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Re: PM post on Makefile.PL FAIL for missing libraries

Michael G Schwern
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:20:10 -0700

David Golden wrote:
> On 9/26/07, David Landgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Wot, like
>>
>>    use Config;
>>    print "we can fork!" if $Config{d_fork};
> 
> Yes -- but which of the thread Config option do I use to check if it
> supports threads?

$Config{'useithreads'}

The other one refers to 5.005 threads which nobody should use anymore.


> And what's the relation of $Config{d_vfork} to $Config{d_fork}?  Is
> having either sufficient?

$Config{'d_fork'} or $Config{'d_pseudofork'}

Ignore d_vfork, it's just an internal consideration.


> Unfortunately, Config isn't always the clearest to the non-p5p crowd.

Most of this can be cribed from the core tests.


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