Re: Proposal to remove support for MachTen

[Dominic Dunlop]

Thanks for your kind words, Andy. The reason I sent the original mail 
is that I knew that the last perl that I knew worked worth a damn of 
MachTen was with 5.6.1, and I wanted to minimize the possibility of 
anybody coming along and getting frustrated on discovering that more 
current perls would not even build.

On 11 Feb 2004, at 21:31, Andrew Dougherty wrote:

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, H.Merijn Brand wrote:

On Wed 11 Feb 2004 15:54, Dominic Dunlop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
   [ giving up on MachTen ]

I propose the following:

1. Leave Configure as it is, this also to simplify integration
   to older versions, as Configure is still shared amongst all
Yes, but certainly do put some comments in the appropriate unit
(OldConfig.U, I think, offhand.)
OK by me.

2. Make hints/machten.sh exit with a warning for any perl
   higher than 5.8.x. This exit will have the same effect as
   you intended with the change to Configure: it won't build
Or maybe don't even bother, though certainly remove or reword
Dominic's promise to help fix any problems!
Again OK. I just unmothballed MachTen and confirmed that 5.6.2 makes a 
fairly good fist of building -- just one (new) test failed -- so 
stopping perl >= 5.8.x from building seems like the right thing to do.

I'll cook up another patch.
--
Dominic Dunlop