[Buildroot] [PATCH v8 03/11] perl: add an option for miniperl

François Perrad francois.perrad at gadz.org
Sat Oct 6 13:38:02 UTC 2012


2012/10/6 Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>:
> On 04/10/12 22:41, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>>
>> François,
>>
>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:18:19 +0200, Francois Perrad wrote:
>>
>>> diff --git a/package/perl/perl-install-miniperl.patch
>>> b/package/perl/perl-install-miniperl.patch
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..7e6f8e6
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/package/perl/perl-install-miniperl.patch
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
>>> +Add an option -miniperl
>>> +
>>> +Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad<francois.perrad at gadz.org>
>>
>>
>> Does this (fairly long) patch has a chance of being merged upstream? If
>> not, then I'd prefer if we simply didn't support miniperl.
>
>
>  I don't agree.  There is definitely a need for a non-bloated perl in
> buildroot.
> So if microperl is on its way out, this patch is needed even if upstream
> doesn't
> accept it.
>

miniperl is not a non-bloated perl.
a custom install allows a small footprint, see patch 08/11.

>
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
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