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Nicholas Clark <nick@flirble.org> wrote on 01/24/2009 12:43:06 PM: > What is it with OS/390 that for a static build it must not have > -DDPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB set for opmini.o? > > And how come this doesn't break things even more horribly, as without that set, > opmini.o and hence miniperl is going to try to load File::Glob for glob(), > which is going to fail horribly even for static linking, because ./miniperl > is needed to be in working order to *build* File::Glob ? > > I think that it's broken. As is, it prevents me simplifying something. IIRC the environment that shipped with OS/390's Unix System Services had no C like shell at all and the shell that shipped with it did not have a glob built in. Hence an external call (execve or somesuch) to call a glob would fail. I tested with and without usedl set before sending in the patch. I hope that helps explain it. At this time I'd (weakly) recommend making dynamic loading the default for OS/390. Unfortunately I have no way to test the port since I no longer have access to such an environment. Peter PrymmerThread Previous | Thread Next