On Nov 10, 2007 3:07 AM, Bernhard Schmalhofer via RT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fr. 23. Feb. 2007, 07:28:38, acalpini wrote:
> > this patch adds an 'osname' key to Parrot's own $conf->data, which is
> > used in the configure process instead of $^O (and $Config{osname}).
> >
> > this patch does not affect the current configuration process. in the
> > long term, an --osname parameter (along with --arch and others,
> > probably) will be added to Configure.pl, to provide support for
> > cross-compilation.
> >
> > as of now, the value of $conf->data->get('osname') ALWAYS returns $^O.
>
> This patch hasn't been applied yet.
> It make sense to me as it is a prerequisite for cross-compilation.
>
> Should I go ahead and try to apply the patch ?
>
yes, please!
~jerry
