add README.Y2K (from Dominic Dunlop <domo@vo.lu>)

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / configure.com

diff --git a/configure.com b/configure.com
index a9ed05b..96e8633 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.com
+++ b/configure.com
@@ -1762,6 +1762,27 @@ $   ELSE
 $     use_64bit="N"
 $   ENDIF
 $ ENDIF
+$!
+$! Ask if they want to build with 64-bit support
+$ if (Archname.eqs."VMS_AXP").and.("''f$extract(1,3, f$getsyi(""version""))'".ges."7.1")
+$ THEN
+$   echo "This version of perl has experimental support for building wtih
+$   echo "64 bit integers and 128 bit floating point variables. This gives
+$   echo "a much larger range for perl's mathematical operations. (Note that
+$   echo "does *not* enable 64-bit fileops at the moment, as Dec C doesn't
+$   echo "do that yet)"
+$   echo ""
+$   dflt = use_64bit
+$   rp = "Build with 64 bits? [''dflt'] "
+$   GOSUB myread
+$     if ans.eqs."" then ans = dflt
+$   if (f$extract(0, 1, "''ans'").eqs."Y").or.(f$extract(0, 1, "''ans'").eqs."y")
+$   THEN
+$     use_64bit="Y"
+$   ELSE
+$     use_64bit="N"
+$   ENDIF
+$ ENDIF
 $! Ask about threads, if appropriate
 $ if (Using_Dec_C.eqs."Yes")
 $ THEN