1 You're reading ./Cross/README.new, describing Perl cross-compilation process.
2 NOTE: this file will replace ./Cross/README, after the cross-compilation scheme
7 README.new - Cross-compilation for linux
11 This is second approach to linux cross-compilation, which should allow
12 building full perl and extensions for target platform.
14 We refer to HOST as the platform where the build is performed, and to
15 TARGET as where final executables will run.
21 Output files from GCC cross-compiler are produced in the same
22 directory where C files are. All TARGET binaries have different extensions
23 so to distinguish HOST and TARGET binaries. Namely, object files for C<arm>
24 cross-compilation will have extension C<.armo>, executable files will have
27 After typical cross-compilation the following files will be built, among
35 (this approach may be reconsidered, however.)
39 C<miniperl> is built. This executable is intended to run on HOST, and it
40 will facilitate the remaining build process; all binaries built after it are
41 foreign (TARGET) and should not run locally (HOST).
43 Unlike HOST build, miniperl will not have C<Config.pm> of HOST within reach;
44 it rather will use the C<Config.pm> from the cross-compilation directories.
45 In fact, if the build process does have Config.pm within reach, this is only
46 an indication of a mistake somewhere in the middle.
48 # following command is okay:
49 ./miniperl -Ilib -MCross -MConfig -e 1
50 # following command should cluck, and it is bad if it does not:
51 ./miniperl -Ilib -MConfig -e 1
53 After C<miniperl> is built, C<configpm> is invoked to create an
54 appropriate C<Config.pm> in the right place and its corresponding
57 File C<Cross.pm> is dead simple: for given cross-architecture places in @INC
58 a path where perl modules are, and right C<Config.pm> in that place.
60 That said, C<miniperl -Ilib -MConfig -we 1> should report an error, because
61 it cannot find C<Config.pm>. If it does not give an error, a wrong C<Config.pm>
62 is substituted, and resulting binaries will be a mess.
64 C<miniperl -MCross -MConfig -we 1> should run okay, and it will provide a
65 correct C<Config.pm> for further compilations.
67 During extensions build phase, the script C<./ext/util/make_ext_cross> is
70 All invocations of C<Makefile.PL> are provided with C<-MCross> so to enable
77 To compile, you need the following:
85 =head1 Things to be done
89 =item * better distinguishing of config.h/xconfig.h, dependencies
91 =item * object files created in ./xlib/cross-name/ ?