Add compile-time errors for unsupported systems.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7c86412..62f2aae 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -261,6 +261,20 @@
AC_AIX
AC_MINIX
+# Check for unsupported systems
+case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
+SunOS/4*|DYNIX/*|dgux*/*|IRIX/4*|Linux*/1*)
+ echo This system \($ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release\) is no longer supported.
+ echo See README for details.
+ exit 1;;
+esac
+
+if test "$MINIX" = yes; then
+ echo This system \(MINIX\) is no longer supported.
+ echo Read README for details.
+ exit 1
+fi
+
AC_EXEEXT
AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-suffix)
AC_ARG_WITH(suffix,
@@ -1338,6 +1352,9 @@
LIBS="$LIBS -lc_r"
THREADOBJ="Python/thread.o"], [
AC_CHECK_LIB(thread, __d6_pthread_create, [AC_DEFINE(WITH_THREAD)
+ echo Systems with __d6_pthread_create are not supported anymore.
+ echo See README
+ exit 1
posix_threads=yes
LIBS="$LIBS -lthread"
THREADOBJ="Python/thread.o"], [
@@ -1650,6 +1667,8 @@
AC_HELP_STRING(--with-sgi-dl=DIRECTORY, IRIX 4 dynamic linking),
[
AC_MSG_RESULT($withval)
+echo --with-sgi-dl is unsupported; see README
+exit 1
AC_DEFINE(WITH_SGI_DL, 1,
[Define if you want to use SGI (IRIX 4) dynamic linking.
This requires the "dl" library by Jack Jansen,
@@ -1670,6 +1689,8 @@
AC_HELP_STRING(--with-dl-dld=DL_DIR, GNU dynamic linking),
[
AC_MSG_RESULT($withval)
+echo --with-dl-dld is unsupported; see README
+exit 1
AC_DEFINE(WITH_DL_DLD, 1,
[Define if you want to emulate SGI (IRIX 4) dynamic linking.
This is rumoured to work on VAX (Ultrix), Sun3 (SunOS 3.4),