# $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
#
-# Generated on Wed Feb 16 22:28:06 EET 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Thu Feb 17 01:07:48 EET 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
# (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.com)
cat >/tmp/c1$$ <<EOF
*) eval "$var=$val";;
esac'
+case "$usethreads" in
+$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
+*) dflt='n';;
+esac
cat <<EOM
Perl can be built to take advantage of threads on some systems.
-To do so, Configure must be run with -Dusethreads.
+To do so, Configure can be run with -Dusethreads.
Note that threading is a highly experimental feature, and
some known race conditions still remain. If you choose to try
it, be very sure to not actually deploy it for production
purposes. README.threads has more details, and is required
reading if you enable threads.
+
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
EOM
-case "$usethreads" in
-$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
-*) dflt='n';;
-esac
rp='Build a threading Perl?'
. ./myread
case "$ans" in
EOM
val="$define"
;;
-*)
- echo 'Normally you do not need this and you should answer no.'
- case "$usemultiplicity" in
+*) case "$usemultiplicity" in
$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
*) dflt='n';;
esac
+ echo "If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'."
rp='Build Perl for multiplicity?'
. ./myread
case "$ans" in
'') firstmakefile='makefile';;
esac
+case "$usesocks" in
+$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
+*) dflt='n';;
+esac
cat <<EOM
Perl can be built to use the SOCKS proxy protocol library. To do so,
Configure must be run with -Dusesocks.
-Normally you do not need this and you should answer no.
-
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
EOM
-case "$usesocks" in
-$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
-*) dflt='n';;
-esac
rp='Build Perl for SOCKS?'
. ./myread
case "$ans" in
You can have files larger than 2 gigabytes.
EOM
val="$define" ;;
-*) cat <<EOM
+*) case "$uselargefiles" in
+ "$undef"|false|[nN]*) dflt='n' ;;
+ *) dflt='y' ;;
+ esac
+ cat <<EOM
Perl can be built to understand large files (files larger than 2 gigabytes)
-on some systems. To do so, Configure must be run with -Duselargefiles.
+on some systems. To do so, Configure can be run with -Duselargefiles.
-If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default 'y'.
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
EOM
- case "$uselargefiles" in
- "$undef"|false|[nN]*) dflt='n' ;;
- *) dflt='y' ;;
- esac
rp='Try to understand large files, if available?'
. ./myread
case "$ans" in
cat <<EOM
Perl can be built to take advantage of 64-bit integer types
-on some systems. To do so, Configure must be run with -Duse64bits.
+on some systems. To do so, Configure can be run with -Duse64bits.
If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
EOM
set sqrtl d_sqrtl
eval $inlibc
-cat <<EOM
-
-Perl can be built to take advantage of long doubles which
-(if available) may give more accuracy and range for floating point numbers.
-
-If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default 'n'.
-EOM
-
case "$ccflags" in
*-DUSE_LONG_DOUBLE*|*-DUSE_MORE_BITS*) uselongdouble="$define" ;;
esac
$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
*) dflt='n';;
esac
+cat <<EOM
+
+Perl can be built to take advantage of long doubles which
+(if available) may give more accuracy and range for floating point numbers.
+
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
+EOM
rp='Try to use long doubles if available?'
. ./myread
case "$ans" in
;;
esac
+case "$useperlio" in
+$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
+*) dflt='n';;
+esac
cat <<EOM
Previous version of $package used the standard IO mechanisms as defined
problems with some extension modules. Using PerlIO with stdio is safe,
but it is slower than plain stdio and therefore is not the default.
-If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default 'n'.
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
EOM
-case "$useperlio" in
-$define|true|[yY]*) dflt='y';;
-*) dflt='n';;
-esac
rp='Use the experimental PerlIO abstraction layer?'
. ./myread
case "$ans" in