X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hints%2Fmachten.sh;h=cdca69aa107a1daa6e4ead509cd68685a83494e2;hb=9f10b7978c0f0158c4689058d5599a8d2c5e52da;hp=c86707c1827f9cac6e8f3aab20733b701115da90;hpb=baf67fda52a40289c9f17a029b77d57ec7ee99fb;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/hints/machten.sh b/hints/machten.sh index c86707c..cdca69a 100644 --- a/hints/machten.sh +++ b/hints/machten.sh @@ -1,41 +1,244 @@ +#! /bin/bash # machten.sh -# This is for MachTen 4.0.2. It might work on other versions too. +# This is for MachTen 4.1.4. It might work on other versions and variants +# too. MachTen is now obsolete, lacks many features expected in modern UNIX +# implementations, and suffers from a number of bugs which are likely never +# to be fixed. This means that, in the absence of extensive work on +# this file and on the perl source code, versions of perl later than 5.6.x +# cannot successfully be built on MachTen. This file enforces this +# restriction. Should you wish to port a later version of perl to MachTen, +# feel free to contact me for pointers. +# -- Dominic Dunlop 040213 # -# MachTen users might need a fixed tr from ftp.tenon.com. This should -# be described in the MachTen release notes. +# Users of earlier MachTen versions might need a fixed tr from ftp.tenon.com. +# This should be described in the MachTen release notes. # # MachTen 2.x has its own hint file. # -# This file has been put together by Andy Dougherty -# based on comments from lots of +# The original version of this file was put together by Andy Dougherty +# based on comments from lots of # folks, especially # Mark Pease # Martijn Koster # Richard Yeh # -# File::Find's use of link count disabled by Dominic Dunlop 950528 -# Perl's use of sigsetjmp etc. disabled by Dominic Dunlop 950521 -# -# Comments, questions, and improvements welcome! +# Prevent building of perls later than 5.6.x, stating why -- see above. +# -- Dominic Dunlop 040213 +# Deny system's false claims to support mmap() and munmap(); note +# also that Sys V IPC (re)disabled by jhi due to continuing inadequacy +# -- Dominic Dunlop 001111 +# Remove dynamic loading libraries from search; enable SysV IPC with +# MachTen 4.1.4 and above; define SYSTEM_ALIGN_BYTES for old MT versions +# -- Dominic Dunlop 000224 +# Disable shadow password file access: MT 4.1.1 has necessary library +# functions, but not header file (or documentation) +# -- Dominic Dunlop 990804 +# For now, explicitly disable dynamic loading -- MT 4.1.1 has it, +# but these hints do not yet support it. +# Define NOTEDEF_MACHTEN to undo gratuitous Tenon hack to signal.h. +# -- Dominic Dunlop 9800802 +# Completely disable SysV IPC pending more complete support from Tenon +# -- Dominic Dunlop 980712 +# Use vfork and perl's malloc by default +# -- Dominic Dunlop 980630 +# Raise perl's stack size again; cut down reg_infty; document +# -- Dominic Dunlop 980619 +# Use of semctl() can crash system: disable -- Dominic Dunlop 980506 +# Raise stack size further; slight tweaks to accomodate MT 4.1 +# -- Dominic Dunlop 980211 +# Raise perl's stack size -- Dominic Dunlop 970922 +# Reinstate sigsetjmp iff version is 4.0.3 or greater; use nm +# (assumes Configure change); prune libswanted -- Dominic Dunlop 970113 +# Warn about test failure due to old Berkeley db -- Dominic Dunlop 970105 +# Do not use perl's malloc; SysV IPC OK -- Neil Cutcliffe, Tenon 961030 +# File::Find's use of link count disabled by Dominic Dunlop 960528 +# Perl's use of sigsetjmp etc. disabled by Dominic Dunlop 960521 + +# Assume that PERL_REVISON in patchlevel.h is 5. +# If you want to try building perl-5.8.x or later, set PERL_VERSION_SAFE_MAX +# appropriately in your environment before running Configure. +if [ `awk '$1=="#define" && $2=="PERL_VERSION"{print $3}' patchlevel.h` \ + -gt ${PERL_VERSION_SAFE_MAX:-6} ] +then + cat <&4 + +Perl versions greater than 5.6.x have not been ported to MachTen. If you +wish to build a version from the 5.6 track, please see the notes in +README.machten +EOF + exit 1 +fi # -# MachTen 4.X does support dynamic loading, but perl doesn't +# MachTen 4.1.1's support for shadow password file access is incomplete: +# disable its use completely. +d_getspnam=${d_getspnam:-undef} + +# MachTen 4.1.1 does support dynamic loading, but perl doesn't # know how to use it yet. +usedl=${usedl:-undef} + +# MachTen 4.1.1 may have an