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Thanks for your kind words, Andy. The reason I sent the original mail is that I knew that the last perl that I knew worked worth a damn of MachTen was with 5.6.1, and I wanted to minimize the possibility of anybody coming along and getting frustrated on discovering that more current perls would not even build. On 11 Feb 2004, at 21:31, Andrew Dougherty wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > >> On Wed 11 Feb 2004 15:54, Dominic Dunlop <shouldbedomo@mac.com> wrote: > > [ giving up on MachTen ] > >> I propose the following: >> >> 1. Leave Configure as it is, this also to simplify integration >> to older versions, as Configure is still shared amongst all > > Yes, but certainly do put some comments in the appropriate unit > (OldConfig.U, I think, offhand.) OK by me. > >> 2. Make hints/machten.sh exit with a warning for any perl >> higher than 5.8.x. This exit will have the same effect as >> you intended with the change to Configure: it won't build > > Or maybe don't even bother, though certainly remove or reword > Dominic's promise to help fix any problems! Again OK. I just unmothballed MachTen and confirmed that 5.6.2 makes a fairly good fist of building -- just one (new) test failed -- so stopping perl >= 5.8.x from building seems like the right thing to do. I'll cook up another patch. -- Dominic DunlopThread Previous