Cross-compiling perl

Current version of perl-cross is 1.6.1
Most recent supported perl version: perl-5.40.1

To use, unpack over an appropriate perl distribution, overwriting the original Makefile.
Use one of supported perl versions; there are version-specific patches inside.

For older releases, check GitHub releases branch.

Changelog

• 1.6.1 (2025-02-05)
  • perl-5.40.1, perl-5.41.8
• 1.6 (2024-07-15)
  • perl-5.40.0, perl-5.41.1
  • fix config.h/xconfig.h discrepancy in miniperl
• 1.5.3 (2024-06-10)
  • perl-5.40.0
• 1.5.2 (2023-11-29)
  • perl-5.38.2, perl-5.36.3, perl-5.34.3
• 1.5.1 (2023-11-26)
  • perl-5.38.1, perl-5.36.2, perl-5.34.2
  • misc fixes
• 1.5 (2023-07-03)
  • perl-5.38.0
  • minor fixes
• 1.4.1 (2023-04-25)
  • perl-5.36.1, perl-5.37.11
  • reworked modules-clean targets
  • enable multiplicity whenever ithreads are enabled
  • minor fixes
• 1.4 (2022-05-28)
  • perl-5.36.0
• 1.3.7 (2022-03-15)
  • perl-5.34.1, perl-5.35.9
  • all-static fixes to support static-only targets
  • configure changes to accomodate lib32/lib64
  • use ldflags as the default value for lddlflags
  • misc fixes
• 1.3.6 (2021-05-24)
  • perl-5.34.0, perl-5.35.0
• 1.3.5 (2021-01-24)
  • perl-5.32.1
  • Time::HiRes fixes
  • default_inc_excludes_dot by default in all cases
  • miniperl make rules fix
• 1.3.4 (2020-06-02)
  • perl-5.32.0, perl-5.30.3, perl-5.28.3
• 1.3.3 (2020-04-17)
  • fix static module handling issue introduced in 1.3.2
• 1.3.2 (2020-03-21)
  • perl-5.30.2, perl-5.31.10
  • mainline perl compatible extensions lists in config.sh
  • Yocto related fixes
• 1.3.1 (2019-11-22)
  • perl-5.30.1, perl-5.31.6
  • updated config.sub and config.guess
• 1.3 (2019-05-25)
  • perl-5.30.0
• 1.2.3 (2019-04-21)
  • perl-5.28.2, perl-5.29.10
• 1.2.2 (2019-01-28)
  • multiple Makefile fixes for parallel builds
  • testpack fix that wasn't included in 1.2.1
  • perl-5.29.7
• 1.2.1 (2018-12-02)
  • perl-5.28.1, perl-5.29.3
  • some fixes for Darwin-based builds
• 1.2 (2018-06-27)
  • perl-5.28.0, perl-5.29.0
  • fixed Config.pl dependencies affecting some parallel builds
• 1.1.9 (2018-04-16)
  • perl-5.27.{7,8,9,10}, 5.26.2, 5.24.4
  • fixed gcc-7 detection
  • fix for static modules building as dynamic in some perl versions
• 1.1.8 (2017-10-29)
  • perl-5.27.5
  • fix for lib.pm dependency issue potentially affecting all static/no-dynaloader builds
  • fix for perl_langinfo.h including config.h unconditionally
• 1.1.7 (2017-09-26)
  • perl-5.27.4, perl-5.26.1, perl-5.24.3
  • cperl-5.26.1
  • support for -Duserelocatableinc
• 1.1.6 (2017-07-17)
  • perl-5.22.4, cperl-5.24.2
• 1.1.5 (2017-06-06)
  • perl-5.26.0, cperl-5.26.0
• 1.1.4 (2017-02-13)
  • perl-5.22.3
  • signal names fix
• 1.1.3 (2017-01-23)
  • perl-5.24.1, perl-5.25.9, cperl-5.25.1
  • common patches in cnf/diffs/ are now symlinked to a single copy
• 1.1.2 (2017-01-03)
  • use64bitint should work properly now
  • Fixed SysV message queues detection
  • Fixed timezone issues due to skipped tzset
  • perl-5.25.8 and cperl-5.24.2
• 1.1.1 (2016-10-10)
  • Fixed long double handling for targets without long doubles
  • Restored CCFLAGS and LDFLAGS capture from environment
  • config.sh values cleanup to pass all tests
  • Changes in installed perl binary names: versioned binaries like perl5.24.0 are not installed anymore; for cperl builds, perl -> cperl symlink added.
• 1.1.0 (2016-09-12)
  • Major code cleanup
  • Package name changed to perl-cross-N.M.tar.gz
  • Support for multiple perl versions
  • Experimental cperl support
  • General list of config.sh variables (configure_genc.sh) removed;
    values are now written to config.sh immediately
  • bash is no longer necessary to run configure;
    dash or busybox sh should be enough
  • Extended -A support removed (prepend and such)
  • Build host info (cf_by, cf_email etc) is no longer passed to config.sh
  • Various test fixes, and some new tests
  • Hints re-arranged, support for compiler hints removed
  • Newer gcc get -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing in ccflags
• 1.0.3 (2016-06-30)
  • perl-5.24.0
  • Android detection and proper osname
  • Errno.pm building fixed for Android
  • fixed rpath handling in presence of --sysroot
  • busybox sed may be used now instead of GNU sed
• 1.0.2 (2015-12-15)
  • perl-5.22.1
  • Berkeley DB detection fix (DB::File)
• 1.0.1 (2015-11-03)
  • poisoned paths patch from Buildroot
  • disable gcc built-ins to avoid false positives in hasfunc
  • proper escaping for values written to config.sh
• 1.0.0 (2015-08-26)
  • perl-5.22.0
  • floating-point functions detection and minor updates
  • absolutely nothing special about this release
• 0.9.7 (2015-06-28)
  • MakeMaker library detection fixes
  • better --no-dynaloader / --all-static options handling
• 0.9.6 (2015-03-07)
  • a2p yacc invocation suppressed for 5.20.2 sources
• 0.9.5 (2015-02-24)
  • perl 5.20.2
