Re: perl: inconsistent archname in build config?

[bert Dvornik <bert at gljiva dot org>]

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:30 PM, bert Dvornik <bert@gljiva.org> wrote:
> Summary: Cygwin's perl 5.14 uses cygwin-thread-multi-64int as the
> archname for user module directories (i.e. those based on PERL5LIB),
> but i686-cygwin-threads-64int as the archname for system module
> directories and for installing files via cpan.  This seems to be based
> on the build configuration (there are two settings in different
> places).  It doesn't make sense to me, though maybe I'm missing
> something.

Oops, I had promised the full output of perl -V but didn't include it.
 Sorry.  (Most of this will be exactly the same for everyone else, but
here it is just in case.)

--bert


Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration:

  Platform:
    osname=cygwin, osvers=1.7.15(0.26053), archname=cygwin-thread-multi-64int
    uname='cygwin_nt-5.1 winxp 1.7.15(0.26053) 2012-05-09 10:25 i686 cygwin '
    config_args='-de -Dlibperl=cygperl5_14.dll -Dcc=gcc-4 -Dld=g++-4
-Darchname=i686-cygwin-threads-64int -Dmksymlinks -Dusethreads
-Accflags=-g'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc-4', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.5.3', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8,
Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='g++-4', ldflags =' -Wl,--enable-auto-import
-Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base
-fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-ldl -lcrypt
    libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=cygperl5_14.dll
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' --shared  -Wl,--enable-auto-import
-Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -L/usr/local/lib
-fstack-protector'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV
                        PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS
                        USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
                        USE_REENTRANT_API
  Locally applied patches:
	Bug#55162 File::Spec::case_tolerant performance
	CYG07 $vendorarch/auto/.rebase
	CYG15 static Win32CORE
	CYG17 cyg-1.7 paths-utf8
	0c612ce82 Fix building static extensions on cygwin, -UUSEIMPORTLIB
	1bac5ecc1 Fix 64-bit threading sv.c: S_anonymise_cv_maybe
	Cygwin::sync_winenv added
  Built under cygwin
  Compiled at Jul 12 2012 14:17:21
  %ENV:
    PERL5LIB="/home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5:/home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14:/home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5/5.14"
  @INC:
    /home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5/cygwin-thread-multi-64int
    /home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5
    /home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/cygwin-thread-multi-64int
    /home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14
    /home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5/5.14/cygwin-thread-multi-64int
    /home/bert/perl-lib/lib/perl5/5.14
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.14
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8
    .

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