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c623bd54 1#!./perl
68dc0745 2
3BEGIN {
c90c0ff4 4 require 5.004;
d07c2202 5 chdir '..' if !-d 'lib' and -d '..\lib';
68dc0745 6 @INC = 'lib';
7 $ENV{PERL5LIB} = 'lib';
17f28c40 8 $Is_VMS = $^O eq 'VMS';
4a71ed0c 9 $Is_W32 = $^O eq 'MSWin32';
10 $Is_OS2 = $^O eq 'os2';
17f28c40 11 if ($Is_VMS) { eval 'use VMS::Filespec;' }
68dc0745 12}
13
4a71ed0c 14$scr_ext = ($Is_VMS ? '.Com' : $Is_W32 ? '.bat' : '');
15
a0d0e21e 16use File::Find;
5f05dabc 17use File::Compare;
68dc0745 18use File::Copy ();
0ecb046b 19use File::Path ();
354f3b56 20use ExtUtils::Packlist;
4633a7c4 21use Config;
91a06757 22use subs qw(unlink link chmod);
354f3b56 23use vars qw($packlist);
c623bd54 24
0ecb046b 25# override the ones in the rest of the script
68dc0745 26sub mkpath {
27 File::Path::mkpath(@_) unless $nonono;
0ecb046b 28}
29
bee1dbe2 30$mainperldir = "/usr/bin";
39add537 31$exe_ext = $Config{exe_ext};
bee1dbe2 32
6ee623d5 33# Allow ``make install PERLNAME=something_besides_perl'':
34$perl = defined($ENV{PERLNAME}) ? $ENV{PERLNAME} : 'perl';
35
c623bd54 36while (@ARGV) {
37 $nonono = 1 if $ARGV[0] eq '-n';
38 $versiononly = 1 if $ARGV[0] eq '-v';
39 shift;
40}
41
17f28c40 42umask 022 unless $Is_VMS;
45d8adaa 43
4a71ed0c 44@scripts = qw( utils/c2ph utils/h2ph utils/h2xs utils/perlbug utils/perldoc
45 utils/pl2pm utils/splain utils/perlcc
6ee623d5 46 x2p/s2p x2p/find2perl
dd6decf0 47 pod/pod2man pod/pod2html pod/pod2latex pod/pod2text);
16d20bd9 48
4a71ed0c 49if ($scr_ext) { @scripts = map { "$_$scr_ext" } @scripts; }
17f28c40 50
16d20bd9 51@pods = (<pod/*.pod>);
c623bd54 52
38b8243a 53%archpms = (
54 Config => 1, FileHandle => 1, overload => 1,
55 'File/Basename' => 1, # uses m//t
56);
39e571d4 57
58if ($^O eq 'dos') {
59 push(@scripts,'djgpp/fixpmain');
60 $archpms{config} = $archpms{filehand} = 1;
61}
62
6ee623d5 63if ((-e "testcompile") && (defined($ENV{'COMPILE'})))
64{
65 push(@scripts, map("$_.exe", @scripts));
66}
67
1dd15ed4 68find(sub {
69 if ("$File::Find::dir/$_" =~ m{^ext/[^/]+/(.*)\.pm$}) {
70 (my $pm = $1) =~ s{^lib/}{};
71 $archpms{$pm} = 1;
72 }
73 }, 'ext');
74
748a9306 75$ver = $];
4633a7c4 76$release = substr($ver,0,3); # Not used presently.
bee1dbe2 77$patchlevel = substr($ver,3,2);
748a9306 78die "Patchlevel of perl ($patchlevel)",
4633a7c4 79 "and patchlevel of config.sh ($Config{'PATCHLEVEL'}) don't match\n"
80 if $patchlevel != $Config{'PATCHLEVEL'};
81
82# Fetch some frequently-used items from %Config
83$installbin = $Config{installbin};
84$installscript = $Config{installscript};
85$installprivlib = $Config{installprivlib};
86$installarchlib = $Config{installarchlib};
87$installsitelib = $Config{installsitelib};
88$installsitearch = $Config{installsitearch};
89$installman1dir = $Config{installman1dir};
90$man1ext = $Config{man1ext};
15792f64 91$libperl = $Config{libperl};
4633a7c4 92# Shared library and dynamic loading suffixes.
