Digital
42# UNIX 4.0{,a} dump core: Floating point exception in the printf(),
43# the y has become a signaling NaN.
44#
45# * Compilation warnings like:
46#
47# "Undefined the ANSI standard macro ..."
48#
49# can be ignored, at least while compiling the POSIX extension
50# and especially if using the sfio (the latter is not a standard
51# part of Perl, never mind if it says little to you).
52#
53
54# If using the DEC compiler we must find out the DEC compiler style:
55# the style changed between Digital UNIX (aka DEC OSF/1) 3 and
56# Digital UNIX 4. The old compiler was originally from Ultrix and
57# the MIPS company, the new compiler is originally from the VAX world
58# and it is called GEM. Many of the options we are going to use depend
59# on the compiler style.
60
61cc=${cc:-cc}
62
63# do NOT, I repeat, *NOT* take away the leading tabs
64# Configure Black Magic (TM)
65 # reset
66 _DEC_cc_style=
67case "`$cc -v 2>&1 | grep cc`" in
68*gcc*) _gcc_version=`$cc --version 2>&1 | tr . ' '`
69 set $_gcc_version
70 if test "$1" -lt 2 -o \( "$1" -eq 2 -a \( "$2" -lt 95 -o \( "$2" -eq 95 -a "$3" -lt 2 \) \) \); then
71 cat >&4 <<EOF
72
73*** Your cc seems to be gcc and its version ($_gcc_version) seems to be
74*** less than 2.95.2. This is not a good idea since old versions of gcc
75*** are known to produce buggy code when compiling Perl (and no doubt for
76*** other programs, too).
77***
78*** Therefore, I strongly suggest upgrading your gcc. (Why don't you use
79*** the vendor cc is also a good question. It comes with the operating
80*** system and produces good code.)
81
82Cannot continue, aborting.
83
84EOF
85 exit 1
86 fi
87 if test "$1" -eq 2 -a "$2" -eq 95 -a "$3" -le 2; then
88 cat >&4 <<EOF
89
90*** Note that as of gcc 2.95.2 (19991024) and Perl 5.6.0 (March 2000)
91*** if the said Perl is compiled with the said gcc the lib/sdbm test
92*** may dump core (meaning that the SDBM_File extension is unusable).
93*** As this core dump never happens with the vendor cc, this is most
94*** probably a lingering bug in gcc. Therefore unless you have a better
95*** gcc installation you are still better off using the vendor cc.
96
97Since you explicitly chose gcc, I assume that you know what are doing.
98
99EOF
100 fi
101 ;;
102*) # compile something small: taint.c is fine for this.
103 ccversion=`cc -V | awk '/(Compaq|DEC) C/ {print $3}'`
104 # the main point is the '-v' flag of 'cc'.
105 case "`cc -v -I. -c taint.c -o taint$$.o 2>&1`" in
106 */gemc_cc*) # we have the new DEC GEM CC
107 _DEC_cc_style=new
108 ;;
109 *) # we have the old MIPS CC
110 _DEC_cc_style=old
111 ;;
112 esac
113 # cleanup
114 rm -f taint$$.o
115 ;;
116esac
117
118# be nauseatingly ANSI
119case "`$cc -v 2>&1 | grep gcc`" in
120*gcc*) ccflags="$ccflags -ansi"
121 ;;
122*) ccflags="$ccflags -std"
123 ;;
124esac
125
126# for gcc the Configure knows about the -fpic:
127# position-independent code for dynamic loading
128
129# we want optimisation
130
131case "$optimize" in
132'') case "`$cc -v 2>&1 | grep gcc`" in
133 *gcc*)
134 optimize='-O3' ;;
135 *) case "$_DEC_cc_style" in
136 new) optimize='-O4'
137 ccflags="$ccflags -fprm d -ieee"
138 ;;
139 old) optimize='-O2 -Olimit 3200' ;;
140 esac
141 ccflags="$ccflags -D_INTRINSICS"
142 ;;
143 esac
144 ;;
145esac
146
147# Make glibpth agree with the compiler suite. Note that /shlib
148# is not here. That's on purpose. Even though that's where libc
149# really lives from V4.0 on, the linker (and /sbin/loader) won't
150# look there by default. The sharable /sbin utilities were all
151# built with "-Wl,-rpath,/shlib" to get around that. This makes
152# no attempt to figure out the additional location(s) searched by
153# gcc, since not all versions of gcc are easily coerced into
154# revealing that information.
