From 7628c43e21ebf3f4d8d790073e9e5c61188b66f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sof Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 22:28:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 1997-03-23 22:28:03 by sof] 2.02 release update --- distrib/ANNOUNCE | 55 ++++++----- distrib/INSTALL | 72 +++++++++++++++ distrib/Makefile-bin.in | 228 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- distrib/PATCHLEVEL | 1 + distrib/README | 25 ++--- distrib/configure-bin.in | 43 ++------- 6 files changed, 277 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-) create mode 100644 distrib/INSTALL create mode 100644 distrib/PATCHLEVEL diff --git a/distrib/ANNOUNCE b/distrib/ANNOUNCE index 1938eae..011c1c9 100644 --- a/distrib/ANNOUNCE +++ b/distrib/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.02 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.02 + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are pleased to announce the first release of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC, version 2.02) for *Haskell 1.4*. Sources and binaries @@ -12,27 +12,27 @@ Report is online at http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/1.4/haskell-report.html -GHC 2.02 is a beta-quality release: +GHC 2.02 is a beta-quality release - some highlights: * It is reliable. - It has been extensively tested against a large suite of Haskell 1.2 - programs, but not so extensively tested against Haskell 1.4 programs - because we don't have a comprehensive set (Donations of Haskell 1.4 - programs to our test suite are most welcome). + It has been extensively tested against a large suite of Haskell 1.2 + programs, but not so extensively tested against Haskell 1.4 programs + because we don't have a comprehensive set (Donations of Haskell 1.4 + programs to our test suite are most welcome). * It should generate good code. - All the optimisations that GHC 0.29 used to do are back in, with - the exception of specialisation. It ought to be the case that - GHC 2.02 outperforms GHC 0.29, because it has a much better - handle on cross-module inlining, but there's a good chance that - there are performance "holes" lurking. We have yet to make - a systematic comparison. (Please send us programs where 2.02 - does noticeably worse than 0.29.) + All the optimisations that GHC 0.29 used to do are back in, with + the exception of specialisation. It ought to be the case that + GHC 2.02 outperforms GHC 0.29, because it has a much better + handle on cross-module inlining, but there's a good chance that + there are performance "holes" lurking. We have yet to make + a systematic comparison. (Please send us programs where 2.02 + does noticeably worse than 0.29.) * It is more expensive than it should be. - GHC 2.02 has received even less attention to its own performance. - At present it eats more space and time than GHC 0.29, especially - for very small programs. We'll work on this. + GHC 2.02 has received even less attention to its own performance. + At present it eats more space and time than GHC 0.29, especially + for very small programs. We're working on this. * A couple of Haskell 1.4 features are incompletely supported, notably polymorphic strictness annotations, and Unicode. @@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ include: it expands into tons of "ccall" boilerplate that marshalls your arguments to and from C. - * GHC 2.02 is available for Windows NT. From now on, Windows NT - will be a fully supported platform for GHC. + * GHC 2.02 is available for Win32 platforms. From now on, Win32 + (Windows NT and Windows 95) will be a fully supported platform + for GHC. - * GHC 2.02 supports full cross moudule inlining. Unlike 0.29 and + * GHC 2.02 supports full cross module inlining. Unlike 0.29 and its predecessors, inlining can happen even if the inlined body mentions a function or type that is not itself exported. This is one place Haskell 1.4's new module system really pays off. @@ -80,15 +81,15 @@ To run this release, you need a machine with 16+MB memory (more if building from sources), GNU C (`gcc'), and `perl'. We have seen GHC 2.01 work on these platforms: alpha-dec-osf2, hppa1.1-hp-hpux9, sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}, mips-sgi-irix5, and -i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd}. Similar platforms should work -with minimal hacking effort. The installer's guide give a full -what-ports-work report. +i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}. Similar platforms +should work with minimal hacking effort. The installer's guide give a +complete run-down of what-ports-work. Binaries are distributed in `bundles', e.g. a "profiling bundle" or a "concurrency bundle" for your platform. Just grab the ones you need. -Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in -ghc/README to find all of the documentation about this release. NB: +Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the +README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB: preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option for tar, please)! @@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ computing/programming/languages/haskell/glasgow. These are the available files (.gz files are gzipped) -- some are `on demand', ask if you don't see them: +README.html A WWW `front-end' to the contents of the glasgow + directory. + ghc-2.02-src.tar.gz The source distribution; about 3MB. ghc-2.02.ANNOUNCE This file. @@ -176,3 +180,4 @@ ghc-2.02-hi-files-.tar.gz Sometimes it's more convenient to use a different set of interface files than the ones in *-src.tar.gz. (The installation guide will advise you of this.) + diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53b9449 --- /dev/null +++ b/distrib/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary bundle of the +Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System. For more details +on what on earth this package is up to, please consult the README +and ANNOUNCE. + +To start using the bundle, you can either: + +* use it in-place, i.e., don't go ahead with a + full install, but just set it up to use the unpacked + distribution from where it was unpacked. + +* get it over with, and do the full install (details of how are ahead). + +NOTE Win32 users: see comment below before continuing. + +To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run +the script with --help to see what options it supports). + +This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of other +interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the Makefile.in +template to give you a real Makefile. + +Have a look at the Makefile to see if you agree with the information +therein. If you want to use the bundle in-place, now run `make in-place'. +If you're installing, `make install' (`make show-install-setup' prints +the details of where the different pieces of the bundle are heading when +-- possibly helpful). + +For more information, please consult the installation guide in +{html,dvi,info}/ghc-2.02/installing{.dvi,.info,_toc.html}. + +Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup +(as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course), +gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk + +Enjoy. + + +-------Win32 users only---------------------------------------- +NOTE to Win32 users: to enjoy any sort of happiness with the GHC +tools, you will have to install the cygwin32 toolchain, which dresses +up the Win32 environment into something more UNIX-like (which +this initial port of ghc relies on being the case). The cygwin32 tools +are available from + + ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/gnu-win32-b17.1/ + (Cygnus Solutions; Mt. View, CA.) + ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/gnu/cygnus/gnu-win32/ + (Sunsite Northern Europe; Imperial College, London) + ftp://ftp.crl.go.jp/pub/GNU/cygnus/gnu-win32/ + (CRL, Ministry of Posts and Telecom., Japan) + +GHC was built with beta17 - you *might* get away with beta16 if you've already got it +installed...not tested this though. + +The GHC tools are also quite picky about Perl, the commonly-used +Hip/ActiveWare Win32 port of perl5 just ain't Cool Enough (main reason: +GHC scripts assume they are talking to an underlying UNIX command +shell). A port of perl5.003 done on top of cygwin32-b17 is just +the ticket though, it is available from + + http://www.edv.agrar.tu-muenchen.de/~syring/gnu-win32/ + +this port is not complete - but the binaries available from there +are sufficiently wonderful. + +Install both cygwin32&perl5 before continuing. + +Future releases of GHC for Win32 may very well avoid relying on +cygwin32 to operate, for various reasons.. + +-------Win32 users only---------------------------------------- diff --git a/distrib/Makefile-bin.in b/distrib/Makefile-bin.in index 404f4d1..c741518 100644 --- a/distrib/Makefile-bin.in +++ b/distrib/Makefile-bin.in @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ +# +# @configure_input@ +# # Instructions for configuring an fptools package. # # There are two ways you can get started with an fptools package, either # by using the unpacked distribution tree in-situ or by installing the # package. # -# Using the package directly is easy, just do `make config', i.e., -# the distribution will *not* work out-of-the-box, you'll have to do -# this first. +# Using the package directly is easy, just do `make config'. (The +# distribution will *not* work straight out of the box, you'll have to do +# this first) # # To install the package, you'll have to set one or more of the # following variables: @@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ # where you want the library archives to go. # Note, if you specify /usr/foo/lib for libdir, # the library files for your fptools package will be -# installed in /usr/foo/lib/-, i.e., +# installed in /usr/foo/lib/-, e.g., # /usr/foo/lib/ghc-2.02. If you don't want the package/version # directory appended, you'll have to modify $(real_libdir) # below. @@ -27,111 +30,196 @@ # path to where the platform-independent files will go. # As for libdir, the effective path for the platform-indep # stuff is $(datadir)/-. If you want -# complete control, see $(real_libdir) +# complete control, see $(real_datadir) # # * platform -# the platform you're installing for. The configure -# makes an educated guess what it, so you will only -# have to set this if it clashes with your reality. +# the platform you're installing for. The configure script +# makes an educated guess, so you'll only have to set this +# if it clashes with your reality, I guess. # -# * infodir -# where to install the Emacs info files # * htmldir # where to install the documentation HTML files. # * dvidir # where to install the DVI files. +# * infodir +# where to install the Emacs info files # -# Installing the documentation is not via the `install' rule, but -# via the rules: `install-docs', `install-html', `install-dvi' -# and `install-info'. +# Installing the documentation is not done as part of the `install' rule, but +# via `install-docs' (or if you want to be selective: `install-html', `install-dvi' +# and `install-info'). # # For more complete instructions, consult the INSTALL file # that came with the bundle, and/or consult the installation # documentation in one of the document directories. # -bindir = @bindir@ -libdir = @libdir@ -datadir = @datadir@ -platform = @platform@ +# Please report any bugs, problems etc. with installing and using this bundle +# Makefile setup to glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk +# + +# Where the different pieces of the bundle should go: +bindir = @bindir@ +libdir = @libdir@ +datadir = @datadir@ + +platform = @TargetPlatform@ +prefix = @prefix@ +exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@ -infodir = @infodir@ -htmldir = @htmldir@ -dvidir = @dvidir@ +# default +infodir = $(datadir) +htmldir = $(datadir) +dvidir = $(datadir) # # Putting the package stuff in package-specific # directories: # -real_libdir = $(libdir)/$(package)-$(version) -real_datadir = $(datadir)/$(package)-$(version) +real_libdir = $(libdir)/$(package)-$(version) +real_datadir = $(datadir)/$(package)-$(version) + +package = ghc +version = 2.02 +PERL = @PerlCmd@ +RM = rm -f +MV = mv +LN_S = @LN_S@ +CHMOD = chmod +INSTALL = @INSTALL@ +# sigh +INSTALL_DIR = ./mkdirhier +# +# Set of package scripts for which you'd like a name- symlink +# to be created, i.e., create a symlink, ghc-2.02, pointing to ghc to +# avoid version vertigo. +# +VERSION_SYMLINKS_FOR=ghc + +# +# List of files in bin directory that need to have +# local setup/install information prepended. +# +PACKAGE_SCRIPTS=ghc stat2resid hstags mkdependHS + +# Binaries to install +PACKAGE_BINS=$(PACKAGE_SCRIPTS) hp2ps + +#----------end of user-serviceable parts------------ +# +# +# How to install the different pieces +# +INSTALL_BIN = $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_BIN_OPTS) +INSTALL_LIB = $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_LIB_OPTS) +INSTALL_DATA = $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_DATA_OPTS) + +# What's common to all installs +INSTALL_OPTS= $(EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS) + +BIN_PERMS = 755 +LIB_PERMS = 644 + +INSTALL_BIN_OPTS = -m $(BIN_PERMS) $(INSTALL_OPTS) $(EXTRA_INSTALL_BIN_OPTS) +INSTALL_LIB_OPTS = -m $(LIB_PERMS) $(INSTALL_OPTS) $(EXTRA_INSTALL_LIB_OPTS) +INSTALL_DATA_OPTS = -m $(LIB_PERMS) $(INSTALL_OPTS) $(EXTRA_INSTALL_DATA_OPTS) + +.PHONY: in-place config-pkgs mk-version-symlinks install-dirs install + +config-pkgs :: + @echo "Configuring $(package), version $(version), on $(platform) ..." + $(RM) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package)-$(version) + @for i in $(PACKAGE_SCRIPTS); do \ + echo "Creating a configured version of $$i .."; \ + $(RM) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i.bak; \ + test -f bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i && $(MV) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i.bak; \ + echo "eval 'exec $(PERL) -S $$$""0 $$""{1+\"$$$""@\"}'" > bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i; \ + echo " if $$""running_under_some_shell;" >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i; \ + echo $$"bindir='$(bindir)';" >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i; \ + echo $$"libdir='$(real_libdir)';" >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i; \ + echo $$"datadir='$(real_datadir)';" >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i; \ + cat bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package).prl >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i; \ + $(CHMOD) $(BIN_PERMS) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i; \ + echo "Done."; \ + done +# +# The vaguely funky