[ID 19990819.001] Not OK: perl 5.00560 on powerpc-machten 4.1.1

[perl5.git] / hints / aix.sh

diff --git a/hints/aix.sh b/hints/aix.sh
index b6978dc..5a027b3 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/aix.sh
+++ b/hints/aix.sh
@@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ d_setreuid='undef'
 #
 # Tell perl which symbols to export for dynamic linking.
 case "$cc" in
-*gcc*) ccdlflags='-Xlinker -bE:perl.exp' ;;
-*) ccdlflags='-bE:perl.exp' ;;
+*gcc*) ccdlflags='-Xlinker' ;;
+esac
+# the required -bE:$installarchlib/CORE/perl.exp is added by
+# libperl.U (Configure) later.
+
+case "$ldlibpthname" in
+'') ldlibpthname=LIBPATH ;;
 esac
 
 # The first 3 options would not be needed if dynamic libs. could be linked
@@ -169,23 +174,46 @@ EOCBU
 cat > UU/use64bits.cbu <<'EOCBU'
 case "$use64bits" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)
-           case "`uname -r`" in
+           case "`oslevel`" in
            3.*|4.[012].*)
                cat >&4 <<EOM
-AIX `uname -r` does not support 64-bit interfaces.
-You should upgrade to at least AIX 4.3.
+AIX `oslevel` does not support 64-bit interfaces.
+You should upgrade to at least AIX 4.2.
 EOM
                exit 1
                ;;
            esac
-           ccflags="$ccflags `getconf XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_CFLAGS`"
            ccflags="$ccflags -DUSE_LONG_LONG"
-           ldflags="$ldflags `getconf XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS`"
-           libswanted="$libswanted `getconf XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LIBS`"
+           ccflags="$ccflags `getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+
+           ldflags="$ldflags `getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+           # _Somehow_ in AIX 4.3.1.0 the above getconf call manages to
+           # insert(?) *something* to $ldflags so that later (in Configure) evaluating
+           # $ldflags causes a newline after the '-b64' (the result of the getconf).
+           # (nothing strange shows up in $ldflags even in hexdump;
+           #  so it may be something in the shell, instead?)
+           # Try it out: just uncomment the below line and rerun Configure:
+#          echo >& "AIX $ldflags mystery" ; exit 1
+           # Just don't ask me how AIX does it.
+           # Therefore the line re-evaluating ldflags: it seems to bypass
+           # the whatever it was AIX managed to break. --jhi
+           ldflags="`echo $ldflags`"
+
+           libswanted="$libswanted `getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LIBS 2>/dev/null|sed -e 's@^-l@@' -e 's@ -l@ @g'`"
            # When a 64-bit cc becomes available $archname64
            # may need setting so that $archname gets it attached.
            ;;
 esac
 EOCBU
 
+# This script UU/uselongdouble.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure 
+# after it has prompted the user for whether to use long doubles.
+cat > UU/uselongdouble.cbu <<'EOCBU'
+case "$uselongdouble" in
+$define|true|[yY]*)
+       ccflags="$ccflags -qlongdouble"
+       ;;
+esac
+EOCBU
+
 # EOF