mktables: Add type_of() method to get range's type

[perl5.git] / hints / freebsd.sh

diff --git a/hints/freebsd.sh b/hints/freebsd.sh
index 0ded431..44cf0eb 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/freebsd.sh
+++ b/hints/freebsd.sh
@@ -114,22 +114,29 @@ case "$osvers" in
        lddlflags="-Bshareable $lddlflags"
        ;;
 
-*)
+3*|4*|5*|6*)
         objformat=`/usr/bin/objformat`
-        if [ x$objformat = xelf ]; then
-            libpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
-            glibpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
-            ldflags="-Wl,-E "
-            lddlflags="-shared "
-        else
+        if [ x$objformat = xaout ]; then
             if [ -e /usr/lib/aout ]; then
                 libpth="/usr/lib/aout /usr/local/lib /usr/lib"
                 glibpth="/usr/lib/aout /usr/local/lib /usr/lib"
             fi
             lddlflags='-Bshareable'
+        else
+            libpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+            glibpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+            ldflags="-Wl,-E "
+            lddlflags="-shared "
         fi
         cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC'
         ;;
+*)
+       libpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+       glibpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+       ldflags="-Wl,-E "
+        lddlflags="-shared "
+        cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC'
+       ;;
 esac
 
 case "$osvers" in
@@ -211,7 +218,7 @@ EOM
              exit 1
              ;;
 
-       *)
+       [3-5].*)
              if [ ! -r "$lc_r" ]; then
              cat <<EOM >&4
 POSIX threads should be supported by FreeBSD $osvers --
@@ -222,14 +229,20 @@ Consider using the latest STABLE release.
 EOM
                 exit 1
              fi
-             case "$osvers" in
-             5.*)      if [ `/sbin/sysctl -n kern.osreldate` -lt 500016 ]; then
-                                ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
-                        fi
-                       ;;
-             *)        ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
-                       ;;
-             esac
+             # 500016 is the first osreldate in which one could
+             # just link against libc_r without disposing of libc
+             # at the same time.  500016 ... up to whatever it was
+             # on the 31st of August 2003 can still be used with -pthread,
+             # but it is not necessary.
+
+             # Anton Berezin says that post 500something we're wrong to be
+             # to be using -lc_r, and should just be using -pthread on the
+             # linker line.
+             # So presumably really we should be checking that $osver is 5.*)
+             # and that `/sbin/sysctl -n kern.osreldate` -ge 500016
+             # or -lt 500something and only in that range not doing this:
+             ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
+
              # Both in 4.x and 5.x gethostbyaddr_r exists but
              # it is "Temporary function, not threadsafe"...
              # Presumably earlier it didn't even exist.
@@ -237,11 +250,29 @@ EOM
              d_gethostbyaddr_r_proto="0"
              ;;
 
+       *)
+             # 7.x doesn't install libc_r by default, and Configure
+             # would fail in the code following
+             #
+             # gethostbyaddr_r() appears to have been implemented in 6.x+
+             ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
+             ;;
+
        esac
 
-       set `echo X "$libswanted "| sed -e 's/ c / c_r /'`
-       shift
-       libswanted="$*"
+        case "$osvers" in
+        [1-4]*)
+           set `echo X "$libswanted "| sed -e 's/ c / c_r /'`
+           shift
+           libswanted="$*"
+           ;;
+        *)
+           set `echo X "$libswanted "| sed -e 's/ c //'`
+           shift
+           libswanted="$*"
+           ;;
+       esac
+           
        # Configure will probably pick the wrong libc to use for nm scan.
        # The safest quick-fix is just to not use nm at all...
        usenm=false
@@ -258,8 +289,22 @@ EOM
 
        # Even with the malloc mutexes the Perl malloc does not
        # seem to be threadsafe in FreeBSD?
-       usemymalloc=n
-
+       case "$usemymalloc" in
+       '') usemymalloc=n ;;
+       esac
 esac
 EOCBU
 
+# malloc wrap works
+case "$usemallocwrap" in
+'') usemallocwrap='define' ;;
+esac
+
+# XXX Under FreeBSD 6.0 (and probably most other similar versions)
+# Perl_die(NULL) generates a warning:
+#    pp_sys.c:491: warning: null format string
+# Configure supposedely tests for this, but apparently the test doesn't
+# work.  Volunteers with FreeBSD are needed to improving the Configure test.
+# Meanwhile, the following workaround should be safe on all versions
+# of FreeBSD.
+d_printf_format_null='undef'