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Re: smoking PERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE 3.5.0-22-generic [debian] (x86_64/8cpu) {blead_g++}

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From:
George Greer
Date:
June 3, 2013 04:12
Subject:
Re: smoking PERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE 3.5.0-22-generic [debian] (x86_64/8cpu) {blead_g++}
Message ID:
alpine.LFD.2.03.1306030011330.14713@m-l.org
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013, Dave Mitchell wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 03:02:27PM +0000, Dave Mitchell wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 04:38:00PM -0400, George Greer wrote:
>>> O O O X X X -Duseithreads -Accflags=-DPERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE
>>
>> I wonder if there's any point in smoking PERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE
>> any more? I presume it been superseded for all practical purposes by
>> PERL_NEW_COPY_ON_WRITE?
>>
>> Instead, while PERL_NEW_COPY_ON_WRITE is temporarily not the default
>> (till after 5.18), perhaps we should smoke that as an option instead?
>
> Now that PERL_NEW_COPY_ON_WRITE is the default again in blead, perhaps
> change the  -Accflags=-DPERL_NEW_COPY_ON_WRITE smoker to
> -Accflags=PERL_NO_COW ?

Done, right before scurrying off to YAPC::NA.

-- 
George Greer

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