Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Jeremy Huntwork wrote: >> There is a problem, however. The script uses open() but with 3 >> arguments instead of 2. From what I've found so far, this change in >> syntax was introduced in perl-5.8.0, so the installation of Linux >> Headers fails if the host's version of perl is < 5.8.0. I'm >> investigating possibilities, such as modifying the script to use two >> parameters, but at least for now, adding a minimal perl to /tools >> beforehand solves the issue. > > Update, the change in syntax occurred in 5.6.0. See here: > http://perldoc.perl.org/perl56delta.html#open()-with-more-than-two-arguments
And one last update, here's a patch that makes it backwards compatible. I sent this to the kernel list. Not sure if they'll care about being compatible with versions older than 5.6.0, but we'll see what happens. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~jhuntwork/linux-2.6.27.1-perl_compat-1.patch -- JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
