Include some info on cc -n32 compile.

diff --git a/hints/irix_6_2.sh b/hints/irix_6_2.sh
index e3488cc..d406f8a 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/irix_6_2.sh
+++ b/hints/irix_6_2.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,54 @@
-# irix_6_2.sh
+# hints/irix_6_2.sh
+#
 # original from Krishna Sethuraman, krishna@sgi.com
-# Configure has been made smarter, so this is shorter than it once was.
+#
+# Updated Mon Jul 22 14:52:25 EDT 1996
+#      Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
+#      with help from Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com>.
+#   cc -n32 update info from Krishna Sethuraman, krishna@sgi.com.
 
-ccflags="$ccflags -D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -Olimit 3000"
+# Use   sh Configure -Dcc='cc -n32' to try compiling with -n32.
+
+case "$cc" in
+*"cc -n32"*)
+       ld=ld
+       ccflags="$ccflags -D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -woff 1009,1110,1184 -OPT:fprop_limit=1500"
+       optimize='-g'  # Miniperl core dumps with -O
+       pp_sys_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DHAS_TELLDIR_PROTOTYPE"'
+       lddlflags="-n32 -shared"
+       ldflags=' -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib32 -L/lib32'
+       libc='/usr/lib32/libc.so'
+       plibpth='/usr/lib32 /lib32 /usr/ccs/lib'
+
+       nm_opt='-p'
+       nm_so_opt='-p'
+       cccdlflags=' '
+       ;;
+*)
+       ccflags="$ccflags -D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -Olimit 3000"
+       ;;
+esac
 
 # We don't want these libraries.  Anyone know why?
 set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
 shift
 libswanted="$*"
 
+# I have conflicting reports about the sun, crypt, bsd, and PW
+# libraries on Irix 6.2.
+#
+# One user rerports:
 # Don't need sun crypt bsd PW under 6.2.  You *may* need to link
 # with these if you want to run perl built under 6.2 on a 5.3 machine
 # (I haven't checked)
+#
+# Another user reported that if he included those libraries, a large number
+# of the tests failed (approx. 20-25) and he would get a core dump. To
+# make things worse, test results were inconsistent, i.e., some of the
+# tests would pass some times and fail at other times.
+# The safest thing to do seems to be to eliminate them.
+#
 set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ bsd / /' -e 's/ PW / /'`
 shift
 libswanted="$*"
+