From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760711Ab3B0Sxd (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:53:33 -0500 Received: from smtp.snhosting.dk ([87.238.248.203]:43418 "EHLO smtp.domainteam.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752706Ab3B0Sxc (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:53:32 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:53:28 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: John Spencer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rob Landley Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] build linux-next without perl Message-ID: <20130227185328.GA27243@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <512E3A83.2050501@barfooze.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <512E3A83.2050501@barfooze.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 updated to 3.8-rc1. > > using this patch series since 2.6.32 in sabotage linux, it is highly > useful and it's about time to get it merged. > tested against linux 3.8, works perfectly. Why do you apply this patch serie to sabotage linux? Sam