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authorRaphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>1997-03-06 14:10:38 +0100
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-03-01 18:40:49 +1200
commit385588b3949e695a02c8ea1dd00fe789d6044de3 (patch)
tree3ee9ff5bd5715756399a102b042284ec5e88881b /INSTALL
parent1db9566f513791929f1e21e86206e5669d5b11c2 (diff)
downloadperl-385588b3949e695a02c8ea1dd00fe789d6044de3.tar.gz
HP-UX hint update
Quoting Chip Salzenberg: :If you have a second, please look them over and see if anything :important is out or anything broken is in. I don't see my hint/hpux.sh patch. Here it is again (in unified format this time): p5p-msgid: 1479.857653838@lyon.grenoble.hp.com
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@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ specific rule.
SCO prior to 3.2.4 may be missing dbmclose(). An upgrade to 3.2.4
that includes libdbm.nfs (which includes dbmclose()) may be available.
-=item Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lsomething
+=item Warning (will try anyway): No library found for -lposix
If you see such a message during the building of an extension, but
the extension passes its tests anyway (see L<"make test"> below),
@@ -987,14 +987,13 @@ Makefile.PL goes looking for various libraries needed on various
systems; few systems will need all the possible libraries listed.
For example, a system may have -lcposix or -lposix, but it's
unlikely to have both, so most users will see warnings for the one
-they don't have. The phrase 'probably harmless' is intended to
-reassure you that nothing unusual is happening, and the build
-process is continuing.
+they don't have. The message 'will try anyway' is intended to
+reassure you that the process is continuing.
On the other hand, if you are building GDBM_File and you get the
message
- Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgdbm
+ Warning (will try anyway): No library found for -lgdbm
then it's likely you're going to run into trouble somewhere along
the line, since it's hard to see how you can use the GDBM_File