93$so = $Config{so};
94$dlext = $Config{dlext};
95
96$d_dosuid = $Config{d_dosuid};
97$binexp = $Config{binexp};
c623bd54 98
17f28c40 99if ($Is_VMS) { # Hang in there until File::Spec hits the big time
100 foreach ( \$installbin, \$installscript, \$installprivlib,
101 \$installarchlib, \$installsitelib, \$installsitearch,
102 \$installman1dir ) {
103 $$_ = unixify($$_); $$_ =~ s:/$::;
104 }
105}
106
c623bd54 107# Do some quick sanity checks.
108
109if ($d_dosuid && $>) { die "You must run as root to install suidperl\n"; }
110
fe14fcc3 111 $installbin || die "No installbin directory in config.sh\n";
fcbdbaa8 112-d $installbin || mkpath($installbin, 1, 0777);
0ecb046b 113-d $installbin || $nonono || die "$installbin is not a directory\n";
114-w $installbin || $nonono || die "$installbin is not writable by you\n"
3edbfbe5 115 unless $installbin =~ m#^/afs/# || $nonono;
c623bd54 116
39add537 117-x 'perl' . $exe_ext || die "perl isn't executable!\n";
118-x 'suidperl' . $exe_ext|| die "suidperl isn't executable!\n" if $d_dosuid;
c623bd54 119
4a71ed0c 120-x 't/TEST' || $Is_W32
d07c2202 121 || warn "WARNING: You've never run 'make test'!!!",
122 " (Installing anyway.)\n";
c623bd54 123
4a71ed0c 124if ($Is_W32) {
eef1cf2a 125
f7a92b15 126$perldll = 'perl.' . $dlext;
127$perldll = 'perlcore.' . $dlext if $Config{'ccflags'} =~ /PERL_OBJECT/i;
128
129-f $perldll || die "No perl DLL built\n";
eef1cf2a 130
131# Install the DLL
132
f7a92b15 133safe_unlink("$installbin/$perldll");
134copy("$perldll", "$installbin/$perldll");
135chmod(0755, "$installbin/$perldll");
eef1cf2a 136}
137
354f3b56 138# This will be used to store the packlist
139$packlist = ExtUtils::Packlist->new("$installarchlib/.packlist");
140
c623bd54 141# First we install the version-numbered executables.
142
17f28c40 143if ($Is_VMS) {
6ee623d5 144 safe_unlink("$installbin/$perl$exe_ext");
145 copy("perl$exe_ext", "$installbin/$perl$exe_ext");
146 chmod(0755, "$installbin/$perl$exe_ext");
147 safe_unlink("$installbin/${perl}shr$exe_ext");
148 copy("perlshr$exe_ext", "$installbin/${perl}shr$exe_ext");
149 chmod(0755, "$installbin/${perl}shr$exe_ext");
17f28c40 150}
151elsif ($^O ne 'dos') {
6ee623d5 152 safe_unlink("$installbin/$perl$ver$exe_ext");
153 copy("perl$exe_ext", "$installbin/$perl$ver$exe_ext");
154 chmod(0755, "$installbin/$perl$ver$exe_ext");
39e571d4 155} else {
6ee623d5 156 safe_unlink("$installbin/$perl.exe");
157 copy("perl.exe", "$installbin/$perl.exe");
39e571d4 158}
c623bd54 159
6ee623d5 160safe_unlink("$installbin/s$perl$ver$exe_ext");
c623bd54 161if ($d_dosuid) {
6ee623d5 162 copy("suidperl$exe_ext", "$installbin/s$perl$ver$exe_ext");
163 chmod(04711, "$installbin/s$perl$ver$exe_ext");
c623bd54 164}
165
45d8adaa 166# Install library files.
167
a0d0e21e 168$do_installarchlib = $do_installprivlib = 0;
169
fcbdbaa8 170mkpath($installprivlib, 1, 0777);
171mkpath($installarchlib, 1, 0777);
172mkpath($installsitelib, 1, 0777) if ($installsitelib);
173mkpath($installsitearch, 1, 0777) if ($installsitearch);
4633a7c4 174
45d8adaa 175if (chdir "lib") {
68dc0745 176 $do_installarchlib = ! samepath($installarchlib, '.');
177 $do_installprivlib = ! samepath($installprivlib, '.');
b971f6e4 178 $do_installprivlib = 0 if $versiononly && !($installprivlib =~ m/\Q$]/);
45d8adaa 179
a0d0e21e 180 if ($do_installarchlib || $do_installprivlib) {
181 find(\&installlib, '.');
45d8adaa 182 }
183 chdir ".." || die "Can't cd back to source directory: $!\n";
184}
185else {
186 warn "Can't cd to lib to install lib files: $!\n";
187}
188
1aef975c 189# Install header files and libraries.
fcbdbaa8 190mkpath("$installarchlib/CORE", 1, 0777);
17f28c40 191if ($Is_VMS) { # We did core file selection during build
192 my $coredir = "lib/$Config{'arch'}/$]";
193 $coredir =~ tr/./_/;
194 @corefiles = <$coredir/*.*>;
195}
196else {
197 @corefiles = <*.h libperl*.*>;
198 # AIX needs perl.exp installed as well.
