[bug#32624] [PATCH] gnu: perl: Add support for cross-compilation

["Raphaël Mélotte" <raphael.melotte@gmail.com>]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> I would prefer to rely on Perl’s build system, assuming it supports cross-compilation.

I understand.

> Now, I see that Buildroot uses perl-cross, so maybe it’s a sign that
> it’s unavoidable:
>
>   https://git.busybox.net/buildroot/tree/package/perl/perl.mk
>
> Besides I personally don’t consider cross-compilation of Perl a
> priority, so unless you have a need for it, you can choose a different
> task to work on.  ;-)

I guess writing a package recipy for perl-cross wouldn't be too hard,
but forcing it's use when cross-compiling or even adapting Perl's build
system requires knowledge I don't have (yet?).

> Let me know if you want to pursue the Perl cross-compilation endeavor
> and if not, we can close this issue.

I don't need it so much either so I'll try to focus on smaller packages definitions that I find useful. 

(I just closed the issue)


Thanks!

Raphaël.