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On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:33:54 +0100, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 06:12:46AM -0700, Nicholas Clark wrote:
>
> > There are a *lot* of variant testing targets in the *nix Makefile, most of
> > which I don't think that anyone uses. All are shortcuts which invoke t/TEST
> > or t/harness with various options. I propose we remove most of them.
>
> > There are also targets and scripts related to profiling and testing tools
> > for Tru64 and Irix. I propose we remove those.
>
> I'm wondering also about killing the purify/quantify/purecov targets
+1
> (and associated documentation). I'm not even sure if IBM still sell
> quantify or purecov. They still seem to sell purify, but I'm not sure if
> anyone is using it these days. eg
>
> Valgrind's technical support is better. (Yes, I've dealt with both.)
> Valgrind doesn't cost $2,364 [rational.com] per seat.
When I used (the trial version of) Purify-7 on AIX, there were no
alternatives available. Valgrind could not be compiled on AIX.
I have no idea what the current options are when being forced to work
on AIX.
> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=36918&cid=3969004
>
> so cull this plus documentation:
>
> diff --git a/Makefile.SH b/Makefile.SH
> index 94c0168..4c7980f 100755
> --- a/Makefile.SH
> +++ b/Makefile.SH
> @@ -917,17 +917,6 @@ $(PERL_EXE): $& perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(LIBPERL) $(static_ext) ext.libs $(PERLEXPOR
> -@rm -f miniperl.xok
> $(SHRPENV) $(LDLIBPTH) $(CC) -o perl$(PERL_SUFFIX) $(PERL_PROFILE_LDFLAGS) $(CLDFLAGS) $(CCDLFLAGS) perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(static_ext) $(LLIBPERL) `cat ext.libs` $(libs)
>
> -# Purify/Quantify Perls.
> -
> -pure$(PERL_EXE): $& perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(LIBPERL) $(static_ext) ext.libs $(PERLEXPORT)
> - $(SHRPENV) $(LDLIBPTH) purify $(CC) -o pureperl $(CLDFLAGS) $(CCDLFLAGS) perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(static_ext) $(LLIBPERL) `cat ext.libs` $(libs)
> -
> -purecov$(PERL_EXE): $& perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(LIBPERL) $(static_ext) ext.libs $(PERLEXPORT)
> - $(SHRPENV) $(LDLIBPTH) purecov $(CC) -o purecovperl $(CLDFLAGS) $(CCDLFLAGS) perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(static_ext) $(LLIBPERL) `cat ext.libs` $(libs)
> -
> -quant$(PERL_EXE): $& perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(LIBPERL) $(static_ext) ext.libs $(PERLEXPORT)
> - $(SHRPENV) $(LDLIBPTH) quantify $(CC) -o quantperl $(CLDFLAGS) $(CCDLFLAGS) perlmain$(OBJ_EXT) $(static_ext) $(LLIBPERL) `cat ext.libs` $(libs)
> -
> !NO!SUBS!
>
> case "${osname}${osvers}" in
>
>
> Nicholas Clark
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