On Thu Apr 29 03:02:20 2004, geos wrote: > > I am NOT going to apply this patch. The part you changed (or at > least proposed > > a change for) is specifically flags to be passed to the compiler end > ($cc), > > not to the loader directly. What is noted here is correct. > > yes, true. I should have stressed that for the IRIX 5.3 IDO the syntax > of > ld and cc is the same with respect to this aspect. > > > > > If it turns out to be that the C compiler on IRIX 5 does not > understand the > > it does not. > > > -Wl,... syntax, please supply a patch to hints/irix_5.sh, so it > changes the > > $lddlflags instead, which should work too. > > I would love to. Something like > > lddlflags=`echo "$lddlflags"|sed -e 's/-Wl,-rpath,/-rpath /'` > > maybe... I'll try. > > I just wonder why all these OS-specific settings are done in Configure > then > and are not left to the respective hints file? > > Is there anyone familiar with either the IRIX operating system and/or Configure who could review the issues in this ticket? It has attracted no commentary in nine years. Thank you very much. Jim Keenan --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=29103