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The ipkg package distribution has perl 5.10 packages so someone must have successfully cross-compiled perl. After searching some time I found this: http://svn.nslu2-linux.org/svnroot/optware/trunk/sources/perl/5.10/ Can someone who is familiar with the compile process please take a look at those files, especially the Makefile.SH patch if this is something worth merging? -Alex On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 08:37:09PM +0100, Konovalov, Vadim (Vadim)** CTR > ** wrote: > > > From: Nicholas Clark > > > > Subsequently Jarkko has moved country at least twice. > > > Possibly 3 times. > > > > > > 2: Redvers Davies attempted to cross compile for Openmoko. > > > (That's Arm too) > > > I think he was using canned config.sh files instead of Configure > > > > > > He's moved country once since then. > > > > > > 3: Vadim Konovalov worked to merge the cross compilation > > > approach used for > > > Windows CE with that for Linux. I think that that's where > > > the -MCross > > > comes from > > > > Indeed, this -MCross was invented for WinCE cross-compilation > > with consequent idea to have same approach for linux cross-compiling. > > > > I am not really insisting on this :) > > I like consistency if it simplifies things. > > > > I'm not aware of him moving country. > > > > Sorry, what is moving country? > > It was a joke to suggest that people seem to take extreme measures to run > away and hide after working on cross compiling. I know that Redvers moved > from the UK to the US. Jarkko moved from the US to Finland and back, > and I'm not sure that he's particularly made it public where he lives now. > > > I do not how much finished these are, but I would be voting for faster > > inclusion these, if her way appears to be the simpliest (and hence > > the more robust way) > > > > I think this efforts could be moving forward if we pay more attention to > it. > > > > (I wonder - how fast bit rot is... I think August was quite recently, so > > there is (almost) not bit rot yet) > > IIRC she said that she didn't think that it was ready yet. > So last I knew, we were awaiting her next iteration. > > Nicholas Clark >Thread Previous | Thread Next