From 2f525a329506abe067c4ec9d4c7ae13d8b223081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Burlison Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 16:28:00 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] 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: > 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 --- Configure | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) 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.' ;; -- 2.7.4