Is there any chance this could be integrated before 5.16? On Fri Apr 29 03:19:00 2011, hmbrand wrote: > On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:37:05 +0100, Alan Hourihane > <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote: > > > Here's the patch. > > Sorry to say it is just too late for 5.14.0 > > > > --- perl-5.12.3/Configure 2011-02-21 09:18:09.000000000 +0000 > +++ perl-5.12.3-mint/Configure 2011-02-21 09:38:49.000000000 +0000 > @@ -1275,6 +1275,9 @@ > elif test -n "$DJGPP"; then > : DOS DJGPP > _exe=".exe" > +elif test -f "/kern/cookiejar"; then > +: MiNT > + _exe="" > elif test -d c:/. -o -n "$is_os2" ; then > : OS/2 or cygwin > _exe=".exe" > > Why exactly is this needed? As "" is the default. What other test would > trigger it to be something else, and in that case, could that other > test be amended by adding criteria? > > @@ -1402,7 +1405,7 @@ > xcat=/bin/cat > test -f $xcat$_exe || xcat=/usr/bin/cat > if test ! -f $xcat$_exe; then > - for p in `echo $PATH | sed -e "s/$p_/ /g"` $paths; do > + for p in `echo $PATH | sed -e 's/$p_/ /g'` $paths; do > if test -f $p/cat$_exe; then > xcat=$p/cat > break > > Looks sane, but again not in time for 5.14.0. This is btw an unchanged > item from the original "dist" metaconfig package. I'll contact Rafa�l > (the maintainer of dist) for his opinion, as that unit is still > unchanged in his svn repo. (git++ for giving me git svn clone) > > > Thanks, > > Alan. >Thread Next