[oe] perl 5.8.8 is ready

[Rolf Leggewie]

Jamie Lenehan wrote:
>> unfortunately, perl itself still has issues.  Bug 1700 is not yet resolved.
> 
> That uses an old out-of-tree toolchain doesn't it?

yes, 
http://handhelds.org/download/projects/toolchain/archive/cross-2.95.3.tar.bz2

More info at http://www.openembedded.org/usefulconfigurations

> I suspect that the gcc_s linking issue would be fixed. The other
> issue looks to be related to the compiler version being used. Can you
> attach the configure and compile logs for perl 5.8.8 builds using the
> sharprom toolchain to the bug? I'll then take a look at it and see if
> it can be fixed.

Thank you.  I have attached the requested files.  The gcc_s issue seems 
to be fixed indeed.