155glibpth="/usr/shlib /usr/ccs/lib /usr/lib/cmplrs/cc"
156glibpth="$glibpth /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /var/shlib"
157
158# dlopen() is in libc
159libswanted="`echo $libswanted | sed -e 's/ dl / /'`"
160
161# libPW contains nothing useful for perl
162libswanted="`echo $libswanted | sed -e 's/ PW / /'`"
163
164# libnet contains nothing useful for perl here, and doesn't work
165libswanted="`echo $libswanted | sed -e 's/ net / /'`"
166
167# libbsd contains nothing used by perl that is not already in libc
168libswanted="`echo $libswanted | sed -e 's/ bsd / /'`"
169
170# libc need not be separately listed
171libswanted="`echo $libswanted | sed -e 's/ c / /'`"
172
173# ndbm is already in libc
174libswanted="`echo $libswanted | sed -e 's/ ndbm / /'`"
175
176# the basic lddlflags used always
177lddlflags='-shared -expect_unresolved "*"'
178
179# Fancy compiler suites use optimising linker as well as compiler.
180# <spider@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
181case "`uname -r`" in
182*[123].*) # old loader
183 lddlflags="$lddlflags -O3"
184 ;;
185*) if $test "X$optimize" = "X$undef"; then
186 lddlflags="$lddlflags -msym"
187 else
188 case "`/usr/sbin/sizer -v`" in
189 *4.0D*)
190 # QAR 56761: -O4 + .so may produce broken code,
191 # fixed in 4.0E or better.
192 ;;
193 *)
194 lddlflags="$lddlflags $optimize"
195 ;;
196 esac
197 # -msym: If using a sufficiently recent /sbin/loader,
198 # keep the module symbols with the modules.
199 lddlflags="$lddlflags -msym -std"
200 fi
201 ;;
202esac
203# Yes, the above loses if gcc does not use the system linker.
204# If that happens, let me know about it. <jhi@iki.fi>
205
206
207# If debugging or (old systems and doing shared)
208# then do not strip the lib, otherwise, strip.
209# As noted above the -DDEBUGGING is added automagically by Configure if -g.
210case "$optimize" in
211 *-g*) ;; # left intentionally blank
212*) case "`uname -r`" in
213 *[123].*)
214 case "$useshrplib" in
215 false|undef|'') lddlflags="$lddlflags -s" ;;
216 esac
217 ;;
218 *) lddlflags="$lddlflags -s"
219 ;;
220 esac
221 ;;
222esac
223
224#
225# Make embedding in things like INN and Apache more memory friendly.
226# Keep it overridable on the Configure command line, though, so that
227# "-Uuseshrplib" prevents this default.
228#
229
230case "$_DEC_cc_style.$useshrplib" in
231 new.) useshrplib="$define" ;;
232esac
233
234# The EFF_ONLY_OK from <sys/access.h> is present but dysfunctional for
235# [RWX]_OK as of Digital UNIX 4.0[A-D]?. If and when this gets fixed,
236# please adjust this appropriately. See also pp_sys.c just before the
237# emulate_eaccess().
238
239# Fixed in V5.0A.
240case "`/usr/sbin/sizer -v`" in
241*5.0[A-Z]*|*5.[1-9]*|*[6-9].[0-9]*)
242 : ok
243 ;;
244*)
245# V5.0 or previous
246pp_sys_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DNO_EFF_ONLY_OK"'
247 ;;
248esac
249
250# The off_t is already 8 bytes, so we do have largefileness.
251
252cat > UU/usethreads.cbu <<'EOCBU'
253# This script UU/usethreads.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure
254# after it has prompted the user for whether to use threads.
255case "$usethreads" in
256$define|true|[yY]*)
257 # Threads interfaces changed with V4.0.
258 case "`$cc -v 2>&1 | grep gcc`" in
259 *gcc*)ccflags="-D_REENTRANT $ccflags" ;;
260 *) case "`uname -r`" in
261 *[123].*) ccflags="-threads $ccflags" ;;
262 *) ccflags="-pthread $ccflags" ;;
263 esac
264 ;;
265 esac
266 case "`uname -r`" in
267 *[123].*) libswanted="$libswanted pthreads mach exc c_r" ;;
268 *) libswanted="$libswanted pthread exc" ;;
269 esac
270
271 case "$usemymalloc" in
272 '')
273 usemymalloc='n'
274 ;;
275 esac
276 ;;
277esac
278EOCBU
279
280cat > UU/uselongdouble.cbu <<'EOCBU'
281# This script UU/uselongdouble.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure
282# after it has prompted the user for whether to use long doubles.
