Re: Perl

[David H. Lynch Jr.]

Lee Revell wrote: On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 18:08 +0100, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote: Lee Revell wrote: I've been trying to cross compile Perl for a PPC440 board and it just isn't happening. Perl is probably the least amenable application to cross compiling I've found. I tried the instructions in the Cross/ directory of the Perl distro but they don't work - "sh Configure" fails on my target because it expects a full C development environment, which won't fit. Is there any easy solution? Can someone send me a binary? Configure and make perl natively on your target platform. I have done it some time ago with the ELDK. I've almost got the cross compile method described in INSTALL to work (using SSH to the target). But it just hangs forever at "Checking how to flush all pending stdio output...". Argh. Compiling natively on the target is not an option, the perl build process has too many dependencies. It depends on stuff fron GNU coreutils like /bin/comm that is not available in busybox. Does no one out there have a binary they are willing to send me? Lee     You can also use something like a Mac PowerBook with ppc4xx crosstools as a build and test environment.     I did most of my early link port work that way, though I now use crosstools under colinux. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded -- Dave Lynch DLA Systems Software Development: Embedded Linux 717.627.3770 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dlasys.net fax: 1.253.369.9244 Cell: 1.717.587.7774 Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too numerous to list. "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

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