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@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ the particular platforms: README.ce -=item Open Zaurus +=item arm-linux (Open Zaurus, N770, etc) Cross/README @@ -1688,19 +1688,13 @@ For some cross-compilation environments the Configure option C<-Dinstallprefix=...> might be handy, see L<Changing the installation directory>. -About the cross-compilation support of Configure: what is known to -work is running Configure in a cross-compilation environment and -building the miniperl executable. What is known not to work is -building the perl executable because that would require building -extensions: Dynaloader statically and File::Glob dynamically, for -extensions one needs MakeMaker and MakeMaker is not yet -cross-compilation aware, and neither is the main Makefile. - -The cross-compilation setup of Configure has successfully been used in -at least two Linux cross-compilation environments. The setups were -both such that the host system was Intel Linux with a gcc built for -cross-compiling into ARM Linux, and there was a SSH connection to the -target system. +About the cross-compilation support of Configure: it supports +cross-compilation process up to building the miniperl executable. +You should go this way if your platform is not supported for perl +cross-compilation (i.e. it is not arm-linux, wince or another platform +mentioned above). + +If this is your case, keep reading this section. To run Configure in cross-compilation mode the basic switch that has to be used is C<-Dusecrosscompile>. |