avoid autoflushing behavior of fork/system/exec on Solaris (thanks

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / hints / solaris_2.sh

diff --git a/hints/solaris_2.sh b/hints/solaris_2.sh
index 5a8cbfa..65f8158 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/solaris_2.sh
+++ b/hints/solaris_2.sh
@@ -479,6 +479,29 @@ case "$uselongdouble" in
        ;;
 esac
 
+case "$fflushNULL" in
+"$define"|true|[yY]*)
+       # allow them to force it the other way
+       ;;
+*)
+       # All versions of Solaris appear to have a stdio bug that improperly
+       # flushes the input end of pipes.  So we avoid the autoflush on
+       # fork/system/exec support for now. :-(  See the test case in:
+       #   http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2000-03/msg00373.html
+       # XXX this needs a Configure test so that more such platforms can be
+       # caught automatically.
+       fflushNULL=undef
+       fflushall=undef
+       cat >&4 <<EOM
+
+*** Solaris has a bug that affects input pipes, and so I have disabled
+*** support for automatic flushing on fork/system/exec.  If you want
+*** automatic flushing anyway, rerun Configure again with -DfflushNULL.
+
+EOM
+       ;;
+esac
+
 rm -f try.c try.o try
 # keep that leading tab
        ccisworkshop=''