Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl.

Leon Woestenberg
2009-01-04T10:23:55Z

Hello,

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:06 AM, Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> wrote:
> Let's look at the rationale presented so far in this thread:
>
> 1 - Being able to build the kernel natively on a constrained
> target is useful, regardless of whether it is being used for
> regression/stress testing or for headers installation or whatever
> else.
>
> 2 - Cross-compiling perl is hard.
>
> 3 - Some oddly constrained target distributions manage to ship
> with an entire toolchain yet fail to provide any implementation
> of perl.
>
> 4 - It wasn't required before.
>
> If there is anything I missed, feel free to add it to the list. It was
> difficult to extract even those 4 from the ranting.
>

2 is not hard.

5. Tool *version* dependency is hard to get right. When cross-building
30 software packages all requiring native perl, we probably need to
build a few versions of perl (native), one for each set of packages.

Regards,
--
Leon