Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series removes the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, mips, powerpc, sparc, sh4, and m68k). Now updated to 3.7, with the UAPI stuff.
Earlier versions of these patches were posted to the mailing list once or twice: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1201.2/02849.html http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0912.1/00093.htm http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0909.2/01661.html http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0901.0/00772.html http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0901.0/00148.html http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0802.1/4393.html They've also been posted individually rather than as a series: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1101.2/00650.html http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1101.2/00115.html Mentioned during related perl removal patches from other people: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0910.0/02145.html And so on. The most up to date version of these patches is always available at http://landley.net/hg/aboriginal in the sources/patches directory. Specifically, check: http://landley.net/hg/aboriginal/log/tip/sources/patches/linux-noperl-capflags.patch http://landley.net/hg/aboriginal/log/tip/sources/patches/linux-noperl-headers.patch http://landley.net/hg/aboriginal/log/tip/sources/patches/linux-noperl-timeconst.patch (Earlier versions had the kernel version number in the filename, so you'll have to dig in the repository a bit to find them if you want the version for an older kernel.) Mostly people just copy the patches into their local projects (ala https://github.com/rofl0r/sabotage/tree/master/KEEP ) but I'm reposting them to linux-kernel after Gentoo considered using these patches, but didn't because they weren't upstream: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421483 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/