packages/perl/perl_5.8.7.bb: A set of patches to make perl usable on powerpc targets.

Thanks to Jamie Lenahan for the help

3 files changed, 45 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/packages/perl/perl-5.8.7/config.sh-powerpc-linux b/packages/perl/perl-5.8.7/config.sh-powerpc-linux
index 6d41d29e9f..67f7aa3166 100644
--- a/packages/perl/perl-5.8.7/config.sh-powerpc-linux
+++ b/packages/perl/perl-5.8.7/config.sh-powerpc-linux
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ byteorder='4321'
 c='\c'
 castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
-cc='cc'
+cc='gcc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-Wl,-E,-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/powerpc-linux/CORE'
-ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
+ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/powerpc-linux/CORE'
+ccflags=''-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='gcc'
 ccsymbols='__gnu_linux__=1 __linux=1 __linux__=1 __unix=1 __unix__=1 system=linux system=posix system=unix'
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ cpio=''
 cpp='cpp'
 cpp_stuff='42'
 cppccsymbols='linux=1 unix=1'
-cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe'
+cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe'
 cpplast='-'
 cppminus='-'
-cpprun='cc -E'
-cppstdin='cc -E'
-cppsymbols='_BIG_ENDIAN=1 __BIG_ENDIAN__=1 __ELF__=1 _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 __GLIBC__=2 __GLIBC_MINOR__=4 __GNUC__=4 __GNUC_MINOR__=1 __GNU_LIBRARY__=6 _LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 _POSIX_SOURCE=1 __STDC__=1 __USE_BSD=1 __USE_FILE_OFFSET64=1 __USE_LARGEFILE=1 __USE_MISC=1 __USE_POSIX=1 __USE_POSIX199309=1 __USE_POSIX199506=1 __USE_POSIX2=1 __USE_SVID=1 __linux=1 __linux__=1 __unix=1 __unix__=1'
+cpprun='gcc -E'
+cppstdin='gcc -E'
+cppsymbols='_BIG_ENDIAN=1 __BIG_ENDIAN__=1 __ELF__=1 _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 __GLIBC__=2 __GLIBC_MINOR__=5 __GNUC__=4 __GNUC_MINOR__=1 __GNU_LIBRARY__=6 _LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 _POSIX_SOURCE=1 __STDC__=1 __USE_BSD=1 __USE_FILE_OFFSET64=1 __USE_LARGEFILE=1 __USE_MISC=1 __USE_POSIX=1 __USE_POSIX199309=1 __USE_POSIX199506=1 __USE_POSIX2=1 __USE_SVID=1 __linux=1 __linux__=1 __unix=1 __unix__=1'
 crypt_r_proto='0'
 cryptlib=''
 csh='csh'
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ d_const='define'
 d_copysignl='define'
 d_crypt='define'
 d_crypt_r='undef'
-d_csh='undef'
+d_csh='define'
 d_ctermid_r='undef'
 d_ctime_r='undef'
 d_cuserid='define'
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ d_dosuid='undef'
 d_drand48_r='undef'
 d_drand48proto='define'
 d_dup2='define'
-d_eaccess='define'
+d_eaccess='undef'
 d_endgrent='define'
 d_endgrent_r='undef'
 d_endhent='define'
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ d_endsent='define'
 d_endservent_r='undef'
 d_eofnblk='define'
 d_eunice='undef'
-d_faststdio='undef'
+d_faststdio='define'
 d_fchdir='define'
 d_fchmod='define'
 d_fchown='define'
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ d_fcntl='define'
 d_fcntl_can_lock='define'
 d_fd_macros='define'
 d_fd_set='define'
-d_fds_bits='undef'
+d_fds_bits='define'
 d_fgetpos='define'
 d_finite='define'
 d_finitel='define'
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ d_mktime='define'
 d_mmap='define'
 d_modfl='define'
 d_modfl_pow32_bug='undef'
-d_modflproto='define'
+d_modflproto='undef'
 d_mprotect='define'
 d_msg='define'
 d_msg_ctrunc='define'
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ d_mymalloc='undef'
 d_nice='define'
 d_nl_langinfo='define'
 d_nv_preserves_uv='define'
-d_off64_t='undef'
+d_off64_t='define'
 d_old_pthread_create_joinable='undef'
 d_oldpthreads='undef'
 d_oldsock='undef'
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ d_pipe='define'
 d_poll='define'
 d_portable='define'
 d_procselfexe='define'
-d_pthread_atfork='undef'
+d_pthread_atfork='define'
 d_pthread_attr_setscope='define'
-d_pthread_yield='undef'
+d_pthread_yield='define'
 d_pwage='undef'
 d_pwchange='undef'
 d_pwclass='undef'
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ d_seekdir='define'
 d_select='define'
 d_sem='define'
 d_semctl='define'
-d_semctl_semid_ds='undef'
+d_semctl_semid_ds='define'
 d_semctl_semun='define'
 d_semget='define'
 d_semop='define'
@@ -422,12 +422,12 @@ d_statfs_f_flags='undef'
 d_statfs_s='define'
 d_statvfs='define'
 d_stdio_cnt_lval='undef'
-d_stdio_ptr_lval='undef'
+d_stdio_ptr_lval='define'
 d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt='undef'
-d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt='undef'
+d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt='define'
 d_stdio_stream_array='undef'
-d_stdiobase='undef'
-d_stdstdio='undef'
+d_stdiobase='define'
+d_stdstdio='define'
 d_strchr='define'