199 push(@corefiles,'perl.exp') if $^O eq 'aix';
200 # If they have built sperl.o...
201 push(@corefiles,'sperl.o') if -f 'sperl.o';
202}
340f689c 203foreach $file (@corefiles) {
aa3cf465 204 # HP-UX (at least) needs to maintain execute permissions
efc5ad56 205 # on dynamically-loadable libraries. So we do it for all.
68dc0745 206 copy_if_diff($file,"$installarchlib/CORE/$file")
efc5ad56 207 and chmod($file =~ /\.(so|\Q$dlext\E)$/ ? 0555 : 0444,
aa3cf465 208 "$installarchlib/CORE/$file");
340f689c 209}
3edbfbe5 210
156620fa 211# Install main perl executables
212# Make links to ordinary names if installbin directory isn't current directory.
213
17f28c40 214if (! $versiononly && ! samepath($installbin, '.') && ($^O ne 'dos') && ! $Is_VMS) {
6ee623d5 215 safe_unlink("$installbin/$perl$exe_ext", "$installbin/suid$perl$exe_ext");
216 link("$installbin/$perl$ver$exe_ext", "$installbin/$perl$exe_ext");
217 link("$installbin/s$perl$ver$exe_ext", "$installbin/suid$perl$exe_ext")
156620fa 218 if $d_dosuid;
219}
220
a0d0e21e 221# Offer to install perl in a "standard" location
222
a0d0e21e 223$mainperl_is_instperl = 0;
224
4a71ed0c 225if (!$versiononly && !$nonono && !$Is_W32 && !$Is_VMS && -t STDIN && -t STDERR
68dc0745 226 && -w $mainperldir && ! samepath($mainperldir, $installbin)) {
6ee623d5 227 local($usrbinperl) = "$mainperldir/$perl$exe_ext";
228 local($instperl) = "$installbin/$perl$exe_ext";
229 local($expinstperl) = "$binexp/$perl$exe_ext";
55497cff 230
231 # First make sure $usrbinperl is not already the same as the perl we
232 # just installed.
233 if (-x $usrbinperl) {
a0d0e21e 234 # Try to be clever about mainperl being a symbolic link
235 # to binexp/perl if binexp and installbin are different.
236 $mainperl_is_instperl =
68dc0745 237 samepath($usrbinperl, $instperl) ||
238 samepath($usrbinperl, $expinstperl) ||
a0d0e21e 239 (($binexp ne $installbin) &&
55497cff 240 (-l $usrbinperl) &&
241 ((readlink $usrbinperl) eq $expinstperl));
a0d0e21e 242 }
243 if ((! $mainperl_is_instperl) &&
68dc0745 244 (yn("Many scripts expect perl to be installed as $usrbinperl.\n" .
55497cff 245 "Do you wish to have $usrbinperl be the same as\n" .
246 "$expinstperl? [y] ")))
a0d0e21e 247 {
55497cff 248 unlink($usrbinperl);
249 eval { CORE::link $instperl, $usrbinperl } ||
250 eval { symlink $expinstperl, $usrbinperl } ||
68dc0745 251 copy($instperl, $usrbinperl);
a0d0e21e 252 $mainperl_is_instperl = 1;
253 }
254}
255
b971f6e4 256# Make links to ordinary names if installbin directory isn't current directory.
257
68dc0745 258if (!$versiononly && ! samepath($installbin, 'x2p')) {
259 safe_unlink("$installbin/a2p$exe_ext");
260 copy("x2p/a2p$exe_ext", "$installbin/a2p$exe_ext");
261 chmod(0755, "$installbin/a2p$exe_ext");
b971f6e4 262}
263
264# cppstdin is just a script, but it is architecture-dependent, so
265# it can't safely be shared. Place it in $installbin.
266# Note that Configure doesn't build cppstin if it isn't needed, so
267# we skip this if cppstdin doesn't exist.
