Use UTF8SKIP(), from Simon Cozens.

[perl5.git] / hints / aix.sh

diff --git a/hints/aix.sh b/hints/aix.sh
index 8a29b93..cf1270d 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/aix.sh
+++ b/hints/aix.sh
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ d_setreuid='undef'
 # Tell perl which symbols to export for dynamic linking.
 case "$cc" in
 *gcc*) ccdlflags='-Xlinker' ;;
+*) ccversion=`lslpp -L | grep 'C for AIX Compiler$' | awk '{print $2}'`
+   case "$ccversion" in
+     4.4.0.0|4.4.0.1|4.4.0.2)
+       echo >&4 "*** This C compiler ($ccversion) is outdated."
+       echo >&4 "*** Please upgrade to at least 4.4.0.3."
+       ;;
+     esac
 esac
 # the required -bE:$installarchlib/CORE/perl.exp is added by
 # libperl.U (Configure) later.
@@ -171,9 +178,9 @@ $define|true|[yY]*)
            ;;
        *)
            cat >&4 <<EOM
-For pthreads you should use the AIX C compiler cc_r.
-(now your compiler was set to '$cc')
-Cannot continue, aborting.
+*** For pthreads you should use the AIX C compiler cc_r.
+*** (now your compiler was set to '$cc')
+*** Cannot continue, aborting.
 EOM
            exit 1
            ;;
@@ -207,29 +214,46 @@ cat > UU/uselargefiles.cbu <<'EOCBU'
 case "$uselargefiles" in
 ''|$define|true|[yY]*)
 # Keep these at the left margin.
-ccflags_largefiles="`getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
-ldflags_largefiles="`getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+ccflags_uselargefiles="`getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+ldflags_uselargefiles="`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?)
+       #  so it may be something (a bug) in the shell, instead?)
        # Try it out: just uncomment the below line and rerun Configure:
-# echo >&4 "AIX 4.3.1.0 $ldflags_largefiles mystery" ; exit 1
+# echo >&4 "AIX 4.3.1.0 $ldflags_uselargefiles mystery" ; exit 1
        # Just don't ask me how AIX does it, I spent hours wondering.
-       # Therefore the line re-evaluating ldflags_largefiles: it seems to fix
+       # Therefore the line re-evaluating ldflags_uselargefiles: it seems to fix
        # the whatever it was that AIX managed to break. --jhi
-       ldflags_largefiles="`echo $ldflags_largefiles`"
+       ldflags_uselargefiles="`echo $ldflags_uselargefiles`"
 # Keep this at the left margin.
-libswanted_largefiles="`getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LIBS 2>/dev/null|sed -e 's@^-l@@' -e 's@ -l@ @g`"
-       case "$ccflags_largefiles$ldflags_largefiles$libs_largefiles" in
+libswanted_uselargefiles="`getconf XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG_LIBS 2>/dev/null|sed -e 's@^-l@@' -e 's@ -l@ @g`"
+       case "$ccflags_uselargefiles$ldflags_uselargefiles$libs_uselargefiles" in
        '');;
-       *) ccflags="$ccflags $ccflags_largefiles"
-          ldflags="$ldflags $ldflags_largefiles"
-          libswanted="$libswanted $libswanted_largefiles"
+       *) ccflags="$ccflags $ccflags_uselargefiles"
+          ldflags="$ldflags $ldflags_uselargefiles"
+          libswanted="$libswanted $libswanted_uselargefiles"
           ;;
        esac
-       ;;
+       case "$gccversion" in
+       '') ;;
+       *)
+       cat >&4 <<EOM
+
+*** Warning: gcc in AIX might not work with the largefile support of Perl
+*** (default since 5.6.0), this combination hasn't been tested.
+*** I will try, though.
+
+EOM
+       # Remove xlc-spefific -qflags.
+        ccflags="`echo $ccflags | sed -e 's@ -q[^ ]*@ @g' -e 's@^-q[^ ]* @@g'`"
+        ldflags="`echo $ldflags | sed -e 's@ -q[^ ]*@ @g' -e 's@^-q[^ ]* @@g'`"
+       echo >&4 "(using ccflags $ccflags)"
+       echo >&4 "(using ldflags $ldflags)"
+        ;; 
+        esac
+        ;;
 esac
 EOCBU