Re: Perl 5.6.0 Is Here!
According to Stephen Zander:
> >>>>> "Chip" == Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> writes:
> Chip> In that case, code inside e.g. mod_perl would need to see
> Chip> $Config{useshrplib} eq 'true', while code in perl programs
> Chip> executed by /usr/bin/perl would need to see
> Chip> $Config{useshrplib} eq 'false'.
>
> I would seriously question that *any* code other than MakeMaker looks
> at useshrplib. And MakeMaker is still being invoked by perl, not an
> application with perl embedded in it, so making Config.pm smarter
> wouldn't help.
Well, OK, maybe useshrplib was a bad example. How about $libperl?
> The last time I was wandering through Makefile.SH, I'm sure I saw the
> shared lib targets, they're just not invoked ....
Nope, sorry, can't find 'em.
> If that turns out not to be true, I'll happily write the patch that
> prevents my being a liar. :)
You're on.
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K
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