Disable thread safety for 5.8.x on Windows

[perl/modules/Variable-Magic.git] / Makefile.PL

diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 18cf91c623b66975a8156c9ce7b1adb86c3b014a..cc205cb78a6f7369ed9e82eb3af02b66937d0fe8 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && $^V ge v5.8.7 && $^V lt v5.9.0) {
 }
 print $is_as ? "yes\n" : "no\n";
 
+# Threads, Windows and 5.8.x don't seem to be best friends
+if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && $^V lt v5.9.0) {
+ push @DEFINES, '-DVMG_MULTIPLICITY=0';
+}
+
 @DEFINES = (DEFINE => join ' ', @DEFINES) if @DEFINES;
 
 my $BUILD_REQUIRES = {