osf1|mls+) case "$5" in
alpha)
osname=dec_osf
- osvers=`echo "$3" | sed 's/^[vt]//'`
+ osvers=`echo "$3" | sed 's/^[xvt]//'`
;;
hp*) osname=hp_osf1 ;;
mips) osname=mips_osf1 ;;
cat <<EOM
-Previous version of $package used the standard IO mechanisms as defined in
-<stdio.h>. Versions 5.003_02 and later of perl allow alternate IO
+Previous version of $package used the standard IO mechanisms as defined
+in <stdio.h>. Versions 5.003_02 and later of perl allow alternate IO
mechanisms via a "PerlIO" abstraction, but the stdio mechanism is still
-the default and is the only supported mechanism. This abstraction
-layer can use AT&T's sfio (if you already have sfio installed) or
-fall back on standard IO. This PerlIO abstraction layer is
-experimental and may cause problems with some extension modules.
+the default. This abstraction layer can use AT&T's sfio (if you already
+have sfio installed) or regular stdio. Using PerlIO with sfio may cause
+problems with some extension modules. Using PerlIO with stdio is safe,
+but it is slower than plain stdio and therefore is not the default.
If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default 'n'.
EOM
gethbadd_addr_type="$ans"
# Remove the "const" if needed.
- gethbadd_addr_type=`echo $gethbadd_addr_type | sed 's/^const //'`
+ gethbadd_addr_type=`echo "$gethbadd_addr_type" | sed 's/^const //'`
rp='What is the type for the 2nd argument to gethostbyaddr ?'
dflt="Size_t"