Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-28 Thread Michal Marek
On 27.2.2013 22:51, Andrew Morton wrote: > It'll need to be reasonably good motivation, too. Because not only do > we need to patch the kernel, we also need to *maintain* its > perl-freeness and fix up perlisms as they later get added by others. > > (Perhaps one way of doing this would be to disa

Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-27 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > It'll need to be reasonably good motivation, too. Because not only do > we need to patch the kernel, we also need to *maintain* its > perl-freeness and fix up perlisms as they later get added by others. That's actually a backwards argument

Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-27 Thread Rob Landley
On 02/27/2013 03:51:55 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:57:52 -0800 (PST) Rob Landley wrote: > Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series removes > the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, mips, > powerpc, sparc, sh4, an

Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-27 Thread Rob Landley
On 02/27/2013 03:51:55 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:57:52 -0800 (PST) Rob Landley wrote: > Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series removes > the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, mips, > powerpc, sparc, sh4, an

Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-27 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:57:52 -0800 (PST) Rob Landley wrote: > Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series removes > the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, mips, > powerpc, sparc, sh4, and m68k). Now updated to 3.8-rc1. > > Note, this remove

Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-27 Thread John Spencer
On 02/27/2013 07:53 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 05:55:31PM +0100, John Spencer wrote: Rob Landley wrote: Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series removes the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, mips, powerp

Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-27 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 05:55:31PM +0100, John Spencer wrote: > Rob Landley wrote: >> Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series > removes >> the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, >> > mips, >> powerpc, sparc, sh4, and m68k). Now updat

Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-27 Thread John Spencer
Rob Landley wrote: Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series removes the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, mips, powerpc, sparc, sh4, and m68k). Now updated to 3.8-rc1. using this patch series since 2.6.32 in sabotage linux, it i

[PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl

2013-02-26 Thread Rob Landley
Before 2.6.25 building Linux never required perl. This patch series removes the requirement from basic kernel builds (tested on i686, x86_64, arm, mips, powerpc, sparc, sh4, and m68k). Now updated to 3.8-rc1. Note, this removes perl from the _build_ environment, not from the _development_ environm