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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / hints / irix_6.sh

diff --git a/hints/irix_6.sh b/hints/irix_6.sh
index e0f77ac..b09e34d 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/irix_6.sh
+++ b/hints/irix_6.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # original from Krishna Sethuraman, krishna@sgi.com
 #
 # Modified Mon Jul 22 14:52:25 EDT 1996
-#      Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
+#      Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
 #      with help from Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com>.
 #   cc -n32 update info from Krishna Sethuraman, krishna@sgi.com.
 #       additional update from Scott Henry, scotth@sgi.com
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 # 64-bitty by Jarkko Hietaniemi on 9/1998
 
+# Martin Pool added -shared for gcc on 2004-01-27
+
 # Use   sh Configure -Dcc='cc -n32' to try compiling with -n32.
 #     or -Dcc='cc -n32 -mips3' (or -mips4) to force (non)portability
 # Don't bother with -n32 unless you have the 7.1 or later compilers.
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@
 # The compiler bug has been reported to SGI.
 # -- Allen Smith <allens@cpan.org>
 
+# Modified (10/30/04) to turn off usemallocwrap (PERL_MALLOC_WRAP) in -n32
+# mode - Allen.
+
 case "$use64bitall" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)
     case "`uname -s`" in
@@ -138,7 +143,15 @@ esac'
        test -z "$lddlflags" && lddlflags="-n32 -shared"
        test -z "$libc" && libc='/usr/lib32/libc.so'
        test -z "$plibpth" && plibpth='/usr/lib32 /lib32 /usr/ccs/lib'
-       ;;
+
+       # PERL_MALLOC_WRAP gives false alarms ("panic: memory wrap") in IRIX
+       # -n32 mode, resulting in perl compiles never getting further than
+       # miniperl. I am not sure whether it actually does any good in -32 or
+       # -64 mode, especially the latter, but it does not give false
+       # alarms (in testing). -Allen
+
+       usemallocwrap=${usemallocwrap:-false}
+       ;;
 *"cc -64"*)
     case "`uname -s`" in
     IRIX)
@@ -173,6 +186,9 @@ esac'
        ccflags="$ccflags -D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME"
        test -z "$optimize" && optimize="-O3"
        usenm='undef'
+       # It seems gcc can build Irix shlibs, but of course it needs
+       # -shared.  Otherwise you get link errors looking for main().
+       lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared"
        case "`uname -s`" in
        # Without the -mabi=64 gcc in 64-bit IRIX has problems passing
        # and returning small structures.  This affects inet_*() and semctl().
@@ -183,6 +199,8 @@ esac'
                lddlflags="$lddlflags -mabi=64"
                ;;
        *)      ccflags="$ccflags -DIRIX32_SEMUN_BROKEN_BY_GCC"
+                # XXX Note: It is possible that turning off usemallocwrap is
+                # needed here; insufficient data! - Allen
                ;;
        esac
        ;;