[OE-core] [PATCH] perl: Allow perl to cross build and native build in a directory named "t"

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed May 23 06:06:12 UTC 2012


Dear Jason Wessel,

In message <1337749401-27198-1-git-send-email-jason.wessel at windriver.com> you wrote:
> If any directory in leading up to your tmp directory has the name "t"
> perl will fail to build with a very cryptic error shown below:
> 
> pod/buildtoc: no pods at pod/buildtoc line 305.
> make[1]: *** [pod/perltoc.pod] Error 255


This error message is missing in the patch itself:


> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-5.14.2/perl-build-in-t-dir.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
> +Upstream-Status:Pending
> +
> +Perl cannot cross build in a path containing a directory that
> +has the name of "t".
> +
> +You get an error like:
> +
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel at windriver.com>

... i. e. here.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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