X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hints%2Fmachten.sh;h=f283873699d2ac562c3edeab4cf0513afad357fb;hb=a3ba788f0191e8b9b81ce65b28b93f4b5b27686e;hp=d937128b0f17837e5b31cc38832b1d582e4637cc;hpb=c07a80fdfe3926b5eb0585b674aa5d1f57b32ade;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/hints/machten.sh b/hints/machten.sh index d937128..f283873 100644 --- a/hints/machten.sh +++ b/hints/machten.sh @@ -1,50 +1,224 @@ # machten.sh -# This file has been put together by Mark Pease +# This is for MachTen 4.0.3. It might work on other versions and variants too. +# +# 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 +# folks, especially +# Mark Pease +# Martijn Koster +# Richard Yeh +# +# 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 +# # Comments, questions, and improvements welcome! # -# MachTen does not support dynamic loading. If you wish to, you -# can get -# compile and install. This is the version of DLD that works with the -# ext/DynaLoader/dl_dld.xs in the perl5 package. Have fun! +# 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=${usemymalloc:-y} + +# Do not wrap the following long line +malloc_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DPLAIN_MALLOC -DNO_FANCY_MALLOC -DUSE_PERL_SBRK"' + +# Note that an empty malloc_cflags appears in config.sh if perl's +# malloc() is not used. his is harmless. +case "$usemymalloc" in +n) unset malloc_cflags;; +*) ccflags="$ccflags -DHIDEMYMALLOC" +esac + +# 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 les voluminous +nmopts=-gp + +# Set reg_infty -- the maximum allowable number of repeats in regular +# expressions such as /a{1,$max_repeats}/, and the maximum number of +# times /a*/ will match. Setting this too high without having a stack +# large enough to accommodate deep recursion in the regular expression +# engine allows perl to crash your Mac due to stack overrun if it +# encounters a pathological regular expression. The default is a +# compromise between capability and required stack size (see below). +# You may override the default value from the Configure command-line +# like this: +# +# Configure -Dreg_infty=16368 ... + +reg_infty=${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: # -# Original version was for MachTen 2.1.1. -# Last modified by Andy Dougherty -# Wed Mar 8 15:58:05 EST 1995 +# 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=$reg_infty" -# I don't know why this is needed. It might be similar to NeXT's -# problem. See hints/next_3_2.sh. -usemymalloc='n' +# Install in /usr/local by default +prefix='/usr/local' -so='none' -# These are useful only if you have DLD, but harmless otherwise. -lddlflags='-r' -dlext='o' +# At least on PowerMac, doubles must be aligned on 8 byte boundaries. +# I don't know if this is true for all MachTen systems, or how to +# determine this automatically. +alignbytes=8 -# MachTen does not support POSIX enough to compile the POSIX module. -useposix=false +# 4.0.2 and earlier had a problem with perl's use of sigsetjmp and +# friends. Use setjmp and friends instead. +expr "$osvers" \< "4.0.3" > /dev/null && d_sigsetjmp='undef' -#MachTen might have an incomplete Berkeley DB implementation. -i_db=$undef +# System V IPC support in MachTen 4.1 is incomplete (missing msg function +# prototypes, no ftok()), buggy (semctl(.., .., IPC_STATUS, ..) hangs +# system), and undocumented. Claim it's not there until things improve. +d_msg=${d_msg:-undef} +d_sem=${d_sem:-undef} +d_shm=${d_shm:-undef} -#MachTen versions 2.X have no hard links. This variable is used -# by File::Find. -# This will generate a harmless message: +# Get rid of some extra libs which it takes Configure a tediously +# long time never to find on MachTen +set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ net / /' -e 's/ socket / /' \ + -e 's/ inet / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ nm / /' -e 's/ malloc / /' \ + -e 's/ ld / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ posix / /' \ + -e 's/ cposix / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' \ + -e 's/ ucb / /' -e 's/ bsd / /' -e 's/ BSD / /' -e 's/ PW / /'` +shift +libswanted="$*" + +# 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 +# subdirectories to be searched. This will generate 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 -case "$osver" in -2*) dont_use_nlink=define ;; -*) ;; -esac +dont_use_nlink=define + +cat <&4 + +During Configure, you may see the message -case "$osvers" in -2*) - cat <<'EOM' >&4 +*** 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. + +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. + +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 +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 $reg_infty. If you want alternative +values, see the file hints/machten.sh for advice on how to change them. Tests io/fs test 4 and op/stat test 3 -may fail since MachTen versions 2.X have no hard links. +may fail since MachTen may not return a useful nlinks field to stat +on directories. EOM - ;; -esac +expr "$osvers" \< "4.1" >/dev/null && test -r ./broken-db.msg && \ + . ./broken-db.msg + +unset stack_size X