68dc0745 268if (! $versiononly && (-f 'cppstdin') && (! samepath($installbin, '.'))) {
269 safe_unlink("$installbin/cppstdin");
270 copy("cppstdin", "$installbin/cppstdin");
271 chmod(0755, "$installbin/cppstdin");
b971f6e4 272}
273
274# Install scripts.
275
276mkpath($installscript, 1, 0777);
277
278if (! $versiononly) {
279 for (@scripts) {
68dc0745 280 (my $base = $_) =~ s#.*/##;
281 copy($_, "$installscript/$base");
282 chmod(0755, "$installscript/$base");
b971f6e4 283 }
284}
285
286# pstruct should be a link to c2ph
287
288if (! $versiononly) {
4a71ed0c 289 safe_unlink("$installscript/pstruct$scr_ext");
17f28c40 290 if ($^O eq 'dos' or $Is_VMS) {
4a71ed0c 291 copy("$installscript/c2ph$scr_ext", "$installscript/pstruct$scr_ext");
39e571d4 292 } else {
4a71ed0c 293 link("$installscript/c2ph$scr_ext", "$installscript/pstruct$scr_ext");
39e571d4 294 }
b971f6e4 295}
296
297# Install pod pages. Where? I guess in $installprivlib/pod.
298
68dc0745 299if (! $versiononly || !($installprivlib =~ m/\Q$]/)) {
b971f6e4 300 mkpath("${installprivlib}/pod", 1, 0777);
91a06757 301
302 # If Perl 5.003's perldiag.pod is there, rename it.
303 if (open POD, "${installprivlib}/pod/perldiag.pod") {
304 read POD, $_, 4000;
305 close POD;
306 # Some of Perl 5.003's diagnostic messages ended with periods.
307 if (/^=.*\.$/m) {
308 my ($from, $to) = ("${installprivlib}/pod/perldiag.pod",
309 "${installprivlib}/pod/perldiag-5.003.pod");
310 print STDERR " rename $from $to";
311 rename($from, $to)
312 or warn "Couldn't rename $from to $to: $!\n"
313 unless $nonono;
314 }
315 }
316
b971f6e4 317 foreach $file (@pods) {
318 # $file is a name like pod/perl.pod
68dc0745 319 copy_if_diff($file, "${installprivlib}/${file}");
b971f6e4 320 }
91a06757 321
322 # Link perldiag.pod into archlib
323 my ($from, $to) = ("${installprivlib}/pod/perldiag.pod",
324 "${installarchlib}/pod/perldiag.pod");
354f3b56 325 $packlist->{$to} = { from => $from, type => 'link' };
91a06757 326 if (compare($from, $to) || $nonono) {
327 mkpath("${installarchlib}/pod", 1, 0777);
a3b6010a 328 unlink($to);
39e571d4 329 link($from, $to) if ($^O ne 'dos');
91a06757 330 }
b971f6e4 331}
332
a0d0e21e 333# Check to make sure there aren't other perls around in installer's
334# path. This is probably UNIX-specific. Check all absolute directories
335# in the path except for where public executables are supposed to live.
336# Also skip $mainperl if the user opted to have it be a link to the
337# installed perl.
338
b971f6e4 339if (!$versiononly) {
340
4a71ed0c 341 $dirsep = ($Is_OS2 || $Is_W32) ? ';' : ':' ;
b971f6e4 342 ($path = $ENV{"PATH"}) =~ s:\\:/:g ;
343 @path = split(/$dirsep/, $path);
17f28c40 344 if ($Is_VMS) {
345 my $i = 0;
346 while (exists $ENV{'DCL$PATH' . $i}) {
347 $dir = unixpath($ENV{'DCL$PATH' . $i}); $dir =~ s-/$--;
348 push(@path,$dir);
349 }
350 }
b971f6e4 351 @otherperls = ();
352 for (@path) {
353 next unless m,^/,;
354 # Use &samepath here because some systems have other dirs linked
355 # to $mainperldir (like SunOS)
68dc0745 356 next if samepath($_, $binexp);
357 next if ($mainperl_is_instperl && samepath($_, $mainperldir));
6ee623d5 358 push(@otherperls, "$_/$perl$exe_ext")
359 if (-x "$_/$perl$exe_ext" && ! -d "$_/$perl$exe_ext");
b971f6e4 360 }
361 if (@otherperls) {
6ee623d5 362 print STDERR "\nWarning: $perl appears in your path in the following " .
