Configure cosmetics and perldelta.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6376

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 023b2d9..ded0ce3 100755 (executable)
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
 #
-# Generated on Tue Jun 27 04:45:48 EET DST 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Wed Jul 12 00:20:11 EET DST 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.com)
 
 cat >/tmp/c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -3090,7 +3090,7 @@ EOM
 if $cc -o try try.c; then
    :
 else
-   echo "Uh-oh, the C compiler "$cc" doesn't seem to be working..." >&4
+   echo "Uh-oh, the C compiler '$cc' doesn't seem to be working..." >&4
    despair=yes
    trygcc=yes
    case "$cc" in
@@ -3102,7 +3102,7 @@ else
    if $test X"$trygcc" = Xyes; then
       if gcc -o try try.c; then
         echo " "
-        echo "You seem to have a working gcc, though."
+        echo "You seem to have a working gcc, though." >&4
         rp="Do you want to use it?"
         dflt=y
         . ./myread

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 76bf181..ac254ca 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -1518,6 +1518,13 @@ config.sh file from an earlier version of perl, you should be sure to
 check that Configure makes sensible choices for the new directories.
 See INSTALL for complete details.
 
+=head2 gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+
+In many platforms the vendor-supplied 'cc' is too stripped-down to
+build Perl (basically, the 'cc' doesn't do ANSI C).  If this seems
+to be the case and the 'cc' does not seem to be the GNU C compiler
+'gcc', an automatic attempt is made to find and use 'gcc' instead.
+
 =head1 Platform specific changes
 
 =head2 Supported platforms