283case "$uselongdouble" in
284$define|true|[yY]*) d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*Lg",(n),(x))' ;;
285esac
286EOCBU
287
288#
289# Unset temporary variables no more needed.
290#
291
292unset _DEC_cc_style
293
294#
295# History:
296#
297# perl5.005_51:
298#
299# September-1998 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
300#
301# * Added the -DNO_EFF_ONLY_OK flag ('use filetest;' support).
302#
303# perl5.004_57:
304#
305# 19-Dec-1997 Spider Boardman <spider@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
306#
307# * Newer Digital UNIX compilers enforce signaling for NaN without
308# -ieee. Added -fprm d at the same time since it's friendlier for
309# embedding.
310#
311# * Fixed the library search path to match cc, ld, and /sbin/loader.
312#
313# * Default to building -Duseshrplib on newer systems. -Uuseshrplib
314# still overrides.
315#
316# * Fix -pthread additions for useshrplib. ld has no -pthread option.
317#
318#
319# perl5.004_04:
320#
321# 19-Sep-1997 Spider Boardman <spider@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
322#
323# * libnet on Digital UNIX is for JAVA, not for sockets.
324#
325#
326# perl5.003_28:
327#
328# 22-Feb-1997 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
329#
330# * Restructuring Spider's suggestions.
331#
332# * Older Digital UNIXes cannot handle -Olimit ... for $lddlflags.
333#
334# * ld -s cannot be used in older Digital UNIXes when doing shared.
335#
336#
337# 21-Feb-1997 Spider Boardman <spider@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
338#
339# * -hidden removed.
340#
341# * -DSTANDARD_C removed.
342#
343# * -D_INTRINSICS added. (that -fast does not seem to buy much confirmed)
344#
345# * odbm not in libc, only ndbm. Therefore dbm back to $libswanted.
346#
347# * -msym for the newer runtime loaders.
348#
349# * $optimize also in $lddflags.
350#
351#
352# perl5.003_27:
353#
354# 18-Feb-1997 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
355#
356# * unset _DEC_cc_style and more commentary on -std.
357#
358#
359# perl5.003_26:
360#
361# 15-Feb-1997 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
362#
363# * -std and -ansi.
364#
365#
366# perl5.003_24:
367#
368# 30-Jan-1997 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
369#
370# * Fixing the note on -DDEBUGGING.
371#
372# * Note on -O5 -fast.
373#
374#
375# perl5.003_23:
376#
377# 26-Jan-1997 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
378#
379# * Notes on how to do both optimisation and debugging.
380#
381#
382# 25-Jan-1997 Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
383#
384# * Remove unneeded libraries from $libswanted: PW, bsd, c, dbm
385#
386# * Restructure the $lddlflags build.
387#
388# * $optimize based on which compiler we have.
389#
390#
391# perl5.003_22:
392#
393# 23-Jan-1997 Achim Bohnet <ach@rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
394#
395# * Added comments 'how to create a debugging version of perl'
396#
397# * Fixed logic of this script to prevent stripping of shared
398# objects by the loader (see ld man page for -s) is debugging
399# is set via the -g switch.
400#
401#
402# 21-Jan-1997 Achim Bohnet <ach@rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
403#
404# * now 'dl' is always removed from libswanted. Not only if
405# optimize is an empty string.
406#
407#
408# 17-Jan-1997 Achim Bohnet <ach@rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
409#
410# * Removed 'dl' from libswanted: When the FreePort binary
411# translator for Sun binaries is installed Configure concludes
412# that it should use libdl.x.yz.fpx.so :-(
413# Because the dlopen, dlclose,... calls are in the
414# C library it not necessary at all to check for the
415# dl library. Therefore dl is removed from libswanted.
416#
417#
418# 1-Jan-1997 Achim Bohnet <ach@rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
419#
420# * Set -Olimit to 3200 because perl_yylex.c got too big
421# for the optimizer.
422#