eval 'exec ...' echo line above *might* be +# a tad too much for some `make's - here's what it should return +# if all is well: +# +# eval 'exec /installed/path/for/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' +# if $running_under_some_shell; +# +mk-version-symlinks :: + @for i in $(VERSION_SYMLINKS_FOR) ""; do \ + if [ "x$$i" != "x" ]; then \ + echo "Symlinking $$i to $$i-$(version)"; \ + (cd bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version); $(RM) $$i-$(version); $(LN_S) $$i $$i-$(version) ); \ + fi;\ + done -package = ghc -version = 2.02 -PERL = @PerlCmd@ +in-place :: + $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) config-pkgs bindir=`pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version) libdir=`pwd`/lib/$(platform) datadir=`pwd`/share/$(package)-$(version) + $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) mk-version-symlinks + @echo "Finished configuring..to use, add `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version) to your PATH." -.PHONY: config install install-dirs +install-dirs :: + $(INSTALL_DIR) $(bindir) + (cd lib/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version); find . -type d -exec sh -c '$(INSTALL_DIR) $0 $(real_libdir)/$0' {} \; ) + (cd share/$(package)-$(version); find . -type d -exec sh -c '$(INSTALL_DIR) $0 $(real_datadir)/$0' {} \; ) -config: - @echo Configuring $(package), version $(version), on $(platform) - @RM `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package)-$(version) - @RM `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package) - @echo $(PerlCmd) > `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package) - @echo "$""bindir='"`pwd`"/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)';" >> `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package) - @echo "$""libdir='"`pwd`"/lib/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)';" >> `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package) - @echo "$""datadir='"`pwd`"/share/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)';" >> `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package) - @cat `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package).prl';" >> `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$(package) - @(cd `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version); $(LN_S) $(package) $(package)-$(version) ) - @echo Finished..to use, add `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version) to your PATH. +install :: config-pkgs mk-version-symlinks install-dirs install-bin install-libs install-data -libdirs = . imports include -datadirs = . include +.PHONY: install-bin install-libs install-datas -install-dirs: - $(MKDIRHIER) $(bindir) - @for i in $(libdirs) ; do \ - echo (MKDIRHIER) $(real_libdir)/$$i; \ - (MKDIRHIER) $(real_libdir)/$$i; \ - done; - @for i in $(datadirs) ; do \ - echo (MKDIRHIER) $(real_datadir)/$$i; \ - (MKDIRHIER) $(real_datadir)/$$i; \ +install-bin: + for i in $(PACKAGE_BINS); do \ + $(INSTALL_BIN) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i $(bindir); \ done; + for in in $(VERSION_SYMLINKS_FOR) ""; do \ + if [ "x$$i" != "x"]; then \ + $(INSTALL_BIN) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i $(bindir); \ + fi; \ + done -install : install-dirs -install : - $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) `pwd`/bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/* $(bindir) - @for i in $(libdirs); do \ - echo $(INSTALL) `pwd`/lib/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i/* $(real_libdir)/$$i; \ - $(INSTALL) `pwd`/lib/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i/* $(real_libdir)/$$i; \ - done; - @for i in $(datadirs); do \ - echo $(INSTALL) `pwd`/share/$(package)-$(version)/$$i/* $(real_datadir)/$$i; \ - $(INSTALL) `pwd`/share/$(package)-$(version)/$$i/* $(real_datadir)/$$i; \ - done; +install-libs: + (cd lib/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version); find . -type f -exec sh -c '$(INSTALL_LIB) $0 $(real_libdir)/$0' {} \; ) -install-docs : install-info install-html install-dvi +install-datas: + (cd share/$(package)-$(version); find . -type f -exec sh -c '$(INSTALL_DATA) $0 $(real_datadir)/$0' {} \; ) -install-dirs-html: - $(MKDIRHIER) $(htmldir) +show-install-setup: + @echo "Install setup..." + @echo "bindir = $(bindir)" + @echo "libdir = $(libdir) (real_libdir = $(real_libdir))" + @echo "datadir = $(datadir) (real_datadir = $(real_datadir))" -install-dirs-info: - $(MKDIRHIER) $(infodir) +# +# Documentation targets, install-docs for the whole lot, or +# install-{dvi,html,info} +# -install-dirs-dvi: - $(MKDIRHIER) $(dvidir) +.PHONY: show-install-setup install-docs install-html install-info install-dirs-dvi install-dirs-html install-dirs-info -install-docs : install-html install-info install-dvi +install-docs : install-html install-dvi install-info install-dvi: install-dirs-dvi - $(INSTALL) `pwd`/dvi/$(package)-$(version)/* $(dvidir) + $(INSTALL_DATA) dvi/$(package)-$(version)/* $(dvidir) install-info: install-dirs-info - $(INSTALL) `pwd`/info/$(package)-$(version)/* $(infodir) + $(INSTALL_DATA) info/$(package)-$(version)/* $(infodir) install-html: install-dirs-html - $(INSTALL) `pwd`/html/$(package)-$(version)/* $(htmldir) + $(INSTALL_DATA) html/$(package)-$(version)/* $(htmldir) + +install-dirs-html: + $(INSTALL_DIR) $(htmldir) + +install-dirs-info: + $(INSTALL_DIR) $(infodir) + +install-dirs-dvi: + $(INSTALL_DIR) $(dvidir) diff --git a/distrib/PATCHLEVEL b/distrib/PATCHLEVEL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d0c392 --- /dev/null +++ b/distrib/PATCHLEVEL @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +The Glamorous Glasgow Haskell Compiler, version 2.02, patchlevel 0 diff --git a/distrib/README b/distrib/README index f509e56..83f3a8e 100644 --- a/distrib/README +++ b/distrib/README @@ -1,21 +1,8 @@ -This is the root directory for functional-programming tools -distributed by the Computing Science Department at Glasgow University. -Simon Peyton Jones is the ringleader of this -effort. The tools are: +This is the README for a binary distribution of the +functional-programming tools, distributed by the Computing Science +Department at Glasgow University. Simon Peyton Jones + is the ringleader of this effort. - ghc the Glasgow Haskell compilation system - hslibs collection of Haskell libraries - haggis the Haggis GUI toolkit - happy the Happy Haskell parser generator - nofib the NoFib Haskell benchmarking suite - literate the Glasgow "literate programming" system - mkworld configuration system (derived from X11 imake) - glafp-utils shared utility programs +For more information on what this bundle contains, please +consult the ANNOUNCE and INSTALL file. -The "literate" stuff is usually distributed *with* other systems, but -not necessarily. Components which are always part of a distribution -(never stand-alone) are "glafp-utils" and "mkworld" (a configuration -system). - -There is usually an ANNOUNCE* file with any distribution. Please -consult that, or the /README file, to find out how to proceed. diff --git a/distrib/configure-bin.in b/distrib/configure-bin.in index 88579d2..fa7e5ef 100644 --- a/distrib/configure-bin.in +++ b/distrib/configure-bin.in @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dnl #!/bin/sh # +# Is it there? AC_INIT(Makefile.in) # @@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ TargetPlatform=`/bin/sh $srcdir/config.sub $target` || exit 1 # Suitable names to slam in *_CPP are in platform.h.in. # We also record the architecture, vendor, and operating system (OS) # separately. -case $HostPlatform in +case $TargetPlatform in alpha-dec-osf[[1234]]*) TargetPlatform=alpha-dec-osf1;; hppa1.1-hp-hpux*) @@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ m68k-next-nextstep2) m68k-next-nextstep3) TargetPlatform=m68k-next-nextstep3;; i[[3456]]86-next-nextstep3) - TargetPlatform=i386-next-nextstep3 + TargetPlatform=i386-next-nextstep3;; m68k-sun-sunos4*) - TargetPlatform=m68k-sun-sunos4 #hack + TargetPlatform=m68k-sun-sunos4;; mips-dec-ultrix*) TargetPlaformP=mips-dec-ultrix;; mips-sgi-irix*) @@ -60,41 +61,16 @@ sparc-sun-solaris2*) exit 1 ;; esac -echo "Which we'll canonicalise into: $TargetPlatform" +echo "Which we'll further canonicalise into: $TargetPlatform" -platform=$TargetPlatform -AC_SUBST(platform) +AC_SUBST(TargetPlatform) AC_CHECK_PROG(PerlCmd,perl,$ac_dir/$ac_word) if test -z "$PerlCmd"; then echo "You must install perl before you can continue" echo "Perhaps it is already installed, but not in your PATH?" - exit 1 -else - $PerlCmd -v >conftest.out 2>&1 - if egrep "version 4" conftest.out >/dev/null 2>&1; then - if egrep "Patch level: 35" conftest.out >/dev/null 2>&1; then - echo " -************************************************************************ -Uh-oh...looks like you have Perl 4.035. - -Perl version 4.035 has a bug to do with recursion that will bite if -you run the lit2texi script, when making Info files from -literate files of various sorts. Either use the current version -(4.036), an older version (e.g., perl 4.019) or apply the patch in -glafp-utils/perl-4.035-fixes to your 4.035 perl. -************************************************************************ -" - fi - else - if egrep "version 5" conftest.out >/dev/null 2>&1; then - : - else - echo "I'm not sure if your version of perl will work," - echo "but it's worth a shot, eh?" - fi - fi - rm -fr conftest* + echo "" + echo "Continuing, assuming perl will be available as: perl" fi # dnl ** does #!.../perl work? (sometimes it's too long...) @@ -120,12 +96,13 @@ else echo "I think your perl library is misinstalled." echo "The following script did not work:" echo ' do "getopts.pl" || exit(1); exit(0);' - exit 1 + echo "But, nevermind, let us continue.." fi dnl ** figure out how to do a BSD-ish install # AC_PROG_INSTALL +AC_PROG_LN_S() # -- 1.7.10.4