 d_strcoll='define'
 d_strctcpy='define'
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ exe_ext=''
 expr='expr'
 extensions='B ByteLoader Cwd Data/Dumper Devel/DProf Devel/PPPort Devel/Peek Digest/MD5 Encode Fcntl File/Glob Filter/Util/Call I18N/Langinfo IO IPC/SysV List/Util MIME/Base64 Opcode POSIX PerlIO/encoding PerlIO/scalar PerlIO/via SDBM_File Socket Storable Sys/Hostname Sys/Syslog Time/HiRes Unicode/Normalize XS/APItest XS/Typemap attrs re threads threads/shared Errno'
 extras=''
-fflushNULL='undef'
+fflushNULL='define'
 fflushall='undef'
 find=''
 firstmakefile='makefile'
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ i_varargs='undef'
 i_varhdr='stdarg.h'
 i_vfork='undef'
 ignore_versioned_solibs='y'
-inc_version_list=' '
+inc_version_list=''
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ ivsize='4'
 ivtype='long'
 known_extensions='B ByteLoader Cwd DB_File Data/Dumper Devel/DProf Devel/PPPort Devel/Peek Digest/MD5 Encode Fcntl File/Glob Filter/Util/Call GDBM_File I18N/Langinfo IO IPC/SysV List/Util MIME/Base64 NDBM_File ODBM_File Opcode POSIX PerlIO/encoding PerlIO/scalar PerlIO/via SDBM_File Socket Storable Sys/Hostname Sys/Syslog Thread Time/HiRes Unicode/Normalize XS/APItest XS/Typemap attrs re threads threads/shared'
 ksh=''
-ld='cc'
+ld='gcc'
 lddlflags='-shared'
 ldflags=''
 ldflags_uselargefiles=''
@@ -716,9 +716,9 @@ lib_ext='.a'
 libc='/lib/libc-2.5.so'
 libperl='libperl.so'
 libpth='/lib /usr/lib'
-libs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+libs='-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
 libsdirs=''
-libsfiles=''
+libsfiles=' libresolv.so libnsl.so libdl.so libm.so libpthread.so libcrypt.so libutil.so libc.so'
 libsfound=''
 libspath=' /lib /usr/lib'
 libswanted='sfio socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl dld ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD'
@@ -764,15 +764,15 @@ myarchname='powerpc-linux'
 mydomain='.nonet'
 myhostname='brokenslug'
 myuname='linux brokenslug 2.6.12.6 #1 tue oct 24 01:06:22 pdt 2006 ppc unknown unknown gnulinux '
-n=''
-need_va_copy='define'
+n='-n'
+need_va_copy='undef'
 netdb_hlen_type='size_t'
 netdb_host_type='const void *'
 netdb_name_type='const char *'
 netdb_net_type='in_addr_t'
 nm='nm'
 nm_opt=''
-nm_so_opt=''
+nm_so_opt='--dynamic'
 nonxs_ext='Errno'
 nroff='nroff'
 nvEUformat='"E"'
@@ -787,8 +787,8 @@ nvtype='double'
 o_nonblock='O_NONBLOCK'
 obj_ext='.o'
 old_pthread_create_joinable=''
-optimize='-Os'
-orderlib='true'
+optimize='-O2'
+orderlib='false'
 osname='linux'
 osvers='2.6.12.6'
 otherlibdirs=' '
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ perl5='hostperl'
 perl=''
 perl_patchlevel=''
 perladmin='root@brokenslug.nonet'
-perllibs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+perllibs='-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
 perlpath='/usr/bin/perl'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ use64bitint='undef'
 usecrosscompile='undef'
 usedl='define'
 usefaststdio='define'
-useithreads='undef'
+useithreads='define'
 uselargefiles='define'
 uselongdouble='undef'
 usemallocwrap='define'
@@ -971,10 +971,10 @@ useperlio='define'
 useposix='true'
 usereentrant='undef'
 usesfio='false'
-useshrplib='false'
+useshrplib='true'
 usesitecustomize='undef'
 usesocks='undef'
-usethreads='undef'
+usethreads='define'
 usevendorprefix='undef'
 usevfork='false'
 usrinc='/usr/include'
diff --git a/packages/perl/perl.inc b/packages/perl/perl.inc
index 4f42d78ded..f063d0e403 100644
--- a/packages/perl/perl.inc
+++ b/packages/perl/perl.inc
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ do_compile() {
 	if test ${TARGET_ARCH} = "sh3" -o ${TARGET_ARCH} = "sh4"; then
 		OPTIONS="LD=${TARGET_ARCH}-${TARGET_OS}-gcc"
 	fi
+
+         # You must use gcc to link on powerpc also 
+ 	 OPTIONS="" 
+ 	 if test ${TARGET_ARCH} = "powerpc" ; then 
+ 	        OPTIONS="LD=${TARGET_ARCH}-${TARGET_OS}-gcc" 
+  	 fi 
+
+
 	oe_runmake perl $OPTIONS
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/perl/perl_5.8.7.bb b/packages/perl/perl_5.8.7.bb
index b9a62e79c9..12aec88a02 100644
--- a/packages/perl/perl_5.8.7.bb
+++ b/packages/perl/perl_5.8.7.bb
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ SRC_URI_append_sh4 += "file://override-generate-sh.patch;patch=1"
 SRC_URI_append_sh4 += "file://makefile-usegcc-to-link.patch;patch=1"
 SRC_URI_append_sh3 += "file://override-generate-sh.patch;patch=1"
 SRC_URI_append_sh3 += "file://makefile-usegcc-to-link.patch;patch=1"
+SRC_URI_append_powerpc += "file://override-generate-sh.patch;patch=1"
+SRC_URI_append_powerpc += "file://makefile-usegcc-to-link.patch;patch=1"
 
 PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
 
-PR = "r21"
+PR = "r22"
 
 do_configure() {
 	ln -sf ${HOSTPERL} ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/hostperl