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From: kebsch@nixpbe
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Re: v16i034: Larry Wall's Configure - (nf)
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Date: 27 Oct 88 12:55:00 GMT
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Nf-From: nixpbe!kebsch    Oct 27 13:55:00 1988

Jay Libove wrote:

> Well, Larry (for the first time I've ever seen) made a number of very
> very bad assumptions in his configure distribution.
>
> 1) that you have Perl. Perl doesn't run on 80286 machines. Not at all.
			 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's wrong! I yacc'ed perl.y on a 32 bit machine and compiled
Perl-2.0, Patchlevel-14 on a 80286 machine. It runs pretty good and
I have no problems! My Operatingsystem is UNIX Sytem V Rel-2 (Microport).
So don't flame on Larry Wall, flame on SCO Xenix SysV/286 v2.2.1.

> 2) that your system can deal with a simple makefile unser /bin/csh
>    without SHELL=/bin/sh in the makefile - SCO Xenix SysV/286 v2.2.1
>    breaks here. You have to have the SHELL=/bin/sh.

That's your problem! So don't flame on Larry Wall, flame on
SCO Xenix SysV/286 v2.2.1.

> 3) the Configure that came with the configure package didn't ask
>    for other CFLAGS and LDFLAGS. Well, you need that on segmented
>    machines in order to give the model switches, else you have to
>   hand locate and edit the makefiles to add them.

Oh my dear...! Fix it (it's easy) and don't flame on Larry Wall!

> What happenned Larry? Your utilities used to be the best, and most
> portable programs on the net...

That's really true!! So, please, never flame on Larry Wall.
Don't forget: Software from Larry Wall is free and takes only
a little bit work for you.

That's all. Sorry for my bad English, but I think you will understand
what I am meaning.

Waldemar Kebsch

PS: Some month ago I installed SCO Xenix SysV/286 v2.2.1 on my private
    80286 machine. All what I remember are a lot of messages like
    this:"Compiler internal error". So I reformated the disk and
    installed Microport System V/AT 2.2.2. I like it.
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