From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 21:59:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: fflush.
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fflush.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@3442
---

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index eb93907..83e41da 100755
--- 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 Thu May 20 10:07:46 EET DST 1999 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Sat May 22 00:54:37 EET DST 1999 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.com)
 
 cat >/tmp/c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -10975,7 +10975,7 @@ $cat >try.c <<EOCP
 #include <stdio.h>
 #$t_unistd I_UNISTD
 #ifdef I_UNISTD
-#include <unistd.h>
+# include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #$d_sysconf HAS_SYSCONF
 #$d_stdio_stream_array HAS_STDIO_STREAM_ARRAY
@@ -11053,12 +11053,16 @@ case "$fflushNULL" in
 '') 	set try -DTRY_FFLUSH_NULL $output
 	$rm -f try.out
 	if eval $compile; then
-	        $cat >&4 <<EOM
-(This test may fail, saying "Core dumped" or something equally evil.)
-EOM
 	    	./try$exe_ext 2>/dev/null
-		if $test -s try.out -a "X$?" = X42; then
+		code="$?"
+		if $test -s try.out -a "X$code" = X42; then
 			fflushNULL="`$cat try.out`"
+		else
+			if $test "X$code" != X42; then
+				$cat >&4 <<EOM
+(If this test failed, don't worry, we'll try another method shortly.)
+EOM
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 	$rm -f core try.core core.try.*
@@ -11088,51 +11092,51 @@ $define|true|[yY]*)
 	fflushNULL="$undef"
 	;;
 esac
-: check for fflush all behaviour
-case "$fflushall" in
-'') 	set try -DTRY_FFLUSH_ALL $output
-	$rm -f try.out
-	if eval $compile; then
+: check explicit looping only if NULL did not work
+case "$fflushNULL" in
+"$undef")
+	: check for fflush all behaviour
+	case "$fflushall" in
+	'') 	set try -DTRY_FFLUSH_ALL $output
+		$rm -f try.out
+		if eval $compile; then
 	        $cat >&4 <<EOM
-(Also this test may fail.)
+(Now testing the other method--but note that also this may fail.)
 EOM
-	    	./try$exe_ext 2>/dev/null
-		if $test -s try.out -a "X$?" = X42; then
-			fflushall="`$cat try.out`"
+		    	./try$exe_ext 2>/dev/null
+			if $test -s try.out -a "X$?" = X42; then
+				fflushall="`$cat try.out`"
+			fi
 		fi
-	fi
-	$rm -f core try.core core.try.*
-	case "$fflushall" in
-	x)	$cat >&4 <<EOM
-Flushing explicitly all the stdio streams works.
+		$rm -f core try.core core.try.*
+		case "$fflushall" in
+		x)	$cat >&4 <<EOM
+Whew. Flushing explicitly all the stdio streams works.
 EOM
-		fflushall="$define"
-		;;
-	'')	$cat >&4 <<EOM
-Flushing explicitly all the stdio streams doesn't work.
+			fflushall="$define"
+			;;
+		'')	$cat >&4 <<EOM
+Sigh. Flushing explicitly all the stdio streams doesn't work.
 EOM
-		fflushall="$undef"
-		;;
-	*)	$cat >&4 <<EOM
+			fflushall="$undef"
+			;;
+		*)	$cat >&4 <<EOM
 Cannot figure out whether flushing stdio streams explicitly works or not.
 I'm assuming it doesn't.
 EOM
-		fflushall="$undef"
+			fflushall="$undef"
+			;;
+		esac
 		;;
-	esac
-	case "$fflushall$fflushNULL" in
-	undefdefine)
-                $cat >&4 <<EOM
-(That's ok.  I'll use fflush(NULL) instead.)
-EOM
+	"$define"|true|[yY]*)
+		fflushall="$define"
+		;;
+	*)
+		fflushall="$undef"
 		;;
 	esac
 	;;
-$define|true|[yY]*)
-	fflushall="$define"
-	;;
-*)
-	fflushall="$undef"
+*)	fflushall="$undef"	
 	;;
 esac
 case "$fflushNULL$fflushall" in
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 070027b..8256ea8 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -1659,6 +1659,8 @@ fflushall (fflushall.U):
 	This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
 	all pending stdio output one must loop through all
 	the stdio file handles stored in an array and fflush them.
+	Note that if fflushNULL is defined, fflushall will not
+	even be probed for and will be left undefined.
 
 fflushNULL (fflushall.U):
 	This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) does flush
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index fc3bacf..f9e9447 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Package name      : perl5
 # Source directory  : .
-# Configuration time: Thu May 20 09:56:03 EET DST 1999
+# Configuration time: Sat May 22 00:43:12 EET DST 1999
 # Configured by     : jhi
 # Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ccflags='-pthread -std -DLANGUAGE_C'
 ccsymbols='__LANGUAGE_C__=1 _LONGLONG=1 LANGUAGE_C=1 SYSTYPE_BSD=1'
 cf_by='jhi'
 cf_email='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
-cf_time='Thu May 20 09:56:03 EET DST 1999'
+cf_time='Sat May 22 00:43:12 EET DST 1999'
 chgrp=''
 chmod=''
 chown=''
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 135308a..e215393 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /*
  * Package name      : perl5
  * Source directory  : .
- * Configuration time: Thu May 20 09:56:03 EET DST 1999
+ * Configuration time: Sat May 22 00:43:12 EET DST 1999
  * Configured by     : jhi
  * Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
  */
@@ -2213,6 +2213,8 @@
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
  *	all pending stdio output one must loop through all
  *	the stdio file handles stored in an array and fflush them.
+ *	Note that if fflushNULL is defined, fflushall will not
+ *	even be probed for and will be left undefined.
  */
 #define	FFLUSH_NULL 		/**/
 /*#define	FFLUSH_ALL 		/ **/
diff --git a/config_h.SH b/config_h.SH
index ae4ba19..97f084e 100644
--- a/config_h.SH
+++ b/config_h.SH
@@ -2227,6 +2227,8 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >config.h -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un-
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
  *	all pending stdio output one must loop through all
  *	the stdio file handles stored in an array and fflush them.
+ *	Note that if fflushNULL is defined, fflushall will not
+ *	even be probed for and will be left undefined.
  */
 #$fflushNULL	FFLUSH_NULL 		/**/
 #$fflushall	FFLUSH_ALL 		/**/