[Buildroot] [PATCH 01/13] perl: new package v6

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 09/21/12 23:29, Fran?ois Perrad wrote:
>> >  That said, even so it is certainly possible to create a host-qemu
>> >  package, I am a bit annoyed to see the build process of a package
>> >  requiring qemu. Is there really no other way? I guess it uses qemu to
>> >  run a bunch of tests on the target system. Is there no way to provide
>> >  pre-defined values for those tests, on a per-architecture basis, rather
>> >  than running those test applications in Qemu?
>> >
> Qemu is not used for test, but for the configure and build step.
> Perl is 'bootstrapped' by miniperl (a perl without any extension module),
> during the build process, miniperl is running via qemu (user mode).
>
> Perl doesn't use the "standard" autotools, Perl has a limited support
> for cross-compiling
> where the target executables are running on a real target through a
> ssh connection.
> The use of qemu (user mode) removes the need of a real target and the
> ssh connection.

  Probably a stupid question, but is it possible to build a host-miniperl
and use that for the perl build?  If necessary, we could patch the
host-miniperl a bit to point into the sysroot'ed perl directories, like
is done with host-pkg-config.  Or is the issue that the perl build generates
files with native endianness and struct layout?  That would be more or less
impossible to work around without qemu...


  Regards,
  Arnout

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