MAking Solaris malloc() the default

Message-ID: <20010129125936.Z4830@alanya.lupe-christoph.de>

The README.solaris part slightly tweaked.

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diff --git a/README.solaris b/README.solaris
index 97e84a3..1a36a8a 100644 (file)
--- a/README.solaris
+++ b/README.solaris
@@ -358,13 +358,6 @@ instead.
 All this should be handled automatically by the hints file, if
 requested.
 
-If you do want to be able to allocate more than 4GB memory inside
-perl, then you should use the Solaris malloc, since the perl
-malloc breaks when dealing with more than 2GB of memory.  You can do
-this with
-
-       sh Configure -Uusemymalloc
-
 =head3 Long Doubles.
 
 As of 5.6.0, long doubles are not working.
@@ -379,22 +372,22 @@ in -lrt.  The hints file should handle adding this automatically.
 
 =head2 Malloc Issues.
 
+Starting from Perl 5.7.1 Perl uses the Solaris malloc, since the perl
+malloc breaks when dealing with more than 2GB of memory, and the Solaris
+malloc also seems to be faster.
+
+If you for some reason (such as binary backward compatibility) really
+need to use perl's malloc, you can rebuild Perl from the sources
+and Configure the build with 
+
+       sh Configure -Dusemymalloc
+  
 You should not use perl's malloc if you are building with gcc.  There
 are reports of core dumps, especially in the PDL module.  The problem
 appears to go away under -DDEBUGGING, so it has been difficult to
 track down.  Sun's compiler appears to be ok with or without perl's
 malloc. [XXX further investigation is needed here.]
 
-You should also not use perl's malloc if you are building perl as
-an LP64 application, since perl's malloc has trouble allocating more
-than 2GB of memory.
-
-You can avoid perl's malloc by Configuring with
-
-       sh Configure -Uusemymalloc
-
-[XXX Update hints file.]
-
 =head1 MAKE PROBLEMS.
 
 =over 4

diff --git a/hints/solaris_2.sh b/hints/solaris_2.sh
index 0bf5bab..86a375b 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/solaris_2.sh
+++ b/hints/solaris_2.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # hints/solaris_2.sh
-# Last modified: Tue Jan  2 10:16:35 2001
+# Last modified: Mon Jan 29 12:52:28 2001
 # Lupe Christoph <lupe@lupe-christoph.de>
 # Based on version by:
 # Andy Dougherty  <doughera@lafayette.edu>
@@ -26,9 +26,16 @@
 #  these ought to be harmless.  See below for more details.
 
 # See man vfork.
-usevfork=false
+usevfork=${usevfork:-false}
 
-d_suidsafe=define
+# Solaris has secure SUID scripts
+d_suidsafe=${d_suidsafe:-define}
+
+# Several people reported problems with perl's malloc, especially
+# when use64bitall is defined or when using gcc.
+#     http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2001-01/msg01318.html
+#     http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2001-01/msg00465.html
+usemymalloc=${usemymalloc:-false}
 
 # Avoid all libraries in /usr/ucblib.
 # /lib is just a symlink to /usr/lib