Change 20604 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2003/08/10 20:14:28
Clarify the format checking instructions.
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... //depot/perl/Porting/pumpkin.pod#51 edit
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==== //depot/perl/Porting/pumpkin.pod#51 (text) ====
Index: perl/Porting/pumpkin.pod
--- perl/Porting/pumpkin.pod#50~19242~ Wed Apr 16 13:14:01 2003
+++ perl/Porting/pumpkin.pod Sun Aug 10 13:14:28 2003
@@ -733,11 +733,13 @@
=item CHECK_FORMAT
-To test the correct use of printf-style arguments, C<Configure> with
-S<-Dccflags='-DCHECK_FORMAT -Wformat'> and run C<make>. The compiler
-will produce warning of incorrect use of format arguments. CHECK_FORMAT
-changes perl-defined formats to common formats, so DO NOT USE the executable
-produced by this process.
+If you have gcc, you can test the correct use of printf-style
+arguments. Run C<Configure> with S<-Dccflags='-DCHECK_FORMAT
+-Wformat'> (and S<-Dcc=gcc>, if you are not on a system where C<cc>
+is C<gcc>) and run C<make>. The compiler will produce warnings of
+incorrect use of format arguments. CHECK_FORMAT changes perl-defined
+formats to common formats, so DO NOT USE the executable produced by
+this process.
A more accurate approach is the following commands:
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