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

Mark A. Miller
2009-01-12T05:24:00Z

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Mark A. Miller wrote:
>>
>> Actually, something that has amused me during this discussion, is that
>> right now, the latest stable Perl (5.8.8) does not compile correctly
>> on a uclibc host...
>>
>
> The latest stable Perl is 5.10.0, and the latest of the 5.8 series is 5.8.9.
>
> -hpa
>
> --
> H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
> I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

My mistake. However,
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/hints/linux.sh
still has the issue, specifically:

if test -L /lib/libc.so.6; then
libc=`ls -l /lib/libc.so.6 | awk '{print $NF}'`
libc=/lib/$libc
fi

So, my version was incorrect, yet the problem still exists. I've got a
patch, need to submit it, yet Perl *does not compile* on a uclibc
target *as is*.

And this is why we should avoid adding new tools to build the kernel,
because they introduce yet more break points, as such.

Thanks.

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Mark A. Miller
mark@mirell.org

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