[perl #47940] [CAGE] mk_native_pbc stale

[Andrew Dougherty]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Reini Urban via RT wrote:

> Attached is my current working version. 
> Still as sh version, not converted to perl.
> 
> docs/project/release_manager_guide.pod updates missing
> 
> Please review.
> 

> Index: tools/dev/mk_native_pbc
> ===================================================================
> --- tools/dev/mk_native_pbc	(revision 36480)
> +++ tools/dev/mk_native_pbc	(working copy)
> @@ -1,32 +1,130 @@
 > #!/bin/sh
>  
> -# generate t/native_pbc_{1,2}.pbc
> -# this should be run on i386 systems to regenerate the first two
> -# native tests
> -# NOTE: This will need a perl compiled with long double support
> +# generate t/native_pbc/_{1,2}.pbc

Actually, that hasn't been true for a while.  

	perl Configure.pl --floatval='long double'
	
should be all that is needed.  I do note, however, that this will
pick the wrong printf format string for floats.  The patch in TT #294
fixes that.

-- 
    Andy Dougherty		doughera at lafayette.edu