unhelpful hack in /usr/include/signal.h. +# Undo it if so. +if grep NOTDEF_MACHTEN /usr/include/signal.h > /dev/null +then + ccflags="$ccflags -DNOTDEF_MACHTEN" +fi + +# Power MachTen is a real memory system and its standard malloc +# has been optimized for this. Using this malloc instead of Perl's +# malloc may result in significant memory savings. In particular, +# unlike most UNIX memory allocation subsystems, MachTen's free() +# really does return unneeded process data memory to the system. +# However, MachTen's malloc() is woefully slow -- maybe 100 times +# slower than perl's own, so perl's own is usually the better +# choice. In order to use perl's malloc(), the sbrk() system call +# must be simulated using MachTen's malloc(). See malloc.c for +# precise details of how this is achieved. Recent improvements +# to perl's malloc() currently crash MachTen, and so are disabled +# by -DPLAIN_MALLOC and -DNO_FANCY_MALLOC. +usemymalloc=${usemymalloc:-y} + +# Older versions of MachTen malloc() data on a two-byte boundary, which +# works, but slows down operations on long, float and double data. +# Perl's malloc() can compensate if SYSTEM_ALLOC_ALIGNMENT is suitably +# defined. +if expr "$osvers" \< "4.1" >/dev/null +then +system_alloc_alignment=" -DSYSTEM_ALLOC_ALIGNMENT=2" +fi +# Do not wrap the following long line +malloc_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DPLAIN_MALLOC -DNO_FANCY_MALLOC -DUSE_PERL_SBRK$system_alloc_alignment"' + +# When MachTen does a fork(), it immediately copies the whole of +# the parent process' data space for the child. This can be +# expensive. Using vfork() where appropriate avoids this cost. +d_vfork=${d_vfork:-define} + +# Specify a high level of optimization (-O3 wouldn't do much more) +optimize=${optimize:--O2 -fomit-frame-pointer} + +# Make symbol table listings less voluminous +nmopts=-gp + +# Set reg_infty -- the maximum allowable number of repeats in regular +# expressions such as /a{1,$max_repeats}/, and the maximum number of +# times /a*/ will match. Setting this too high without having a stack +# large enough to accommodate deep recursion in the regular expression +# engine allows perl to crash your Mac due to stack overrun if it +# encounters a pathological regular expression. The default is a +# compromise between capability and required stack size (see below). +# You may override the default value from the Configure command-line +# like this: # -# Updated by Dominic Dunlop -# Tue May 28 11:20:08 WET DST 1996 +# Configure -Dreg_infty=16368 ... -# Configure doesn't know how to parse the nm output. -usenm=undef +reg_infty=${reg_infty:-2047} + +# If you want to have many perl processes active simultaneously -- +# processing CGI forms -- for example, you should opt for a small stack. +# For safety, you should set reg_infty no larger than the corresponding +# value given in this table: +# +# Stack size reg_infty value supported +# ---------- ------------------------- +# 128k 2**8-1 (256) +# 256k 2**9-1 (511) +# 512k 2**10-1 (1023) +# 1M 2**11-1 (2047) +# ... +# 16M 2**15-1 (32767) (perl's default value) + +# This script selects a safe stack size based on the value of reg_infty +# specified above. However, you may choose to take a risk and set +# stack size lower: pathological regular expressions are rare in real-world +# programs. But be aware that, if perl does encounter one, it WILL +# crash your system. Do not set stack size lower than 96k unless +# you want perl's installation tests ( make test ) to crash your system. +# +# You may override the default value from the Configure command-line +# by specifying the required size in kilobytes like this: +# +# Configure -Dstack_size=96 + +if [ "X$stack_size" = 'X' ] +then + stack_size=128 + X=`expr $reg_infty / 256` + + while [ $X -gt 0 ] + do + X=`expr $X / 2` + stack_size=`expr $stack_size \* 2` + done + X=`expr $stack_size \* 1024` +fi + +ldflags="$ldflags -Xlstack=$X" +ccflags="$ccflags -DREG_INFTY=$reg_infty" + +# Install in /usr/local by default +prefix='/usr/local' # At least on PowerMac, doubles must be aligned on 8 byte boundaries. # I don't know if this is true for all MachTen systems, or how to # determine this automatically. alignbytes=8 -# There appears to be a problem with perl's use of sigsetjmp and +# 4.0.2 and earlier had a problem with perl's use of sigsetjmp and # friends. Use setjmp and friends