[comp.lang.perl] Possible bug in `Configure'

garyb@abekrd.co.uk (Gary Bartlett) (06/12/91)

After installing the recent patches to perl, I discovered a possible bug in
the Configure script.  Namely, 'd_tosignal' would always get set to 'int'
even if your signal routines return void.  Comments on the following fix?


*** Configure.orig	Tue Jun 11 14:29:39 1991
--- Configure	Tue Jun 11 14:29:48 1991
***************
*** 2893,2899 ****
  fi
  set d_voidsig
  eval $setvar
! case $voidsig in
  define) d_tosignal=void;;
  *) d_tosignal=int;;
  esac
--- 2893,2899 ----
  fi
  set d_voidsig
  eval $setvar
! case $d_voidsig in
  define) d_tosignal=void;;
  *) d_tosignal=int;;
  esac

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