b971f6e4 363 "locations beyond where\nwe just installed it:\n";
364 for (@otherperls) {
365 print STDERR " ", $_, "\n";
366 }
367 print STDERR "\n";
a0d0e21e 368 }
b971f6e4 369
a0d0e21e 370}
371
354f3b56 372$packlist->write() unless $nono;
c623bd54 373print STDERR " Installation complete\n";
374
375exit 0;
376
377###############################################################################
378
a0d0e21e 379sub yn {
380 local($prompt) = @_;
381 local($answer);
382 local($default) = $prompt =~ m/\[([yn])\]\s*$/i;
383 print STDERR $prompt;
384 chop($answer = <STDIN>);
385 $answer = $default if $answer =~ m/^\s*$/;
386 ($answer =~ m/^[yY]/);
387}
388
c623bd54 389sub unlink {
390 local(@names) = @_;
39add537 391 my($cnt) = 0;
c623bd54 392
17f28c40 393 return scalar(@names) if $Is_VMS;
394
c623bd54 395 foreach $name (@names) {
396 next unless -e $name;
4a71ed0c 397 chmod 0777, $name if ($Is_OS2 || $Is_W32);
c623bd54 398 print STDERR " unlink $name\n";
39add537 399 ( CORE::unlink($name) and ++$cnt
400 or warn "Couldn't unlink $name: $!\n" ) unless $nonono;
c623bd54 401 }
39add537 402 return $cnt;
c623bd54 403}
404
e50aee73 405sub safe_unlink {
17f28c40 406 return if $nonono or $Is_VMS;
68dc0745 407 local @names = @_;
e50aee73 408 foreach $name (@names) {
409 next unless -e $name;
4a71ed0c 410 chmod 0777, $name if ($Is_OS2 || $Is_W32);
39add537 411 print STDERR " unlink $name\n";
412 next if CORE::unlink($name);
e50aee73 413 warn "Couldn't unlink $name: $!\n";
414 if ($! =~ /busy/i) {
415 print STDERR " mv $name $name.old\n";
68dc0745 416 safe_rename($name, "$name.old")
417 or warn "Couldn't rename $name: $!\n";
e50aee73 418 }
419 }
420}
421
68dc0745 422sub safe_rename {
e50aee73 423 local($from,$to) = @_;
39add537 424 if (-f $to and not unlink($to)) {
e50aee73 425 my($i);
426 for ($i = 1; $i < 50; $i++) {
91a06757 427 last if rename($to, "$to.$i");
e50aee73 428 }
39add537 429 warn("Cannot rename to `$to.$i': $!"), return 0
430 if $i >= 50; # Give up!
e50aee73 431 }
432 link($from,$to) || return 0;
433 unlink($from);
434}
435
c623bd54 436sub link {
15792f64 437 my($from,$to) = @_;
438 my($success) = 0;
c623bd54 439
440 print STDERR " ln $from $to\n";
39add537 441 eval {
68dc0745 442 CORE::link($from, $to)
443 ? $success++
7bac28a0 444 : ($from =~ m#^/afs/# || $to =~ m#^/afs/#)
445 ? die "AFS" # okay inside eval {}
446 : warn "Couldn't link $from to $to: $!\n"
68dc0745 447 unless $nonono;
354f3b56 448 $packlist->{$to} = { from => $from, type => 'link' };
39add537 449 };
450 if ($@) {
17f28c40 451 print STDERR " creating new version of $to\n" if $Is_VMS and -e $to;
68dc0745 452 File::Copy::copy($from, $to)
453 ? $success++
454 : warn "Couldn't copy $from to $to: $!\n"
455 unless $nonono;
354f3b56 456 $packlist->{$to} = { type => 'file' };
39add537 457 }
15792f64 458 $success;
c623bd54 459}
460
461sub chmod {
462 local($mode,$name) = @_;
463
39e571d4 464 return if ($^O eq 'dos');
c623bd54 465 printf STDERR " chmod %o %s\n", $mode, $name;
68dc0745 466 CORE::chmod($mode,$name)
467 || warn sprintf("Couldn't chmod %o %s: $!\n", $mode, $name)
468 unless $nonono;
469}
470
471sub copy {
472 my($from,$to) = @_;
473
474 print STDERR " cp $from $to\n";
17f28c40 475 print STDERR " creating new version of $to\n" if $Is_VMS and -e $to;
68dc0745 476 File::Copy::copy($from, $to)
477 || warn "Couldn't copy $from to $to: $!\n"
478 unless $nonono;
354f3b56 479 $packlist->{$to} = { type => 'file' };
c623bd54 480}
481
a0d0e21e 482sub samepath {
483 local($p1, $p2) = @_;
eef1cf2a 484
4a71ed0c 485 return (lc($p1) eq lc($p2)) if $Is_W32;
a0d0e21e 486
75f92628 487 if ($p1 ne $p2) {
eef1cf2a 488 local($dev1, $ino1, $dev2, $ino2);
a0d0e21e 489 ($dev1, $ino1) = stat($p1);
490 ($dev2, $ino2) = stat($p2);
491 ($dev1 == $dev2 && $ino1 == $ino2);
492 }
493 else {
494 1;
495 }
496}
497
498sub installlib {
499 my $dir = $File::Find::dir;
500 $dir =~ s#^\.(?![^/])/?##;
0ecb046b 501 local($depth) = $dir ? "lib/$dir" : "lib";
a0d0e21e 502
503 my $name = $_;
efc5ad56 504
505 if ($name eq 'CVS' && -d $name) {
506 $File::Find::prune = 1;
507 return;
508 }
e50aee73 509
510 # ignore patch backups and the .exists files.
