From 1b1c1ae21a453ed469693bbbe5f63bb5bc31d9d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gurusamy Sarathy Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 02:48:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add notes in INSTALL about Configure -Accflags=-DFOO p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4239 --- INSTALL | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index c90f6b3..8014a41 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -41,11 +41,18 @@ pod/perldelta.pod file. For more detailed information about specific changes, see the Changes file. IMPORTANT NOTE: 5.005_53 and later releases do not export unadorned -global symbols anymore. This means most CPAN modules probably won't -build under this release without adding '-DPERL_POLLUTE' to ccflags -in config.sh. This is not the default because we want the modules -to get fixed *before* the 5.6 release. pod/perldelta.pod contains -additional notes about this. +global symbols anymore. This means you may need to build older +extensions that have not been updated for the new naming convention +with: + + perl Makefile.PL POLLUTE=1 + +Alternatively, you can enable CPP symbol pollution wholesale by +building perl itself with: + + sh Configure -Accflags=-DPERL_POLLUTE + +pod/perldelta.pod contains more details about this. =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -71,18 +78,26 @@ system. (Unixware users should use the svr4.sh hint file.) If there is a README file for your platform, then you should read that too. Additional information is in the Porting/ directory. -=head1 WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.005. +=head1 WARNING: This version may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.005. + +Using the default Configure options for building perl should get you +a perl that will be binary compatible with the 5.005 release. -If you have dynamically loaded extensions that you built under perl -5.005, you will need to rebuild and reinstall those extensions to use -them with 5.6. Pure perl modules should continue to work just fine -without reinstallation. See the discussions below on L<"Coexistence -with earlier versions of perl5"> and L<"Upgrading from 5.005 to -5.6"> for more details. +However, if you run Configure with any custom options, such as +-Dusethreads, -Dusemultiplicity, -Dusemymalloc, -Ubincompat5005 etc., +the resulting perl will not be binary compatible. Under these +circumstances, if you have dynamically loaded extensions that were +built under perl 5.005, you will need to rebuild and reinstall all +those extensions to use them with 5.6. + +Pure perl modules without XS or C code should continue to work fine +without reinstallation. See the discussions below on +L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl5"> and +L<"Upgrading from 5.005 to 5.6"> for more details. The standard extensions supplied with Perl will be handled automatically. -In a related issue, old modules may possibly be affected by the +On a related issue, old modules may possibly be affected by the changes in the Perl language in the current release. Please see pod/perldelta.pod (and pod/perl500Xdelta.pod) for a description of what's changed. See also your installed copy of the perllocal.pod @@ -180,6 +195,21 @@ defaults from then on. After it runs, Configure will perform variable substitution on all the *.SH files and offer to run make depend. +=head2 Altering config.sh variables for C compiler switches etc. + +For most users, all of the Configure defaults are fine. Configure +also has several convenient options which are all described below. +However, if Configure doesn't have an option to do what you want, +you can change Configure variables after the platform hints have been +run, by using Configure's -A switch. For example, here's how to add +a couple of extra flags to C compiler invocations: + + sh Configure -Accflags="-DPERL_Y2KWARN -DPERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC" + +For more help on Configure switches, run: + + sh Configure -h + =head2 Common Configure options Configure supports a number of useful options. Run B to @@ -819,16 +849,6 @@ it's convenient to have both. If you are using a shared libperl, see the warnings about multiple versions of perl under L. -=head2 Other Compiler Flags - -For most users, all of the Configure defaults are fine. However, you -can change a number of factors in the way perl is built by adding -appropriate -D directives to your ccflags variable in config.sh. - -You should also run Configure interactively to verify that a hint file -doesn't inadvertently override your ccflags setting. (Hints files -shouldn't do that, but some might.) - =head2 Extensions By default, Configure will offer to build every extension which appears @@ -1359,10 +1379,13 @@ with B. =item CRIPPLED_CC -If you still can't compile successfully, try adding a -DCRIPPLED_CC -flag. (Just because you get no errors doesn't mean it compiled right!) -This simplifies some complicated expressions for compilers that get -indigestion easily. +If you still can't compile successfully, try: + + sh Configure -Accflags=-DCRIPPLED_CC + +This flag simplifies some complicated expressions for compilers that get +indigestion easily. (Just because you get no errors doesn't mean it +compiled right!) =item Missing functions -- 2.7.4