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From:
Michael G Schwern
Date:
June 7, 2009 18:50
Subject:
Re: Detect miniperl?
Message ID:
4A2C6E5C.5010208@pobox.com
Jan Dubois wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Jun 2009, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>> Is there any way to detect if a program is being run with miniperl
>> other than looking at $^X? MakeMaker needs to know its running with
>> reduced capability.
> 
>     if (defined &DynaLoader::boot_DynaLoader) {
>         # regular perl
>     }
>     else {
>         # miniperl (or statically linked perl without Dynaloader)
>     }

Thanks.  That's a much more direct check for "no XS loading capability".


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