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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: unexec() with perl
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Date: 22 Nov 90 14:16:31 GMT
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In article <312@pepper.rc.nokia.fi> stickler@rc.nokia.fi (Patrick Stickler RC 910) writes:
>Has anyone already patched perl with the GNU Emacs unexec()
>function in place of abort(). It seems that this would be the
>thing to do for the perl dist itself - it saves us from having
>to mess with undump!

I have, and have run this way for maybe a year.

If you look at PL40, if you -DUNEXEC you will get a function defined
called myunexec(), which is the code I wrote as a front end for unexec()
Whether it really sets things up right for YOUR architecture I don't know.
You will have to add unexec.c from the GNU distribution.  It works for
me.  I'm interested in hearing from others on their experiences.

--tom