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Date:      Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:45:35 +0100
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: buildworld across signal changes not quite right
Message-ID:  <383BB3BF.72CC24B@scc.nl>
References:  <199911240622.IAA84293@gratis.grondar.za>

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Mark Murray wrote:
> 
> > I'm not sure how to fix this problem.  Unlike our other build tools,
> > perl is not designed to be able to be cross-built:  It builds bits
> > of itself and assumes they can be safely executed to build other bits.
> 
> Perl is hugely fragile; cross-building it is a big PITA. If you
> have any smart ideas, I'm all ears.

I haven't paid any special attention to it yet.

> (I may have mentioned before that I hate the perl build).

No, but it is so noted now :-)

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