Threading 5.005 style is no longer supported

Modernize the explain message

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 528a6e6..e47289b 100755 (executable)
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # See Porting/pumpkin.pod for more information on metaconfig.
 #
 
-# Generated on Mon May 27 09:27:16 CEST 2013 [metaconfig 3.5 PL0]
+# Generated on Mon Jul 15 15:52:13 CEST 2013 [metaconfig 3.5 PL0]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.org)
 
 cat >c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -4155,13 +4155,11 @@ $define|true|[yY]*)     dflt='y';;
 esac
 cat <<EOM
 
-Perl can be built to take advantage of threads on some systems.
+Perl can be built to offer a form of threading support on some systems
 To do so, Configure can be run with -Dusethreads.
 
 Note that Perl built with threading support runs slightly slower
-and uses more memory than plain Perl. The current implementation
-is believed to be stable, but it is fairly new, and so should be
-treated with caution.
+and uses slightly more memory than plain Perl.
 
 If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
 EOM
@@ -4177,22 +4175,14 @@ eval $setvar
 if $test $patchlevel -lt 9; then
     case "$usethreads" in
     $define)
-       $cat <<EOM
-
-Since release 5.6, Perl has had two different threading implementations,
-the newer interpreter-based version (ithreads) with one interpreter per
-thread, and the older 5.005 version (5005threads).
-The 5005threads version is effectively unmaintained and will probably be
-removed in Perl 5.10, so there should be no need to build a Perl using it
-unless needed for backwards compatibility with some existing 5.005threads
-code.
-
-EOM
        : Default to ithreads unless overridden on command line or with
        : old config.sh
        dflt='y'
        case "$use5005threads" in
-               $define|true|[yY]*) dflt='n';;
+               $define|true|[yY]*)
+                       echo "5.005 threads are no longer supported"
+                       exit 1
+               ;;
        esac
        case "$useithreads" in
                $undef|false|[nN]*) dflt='n';;