instead. -d_sigsetjmp='undef' +expr "$osvers" \< "4.0.3" > /dev/null && d_sigsetjmp='undef' + +# System V IPC before MachTen 4.1.4 is incomplete (missing msg function +# prototypes, no ftok()), buggy (semctl(.., .., IPC_STATUS, ..) hangs +# system), and undocumented. Claim it's not there at all before 4.1.4. +if expr "$osvers" \< "4.1.4" >/dev/null +then +d_msg=${d_msg:-undef} +d_sem=${d_sem:-undef} +d_shm=${d_shm:-undef} +fi + +# As of MachTen 4.1.4 the msg* and shm* are in libc but unimplemented +# (an attempt to use them causes a runtime error) +# XXX Configure probe for really functional msg*() is needed XXX +# XXX Configure probe for really functional shm*() is needed XXX +if test "$d_msg" = ""; then + d_msgget=${d_msgget:-undef} + d_msgctl=${d_msgctl:-undef} + d_msgsnd=${d_msgsnd:-undef} + d_msgrcv=${d_msgrcv:-undef} + case "$d_msgget$d_msgsnd$d_msgctl$d_msgrcv" in + *"undef"*) d_msg="$undef" ;; + esac +fi +if test "$d_shm" = ""; then + d_shmat=${d_shmat:-undef} + d_shmdt=${d_shmdt:-undef} + d_shmget=${d_shmget:-undef} + d_shmctl=${d_shmctl:-undef} + case "$d_shmat$d_shmctl$d_shmdt$d_shmget" in + *"undef"*) d_shm="$undef" ;; + esac +fi + +# MachTen has stubs for mmap and munmap(), but they just result in the +# caller being killed on the grounds of "Bad system call" +d_mmap=${d_mmap:-undef} +d_munmap=${d_munmap:-undef} + +# Get rid of some extra libs which it takes Configure a tediously +# long time never to find on MachTen, or which break perl +set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ net / /' -e 's/ socket / /' \ + -e 's/ inet / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ nm / /' -e 's/ malloc / /' \ + -e 's/ ld / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ posix / /' \ + -e 's/ cposix / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ dl / /' -e 's/ dld / /' \ + -e 's/ ucb / /' -e 's/ bsd / /' -e 's/ BSD / /' -e 's/ PW / /'` +shift +libswanted="$*" + +# While link counts on MachTen 4.1's fast file systems work correctly, +# on Macintosh Heirarchical File Systems, (and on HFS+) # MachTen always reports ony two links to directories, even if they # contain subdirectories. Consequently, we use this variable to stop # File::Find using the link count to determine whether there are @@ -44,19 +247,55 @@ d_sigsetjmp='undef' # Propagating recommended variable dont_use_nlink dont_use_nlink=define -cat <<'EOM' >&4 +cat <&4 -Tests - io/fs test 4 and - op/stat test 3 -may fail since MachTen does not return a useful nlinks field to stat -on directories. +During Configure, you may see the message + +*** WHOA THERE!!! *** + The recommended value for \$d_msg on this machine was "undef"! + Keep the recommended value? [y] + +as well as similar messages concerning \$d_sem and \$d_shm. Select the +default answers: MachTen 4.1 appears to provide System V IPC support, +but it is incomplete and buggy: perl should be built without it. +Similar considerations apply to memory mapping of files, controlled +by \$d_mmap and \$d_munmap. + +Similarly, when you see + +*** WHOA THERE!!! *** + The recommended value for \$d_vfork on this machine was "define"! + Keep the recommended value? [y] + +select the default answer: vfork() works, and avoids expensive data +copying. + +You may also see "WHOA THERE!!!" messages concerning \$d_getspnam. +Select the default answer: MachTen's support for shadow password +file access is incomplete, and should not be used. At the end of Configure, you will see a harmless message Hmm...You had some extra variables I don't know about...I'll try to keep 'em. Propagating recommended variable dont_use_nlink + Propagating recommended variable nmopts + Propagating recommended variable malloc_cflags... + Propagating recommended variable reg_infty + Propagating recommended variable system_alloc_alignment +Read the File::Find documentation for more information about dont_use_nlink + +Your perl will be built with a stack size of ${stack_size}k and a regular +expression repeat count limit of $reg_infty. If you want alternative +values, see the file hints/machten.sh for advice on how to change them. -Read the File::Find documentation for more information. +Tests + io/fs test 4 and + op/stat test 3 +may fail since MachTen may not return a useful nlinks field to stat +on directories. EOM +expr "$osvers" \< "4.1" >/dev/null && test -r ./broken-db.msg && \ + . ./broken-db.msg + +unset stack_size X