511 return if $name =~ m{\.orig$|~$|^\.exists};
512
a0d0e21e 513 $name = "$dir/$name" if $dir ne '';
514
515 my $installlib = $installprivlib;
1dd15ed4 516 if ($dir =~ /^auto/ ||
eef1cf2a 517 ($name =~ /^(.*)\.(?:pm|pod)$/ && $archpms{$1}) ||
4a71ed0c 518 ($name =~ /^(.*)\.(?:h|lib)$/i && $Is_W32)
eef1cf2a 519 ) {
a0d0e21e 520 $installlib = $installarchlib;
521 return unless $do_installarchlib;
522 } else {
523 return unless $do_installprivlib;
524 }
525
a0d0e21e 526 if (-f $_) {
5cc330c8 527 if (/\.(?:al|ix)$/ && !($dir =~ m[^auto/(.*)$] && $archpms{$1})) {
3edbfbe5 528 $installlib = $installprivlib;
529 #We're installing *.al and *.ix files into $installprivlib,
530 #but we have to delete old *.al and *.ix files from the 5.000
531 #distribution:
75f92628 532 #This might not work because $archname might have changed.
68dc0745 533 unlink("$installarchlib/$name");
3edbfbe5 534 }
354f3b56 535 $packlist->{"$installlib/$name"} = { type => 'file' };
5f05dabc 536 if (compare($_, "$installlib/$name") || $nonono) {
68dc0745 537 unlink("$installlib/$name");
fcbdbaa8 538 mkpath("$installlib/$dir", 1, 0777);
75f92628 539 # HP-UX (at least) needs to maintain execute permissions
540 # on dynamically-loaded libraries.
68dc0745 541 copy_if_diff($_, "$installlib/$name")
542 and chmod($name =~ /\.(so|$dlext)$/o ? 0555 : 0444,
aa3cf465 543 "$installlib/$name");
a0d0e21e 544 }
545 } elsif (-d $_) {
fcbdbaa8 546 mkpath("$installlib/$name", 1, 0777);
a0d0e21e 547 }
548}
3edbfbe5 549
16d20bd9 550# Copy $from to $to, only if $from is different than $to.
551# Also preserve modification times for .a libraries.
552# On some systems, if you do
553# ranlib libperl.a
554# cp libperl.a /usr/local/lib/perl5/archlib/CORE/libperl.a
555# and then try to link against the installed libperl.a, you might
556# get an error message to the effect that the symbol table is older
557# than the library.
aa3cf465 558# Return true if copying occurred.
68dc0745 559
560sub copy_if_diff {
3edbfbe5 561 my($from,$to)=@_;
562 -f $from || die "$0: $from not found";
354f3b56 563 $packlist->{$to} = { type => 'file' };
5f05dabc 564 if (compare($from, $to) || $nonono) {
68dc0745 565 safe_unlink($to); # In case we don't have write permissions.
0ecb046b 566 if ($nonono) {
567 $from = $depth . "/" . $from if $depth;
568 }
68dc0745 569 copy($from, $to);
570 # Restore timestamps if it's a .a library or for OS/2.
4a71ed0c 571 if (!$nonono && ($Is_OS2 || $to =~ /\.a$/)) {
68dc0745 572 my ($atime, $mtime) = (stat $from)[8,9];
16d20bd9 573 utime $atime, $mtime, $to;
574 }
aa3cf465 575 1;
3edbfbe5 576 }
577}