> perl-5.8.2 - came as pre-built binaries - from "free" > Arabella (partner of > Motorola/Freescale) CD-ROM (came with the board) - without support and > without any documentation (fadsroot). I copied it ("fadsroot > directory" from > that CD-ROM onto the disk drive of my Linux Red Hat 9 Shrike > Intel PC (NFS > server) and my board mounts it as root file system during the booting > (this is the intended use of "fadsroot").
ok. let us think those are valid binaries until proven otherwise. > Apparently there were also some "remnants" of 5.8.0 ... let use hope those do not mess with your binaries, unless....... > >You can send binaries directly to me and I can try figuring this out > > This is "scattered" across several directories - should I > tar/zip all those > and send to you (how ? - may be more than > e-mail could handle). send them by archive to my home address [EMAIL PROTECTED] , and do NOT CC to p5p list. I hope that e-mail is reachable for you, lemme know otherwise. > > So there is no "designated porter" dealing with perl on Power > PC arch ? AFAIK people contribute their efforts as they do, no special designated porters. Personally, I have some little experience on running perl on PPC, but I haven't got so far to rebuild recent perl for it. Best regards, Vadim.