Re: [perl #24384] 21418 (UNIVERSAL.pm patch) breaks autouse.pm

[perl5.git] / hints / machten_2.sh

diff --git a/hints/machten_2.sh b/hints/machten_2.sh
index aae73f5..af8fe6f 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/machten_2.sh
+++ b/hints/machten_2.sh
@@ -13,12 +13,47 @@
 # 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@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
+#  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 don't know why this is needed.  It might be similar to NeXT's
-# problem.  See hints/next_3.sh.
-usemymalloc='n'
+# 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.
@@ -38,14 +73,13 @@ i_db=$undef
 # 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
 
-Tests
-       io/fs test 4  and
-       op/stat test 3
-may fail since MachTen versions 2.X have no hard links.
+During Configure, you may get two "WHOA THERE" messages, for $d_setlocale
+and $i_db being 'undef'. You may keep the undef value.
 
 At the end of Configure, you will see a harmless message
 
@@ -54,4 +88,7 @@ Hmm...You had some extra variables I don't know about...I'll try to keep 'em.
 
 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