Russell King - ARM Linux Admin wrote:
>
> Jim Fischer writes:
> > Has anyone managed to build Perl v5.x on/for the EBSA-285
> > [StrongARM/SA-110]? I've tried to natively build a variety of Perl 5.5x and
> > 5.6x packages on the EBSA, but they all use the '/bin/sort' command during
> > the build which causes a memory exhaustion error. [The EBSA has only 16 MB
> > of SDRAM installed...] I've also tried to cross compile those packages, but
> > the configure scripts do not support cross compilation. The problem is,
> > without Perl I cannot (natively) compile Linux kernels, gcc, glibc, and a
> > variety of other tools and utilities (e.g., package managers).
>
> I'm gradually working my way through the RedHat 7.0 sources rebuilding
> everything on an EBSA285 with 32MB, and perl 5.6.0 built last weekend
> with no problems. (Yes, this is the first major upgrade this machine
> has had since the old mixed redhat 3.0.3/4.0/4.1/4.2 stuff that is
> currently on the FTP site).
As you get things built and have opportunity, please add those to your
FTP site (with an associated announcement?). I'm sure I'm not the only
one who might find such things useful. (Or at the least, interesting.
:) )
C-ya,
Eli
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