From: Alan Burlison <aburlison@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 03:28:00 +0000 (+1300)
Subject: Fix for Unisys UNIX and libperl.so
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Fix for Unisys UNIX and libperl.so

Subject: Re: Why libperl.a instead of libperl.so in 5.003_91? - A PATCH

In-Reply-To: <memo.141901@cix.compulink.co.uk>
> On the hunt of the elusive cause of the dynamic linker errors I am
> getting in 5.003_91, I have noticed that unlike every other vesion of
> perl5 prior to 5.002 that I have built on this platform, Configure
> now builds a libperl.a instead of a libperl.so.  Why?  I also note
> that the -Kpic flag has disappeared from the cc command lines.  Why?

The following patch to Configure solves the problem.  Do I win the prize for
the smallest ever patch to Perl?

p5p-msgid: memo.147328@cix.compulink.co.uk
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diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index dc24cf7..86733d3 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -4555,7 +4555,7 @@ $undef)
 	;;
 *)	case "$useshrplib" in
 	'')	case "$osname" in
-		svr4|dgux|dynixptx|esix|powerux)
+		svr4*|dgux|dynixptx|esix|powerux)
 			dflt='yes'
 			also='Building a shared libperl is required for dynamic loading to work on your system.'
 			;;