  • --sysroot handling fixed
• 0.9.4 (2014-11-04)
  • --all-static fix
• 0.9.3 (2014-10-14)
  • perl 5.20.1
  • bigendian target byteorder detection fix
• 0.9.2 (2014-09-20)
  • minor updates to handle perl 5.20.1-RC1
  • soname'd libperl installation
• 0.9.1 (2014-08-26)
  • module cleanup for 5.20.0
  • host-installed miniperl stuff removed
• 0.9 (2014-08-01)
  • perl-5.20.0
• 0.8.5 (2014-02-23)
  • out-of-source builds with absolute path to the source
  • patch --follow-symlinks is not used anymore
• 0.8.4 (2014-02-20)
  • variable/versioned libperl.so
  • out-of-source building support
  • default paths fixed (sitescript/vendorscript)
  • some Makefile fixes
  • project moved to GitHub
• 0.8.3 (2013-10-19)
  • Testpack for on-target testing
  • $extensions, ${static,dynamic,nonxs}_ext format changed to match Configure
  • $sharepath default fixed
• 0.8.2 (2013-09-09)
  • NV-related tests added
  • C++ and ELF format test added
  • largefile flags are now passed correctly to tests & modules
  • $ccdefines variable dropped in favor of $ccflags
  • hint files handling changed
  • config.sh variables list updated to match current Configure closely
  • --with-*, --host-* options handling fixed
• 0.8.1 (2013-09-05)
  • perl-5.18.1 (with no changes to perl-cross)
  • test-related fixes
• 0.8 (2013-08-08)
  • perl-5.18.0
  • module stubs are provided for ExtUtils::* to make them usable with miniperl
  • patch application is now done as a bulk phony target; patching the files in-place doen't translate well into make-dependencies
  • module paths fixes
  • Makefile dependencies cleaned up
• 0.7.4 (2013-04-11)
  • shared libperl support; enable with -Duseshrplib
  • nv_preserves_uv stuff reset to safe defaults; it can't be tested for currently, but at least it won't cause precision issues
• 0.7.3 (2013-04-05)
  • libs/perllibs split, and libswanted handling fixes; NDBM is properly linked now
  • standard format for extensions lists in $Config
  • install paths adjusted to match mainline perl
  • $libpth default value added, DynaLoader::dl_findfile should work now
  • drop-in replacement for Digest::MD5, calling Digest::Perl::MD5; no need to alter existing scripts anymore
  • patched Liblist now warns about non-usable libraries (and passes relevant tests)
  • minor config.sh tweaks
• 0.7.2 (2013-03-25)
  • perl-5.16.3
  • preliminary "make test" support (native builds only for now)
  • specifying --mode manually should work as expected in most cases
  • various configure/Makefile fixes
• 0.7.1 (2012-12-15)
  • use gcc for dynalinking modules
• 0.7 (2012-07-06)
  • perl-5.16.0
  • original perl files are now patched (vs. supplying modified versions)
  • Digest::Perl::MD5 added to allow using install{perl,man} with miniperl
  • Module name handling fixed in make_ext_Makefile.pl
  • archlib is now $prefix/lib/perl/$archname, instead of just $prefix/lib/perl/arch
  • d_csh set to undef, to prevent glob() failures
  • useithreads and use5005threads handling added
• 0.6.5 (2012-02-16)
  • inttypes.h added in byte order test
• 0.6.4 (2011-12-05)
  • /bin/sh changed to /bin/bash, take 2
• 0.6.3 (2011-11-02)
  • perl-5.14.2 (without any actual changes to perl-cross)
  • /bin/sh changed to /bin/bash everywhere
• 0.6.2 (2011-09-03)
  • Android and Intel CC builds support
  • --sysroot is now passed to compiler/linker
  • target specifications not recognized by config.sub are allowed
  • several configure tests fixes
  • no-DynaLoader configuration support
• 0.6.1 (2011-08-24)
  • static modules handling fixed
  • --all-static option for configure
• 0.6 (2011-08-20)
  • perl-5.14 support
  • make rules to build disabled modules
  • hints switched to flat directory style, added compiler and mode hints
  • libswanted handling fixed
  • configure now reads patchlevel.h to get perl version
  • minor fixes & cleanup
• 0.5 (2011-07-23)
  • need_va_copy bug fixed (this is what caused build errors on x86_64)
  • configure can now load configuration from a file (-f, -O)
  • support for most of the original Configure options (inc. -D, -U, -A)
  • --set/-D now allow passing arbitrary variables to config.sh
  • make rules to track MakeMaker dependencies
  • ccflags/ldflags support fixed
  • -DEBUGGING support added
  • environment clean-up added, configure no longer stumbles upon stray environment variables
  • Time::HiRes specific hints to allow successful builds
  • removed module tests for miniperl
• 0.4.1 (2011-04-25)
  • make rules for xsubpp changed
  • fixed static modules handling
• 0.4 (2011-03-11)
  • perl-5.12 support
  • miniperl_top introduced
  • make rules for all modules, make_ext is no longer used
• 0.3 (2011-03-04)
  • threads support
  • various fixes done after the demise of the old site
• 0.2 (2009-12-06)
  • make rules for DynaLoader fixed
  • other minor fixes to allow MIPS build
• 0.1 (2009-01-05)
  • first public release