--- cvsroot/EV/Makefile.PL	2008/11/20 00:35:16	1.38
+++ cvsroot/EV/Makefile.PL	2010/11/28 06:34:10	1.48
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use 5.006;
+use 5.008002;
 
 use strict qw(vars subs);
 use Config;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 
 POSIX optionally offers support for a monotonic clock source. EV
-can take advantage of this clock source to detect time jumps
+can take advantage of this clock source to detect time jumps more
 reliably. Unfortunately, some systems are bound to be broken, so you can
 disable this here: you can completely disable the detection and use of
 the monotonic clock by answering 'n' here. Support for this clock type
@@ -56,20 +56,19 @@
 POSIX optionally offers support for a (potentially) high-resolution
 realtime clock interface. In a good implementation, using it is faster
 than the normal method of using gettimeofday. Unfortunately, this option
-is also bound to be broken on some systems, so you can disable use and
-probing of this feature altogether here. Otherwise support for this clock
-type will be autodetected at compiletime.
+is also bound to be broken on some systems, and current EV versions do not
+actually call gettimeofday very often, so it defaults to no.
 
 EOF
 
-$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_REALTIME=" . (0 + (prompt ("Prefer clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME) over gettimeofday (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/));
+$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_REALTIME=" . (0 + (prompt ("Prefer clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME) over gettimeofday (y/n)?", "n") =~ /[yY]/));
 
 print <<EOF;
 
 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
 
 
-EV can use various backends with various portability issue. The select
+EV can use various backends with various portability issues. The select
 backend is the most portable and makes for a good fallback, but it can be
 limited to a low number of file descriptors and/or might not compile. If
 you have problems with compiling ev_select.c, you might try to play around
@@ -145,16 +144,16 @@
 
 Note that kqueue is broken on most operating systems, so by default it
 won't be used on many platforms, but you can still create your own event
-loop with kqueue backend.
+loop with kqueue backend if you ask specifically for it.
 
 Here is what we know:
 
-NetBSD:  partially working in at least 3.1. Yeah! :)
-FreeBSD: broken on at least 6.2-STABLE,
+NetBSD:  partially working in at least 3.1 and later. Yeah! :)
+FreeBSD: broken on at least 6.2-STABLE, spotty in later versions,
          sockets *likely* work, ptys definitely don't.
 OpenBSD: reports indicate that it likely doesn't work
          (similar problems as on FreeBSD).
-OS X:    completely, utterly broken on at least < 10.5.
+OS X:    completely, utterly broken on at least <= 10.6.
 
 EOF
 
@@ -199,7 +198,8 @@
 
 A backend of a different kind is the Linux inotify(7) interface, which can
 be used to speed up (and reduce resource consumption) of stat watchers. If
-you have it, it is usually a good idea to enable it.
+you have the include file and libc support for it, it is usually a good
+idea to enable it, as kernel availability is detected at runtime.
 
 EOF
 
@@ -229,9 +229,39 @@
 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
 
 
+Another sometimes useful bit of functionality is the Linux signalfd, which
+is useful for faster signal handling (don't care). Kernel support for
+this will be probed at runtime, but your libc must contain the necessary
+wrapper. Glibc 2.7 and later should have this wrapper.
+
+EOF
+
+my $can_signalfd = -e "/usr/include/sys/signalfd.h";
+$can_signalfd = $ENV{EV_SIGNALFD} if exists $ENV{EV_SIGNALFD};
+$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_SIGNALFD=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable linux signalfd support (y/n)?", $can_signalfd ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
+
+print <<EOF;
+
+*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+
+
+Very rarely, people want to tweak EV even more, e.g. to exclude
+or incldue certain watcher types or backends. Thisc na be done by adding
+extra -D options here, or via the EV_EXTRA_DEFS environment variable.
+Normal persons just press enter.
+
+EOF
+
+$DEFINE .= " " . prompt "Any extra -D options?", $ENV{EV_EXTRA_DEFS};
+
+print <<EOF;
+
+*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+
+
 EOF
 
-my @anyevent = eval { require AnyEvent; $AnyEvent::VERSION < 2.6 } ? (AnyEvent => 2.6) : ();
+my @anyevent = eval { require AnyEvent; $AnyEvent::VERSION < 5.29 } ? (AnyEvent => 5.29) : ();
 
 WriteMakefile(
     dist	=> {
@@ -250,6 +280,7 @@
     LIBS => [$LIBS],
     PREREQ_PM => {
        @anyevent,
+       "common::sense" => 0,
     },
     VERSION_FROM => "EV.pm",
     PM           => {