| Subject: | MakeMaker doesn't play nice on MacOSX - case sensitivity of "core" |
Here's a ticket from the Perl Core...
MakeMaker generates Makefiles whose "make clean" function executes
"rm -rf" indiscriminately on anything likely to be a temporary file.
This includes the file "core".
Unfortunately, MacOSX by default uses case-preserving-but-insensitive
files, so entire module subtrees that match /^(.*::)?Core(::.*)?$/i
are automatically removed by "make clean" under MacOSX.
Ideally, MakeMaker should distinguish between things that are likely
to be temporary directories and things that are likely to be
temporary files. The former should be "rm -rf"ed and the latter
should be merely "rm -f"ed. That would eliminate the problem while
still eliminating temporary files.
Well, OK, ideally MacOS would support case sensitivity by default,
but in light of the fact it doesn't, MakeMaker ought to be a little
more careful about trampling things called "Core".
----Perl -V output follows----
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 6) configuration:
Platform:
osname=darwin, osvers=8.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level
uname='darwin b48.apple.com 8.0 darwin kernel version 8.3.0: mon
oct 3 20:04
:04 pdt 2005; root:xnu-792.6.22.obj~2release_ppc power macintosh
powerpc '
config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g -pipe -
Dldflags=-Dman3ext=3
pm -Duseithreads -Duseshrplib'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define
usemultiplicity=de
fine
useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-
precomp -fno-s
trict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include',
optimize='-O3',
cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-
cpp-precomp
-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build
5363) (+4864187)
', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8,
Off_t='off_t', lseeksize
=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags ='-L/usr/
local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lc
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc
libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true,
libperl=libperl.dylib
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/
usr/local/li
b'
Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES
PERL_IMPLICIT_
CONTEXT
Locally applied patches:
23953 - fix for File::Path::rmtree CAN-2004-0452 security issue
33990 - fix for setuid perl security issues
SPRINTF0 - fixes for sprintf formatting issues - CVE-2005-3962
Built under darwin
Compiled at Dec 7 2006 09:01:25
%ENV:
PERL5LIB="/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin"
@INC:
/sw/lib/perl5
/sw/lib/perl5/darwin
/System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/5.8.6
/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Library/Perl/5.8.6
/Library/Perl
/Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/Network/Library/Perl/5.8.6
/Network/Library/Perl
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6
/Library/Perl/5.8.1
.