From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 23 22:24:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6E5152D1 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:23:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA84293; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:22:16 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199911240622.IAA84293@gratis.grondar.za> To: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buildworld across signal changes not quite right Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:22:15 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm not sure how to fix this problem. Unlike our other build tools, > perl is not designed to be able to be cross-built: It builds bits > of itself and assumes they can be safely executed to build other bits. Perl is hugely fragile; cross-building it is a big PITA. If you have any smart ideas, I'm all ears. (I may have mentioned before that I hate the perl build). M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message