Add -mabi=64 to ccflags for 64-bit IRIX gcc.

To: jhi@iki.fi
Cc: perlbug@perl.com, kstar@isinet.com,
        Philippe Defert <philippe.defert@cern.ch>
Subject: Re: Not OK: perl 5.00503 on IP27-irix 6.5 (UNINSTALLED)
Message-Id: <199904011205.OAA11380@mercury.cern.ch>

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@3208

diff --git a/hints/irix_6.sh b/hints/irix_6.sh
index 6a115b8..1b032cd 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/irix_6.sh
+++ b/hints/irix_6.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ malloc_cflags='ccflags="-DSTRICT_ALIGNMENT $ccflags"'
        ccflags="$ccflags -D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE"
        optimize="-O3"
        usenm='undef'
+       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().
+       # See http://reality.sgi.com/ariel/freeware/gcc-2.8.1-notes.html
+       # for more information.  Reported by Lionel Cons <lionel.cons@cern.ch>.
+       IRIX64) ccflags="$ccflags -mabi=64" ;;
+       esac
        ;;
 *)
        # this is needed to force the old-32 paths