Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:41:25 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Subject: Re: Bootstrapping perl (Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/perl Mak Message-ID: <200006270941.CAA00980@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20000626140615.H64105@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On 26-Jun-00 David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 10:28:53PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote: >> > Since I'm now through it, I don't know the latest problem, but the >> > last thing I saw that the old lib got used with the new perl (or the >> > other way round) and that looks like it can be fixed with some path >> > adjustments. >> >> The problem here is that miniperl needs to be built early enough >> to be in the path perl "proper" is done. >> >> I thought build-tools was the answer; sadly that seems to be wrong. >> Now I'm looking at cross-tools (out of src/makefile.inc1). > > Adding something to bootstrap-tools implies that we can't use the > installed miniperl (backward compatibility problem) or the host doesn't > have miniperl. The bootstrap-tools built miniperl would then be used > throughout the build and install stages. I think that's what we have in this case. We need the newer version of miniperl to build perl, correct? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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