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@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ Installation Most of them should have been taken care of by running the Configure script. If you have any additional changes to make to the C definitions, they - can be done in the Makefile, or in config.h. Bear in mind that they will - get undone next time you run Configure. + can be done in cflags.SH. For instance, to turn off the optimizer + on eval.c, find the line in the switch structure for eval.c and + put the command $optimize='-g' before the ;;. You will probably + want to change the entry for teval.c too. To change the C flags + for all the files, edit config.sh and change either $ccflags or $optimize. 3) make depend @@ -91,10 +94,13 @@ Installation Some compilers will not compile or optimize the larger files without some extra switches to use larger jump offsets or allocate larger - internal tables. It's okay to insert rules for specific files into + internal tables. You can customize the switches for each file in + cflags.SH. It's okay to insert rules for specific files into Makefile.SH, since a default rule only takes effect in the absence of a specific rule. + Most of the following hints are now done automatically by Configure. + The 3b2 needs to turn off -O. Compilers with limited switch tables may have to define -DSMALLSWITCHES Domain/OS 10.3 (at least) native C 6.7 may need -opt 2 for eval.c @@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ Installation SGI machines may need -Ddouble="long float" and -O1. Vax-based systems may need to hand assemble teval.s with a -J switch. Ultrix on MIPS machines may need -DLANGUAGE_C. - Ultrix 4.0 on MIPS machines may need -Olimit 2820 or so. + Ultrix 4.0 on MIPS machines may need -Olimit 2900 or so. Ultrix 3.[01] on MIPS needs to undefine WAITPID--the system call is busted. MIPS machines may need to undef d_volatile. MIPS machines may need to turn off -O on cmd.c, perl.c and tperl.c. @@ -138,7 +144,8 @@ Installation See the README in the t subdirectory. Note that you can't run it in background if this disables opening of /dev/tty. If "make test" bombs out, just cd to the t directory and run TEST by hand to see if - it makes any difference. + it makes any difference. If individual tests bomb, you can run + them by hand, e.g., ./perl op/groups.t 6) make install |