FreeBSD hints iteration (hopefully convergent).

usethreads: require at least FreeBSD 2.2.8.
signal type: mirror change #2429 in cfgperl.

p4raw-link: @2429 on //depot/cfgperl: 08d3cfafce2a221aa74dd7ea67b275e90512e4fc

p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.005/perl@2730

diff --git a/hints/freebsd.sh b/hints/freebsd.sh
index 3def5ac..276e720 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/freebsd.sh
+++ b/hints/freebsd.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ problem.  Try
 
 EOM
 
+# From: Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>
+# To: perl5-porters@perl.org
+# Subject: [PATCH 5.005_54] Configure - hints/freebsd.sh signal handler type
+# Date: 30 Nov 1998 19:46:24 +0100
+# Message-ID: <864srhhvcv.fsf@lion.plab.ku.dk>
+
+signal_t='void'
+d_voidsig='define'
+
 # This script UU/usethreads.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure 
 # after it has prompted the user for whether to use threads.
 cat > UU/usethreads.cbu <<'EOCBU'
@@ -151,23 +160,23 @@ EOM
              fi
              ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
              ;;
-        2.2*) if [ ! -r "$lc_r" ]; then
+        2.2*) 
               cat <<EOM >&4
-POSIX threads are not supported by default on FreeBSD $osvers.
+POSIX threads are not supported well by FreeBSD $osvers.
 
-Please consider upgrading to at least FreeBSD 2.2.8.
+Please consider upgrading to at least FreeBSD 2.2.8,
+or preferably to 3.something.
 
 (While 2.2.7 does have pthreads, it has some problems
  with the combination of threads and pipes and therefore
  many Perl tests will either hang or fail.)
 EOM
-                exit 1
-             fi
+             exit 1
              ;;
         *)   cat <<EOM >&4
 I did not know that FreeBSD $osvers supports POSIX threads.
 
-Feel free to tell me (perlbug@perl.com) otherwise.
+Feel free to tell perlbug@perl.com otherwise.
 EOM
              exit 1
              ;;