[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2008-01-11 Thread James Keenan via RT
No complaints over the past 7 weeks, so I'm resolving the ticket. kid51

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-12-03 Thread James Keenan via RT
Patches applied to trunk in r23427 Dec 03 2007.

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-12-01 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Sat Dec 01 10:52:27 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: O. > > We'll probably have to perform a similar replacement in the remaining > tests, > at least to make cross-compilation test correctly. Yes. For the purpose of this test, I assumed that the original authors and maintainers of the configu

Re: [perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-12-01 Thread chromatic
On Saturday 01 December 2007 06:47:23 James Keenan via RT wrote: > I wove what I was doing on this RT into what I was doing in > http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=47902 and have submitted > the results in a patch attached to that ticket: > http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/32432

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-12-01 Thread James Keenan via RT
I wove what I was doing on this RT into what I was doing in http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=47902 and have submitted the results in a patch attached to that ticket: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/324326/16/diff.noConfig.patch.txt I did not implement a command-line opti

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-12-01 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Wed Nov 28 19:23:13 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For a given instance of perl on a given OS, can I assume that the two > commands below will *always* produce the same output? > > [parrot] 506 $ perl -MConfig -le 'print $Config{osname}' > darwin > [parrot] 507 $ perl -le 'print $^O' > darwi

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-28 Thread James Keenan via RT
The intent of Aldo's patch is even closer than I first thought to what I proposed last night ... as is evident from this question: For a given instance of perl on a given OS, can I assume that the two commands below will *always* produce the same output? [parrot] 506 $ perl -MConfig -le 'print $C

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-28 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Wed Nov 28 15:48:32 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Bernhard Schmalhofer wrote: > > >> > > James, > > > > could you look into this patch and apply it if appropriate? > > Obviously you are the person that knows best, whether > > it can be applied right away or needs some fiddling or merging

Re: [perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-28 Thread James E Keenan
Bernhard Schmalhofer wrote: James, could you look into this patch and apply it if appropriate? Obviously you are the person that knows best, whether it can be applied right away or needs some fiddling or merging. Yes. In line with my second post in RT 47902, I'm thinking that in step #2

Re: [perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-28 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
James Keenan via RT schrieb: (I'm surprised this patch slipped beneath my radar, as it refers to files I've been staring at for months.) This is very consistent with what I've recommended for %Config in http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=47902, so I recommend this patch be applie

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-28 Thread James Keenan via RT
But one more thought ... How will creating an 'osname' key from $^O affect/be affected by all the fiddling done with OS and platform names in config/auto/jit.pm? [parrot] 512 $ grep -n osname config/auto/jit.pm 49:my ( $cpuarch, $osname ) = split( /-/, $archname ); 56:if ( !defined $osna

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-28 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Sat Nov 10 03:07:27 2007, bernhard wrote: > > This patch hasn't been applied yet. > It make sense to me as it is a prerequisite for cross-compilation. > > Should I go ahead and try to apply the patch ? > (I'm surprised this patch slipped beneath my radar, as it refers to files I've been sta

Re: [perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-28 Thread jerry gay
On Nov 10, 2007 3:07 AM, Bernhard Schmalhofer via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fr. 23. Feb. 2007, 07:28:38, acalpini wrote: > > this patch adds an 'osname' key to Parrot's own $conf->data, which is > > used in the configure process instead of $^O (and $Config{osname}). > > > > this patch does

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-11-10 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer via RT
On Fr. 23. Feb. 2007, 07:28:38, acalpini wrote: > this patch adds an 'osname' key to Parrot's own $conf->data, which is > used in the configure process instead of $^O (and $Config{osname}). > > this patch does not affect the current configuration process. in the > long term, an --osname paramete

[perl #41597] [PATCH] replacing explicit access to $^O in Configure

2007-02-24 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Aldo Calpini # Please include the string: [perl #41597] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=41597 > this patch adds an 'osname' key to Parrot's own $conf->data, which is used in the confi