packages/lang/perl/files, branch master

perl: fix parallel build race condition in target build

2025-05-05T09:20:38Z

We have received reports of builds of perl occasionally failing when building with many parallel jobs, with a log like the following: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=[...]/perl/perl-5.40.0 ./miniperl -Ilib make_ext.pl \ dist/constant/pm_to_blib MAKE="make" LIBPERL_A=libperl.so File/Path.pm did not return a true value at [...]/hostpkg/usr/lib/perl5/5.40.0/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 13. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at [...]/hostpkg/usr/lib/perl5/5.40.0/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 13. Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 3. Unsuccessful Makefile.PL(dist/constant): code=65280 at make_ext.pl line 532. The failing extension (dist/constant in the above log) would differ between runs. The cause of the issue is the `-Ilib` in the command line of miniperl. In the host build, `./miniperl -I lib` will use the following include path: [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/AutoLoader/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/dist/Carp/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/dist/PathTools [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/dist/PathTools/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/ExtUtils-Manifest/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/File-Path/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/ext/re [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/dist/Term-ReadLine/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/dist/Exporter/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/ext/File-Find/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/Text-Tabs/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/dist/constant/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/version/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/Getopt-Long/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/Text-ParseWords/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/cpan/ExtUtils-PL2Bat/lib [..]/build_dir/hostpkg/perl/perl-5.40.0/lib . Various dependencies of the extension build scripts (Makefile.PL) - including File-Path, which failed to be loaded in the error log - are included in the path by buildcustomize.pl, as these extensions are only installed to `lib` as the build proceeds. However, in a target build, miniperl is just a symlink to the previously built host perl. As the host perl does not implicitly load `buildcustomize.pl`, we get the following include path for `./miniperl -Ilib`: lib [..]/staging_dir/hostpkg/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.40.0/x86_64-linux [..]/staging_dir/hostpkg/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.40.0 [..]/staging_dir/hostpkg/usr/lib/perl5/5.40.0/x86_64-linux [..]/staging_dir/hostpkg/usr/lib/perl5/5.40.0 The host perl's install location is used as the default include path which provides File-Path etc. for the target build; however, as more and more libraries get installed into `lib` during the extension build, they may get loaded from there instead, as `lib` is at the beginning of the include path. When multiple extensions are built in parallel, a Makefile.PL may attempt to load File/Path from `lib` after the file has been created, but before its contents have been written fully, resulting in the build to fail. In fact, we should not load anything from `lib` during the target build, as it is the staging directory for the target, including native extensions built for the target architecture - with one exception: The build scripts expect to find target information in the `Config` module, so simply removing `lib` from the include path completely would break the build. Solve the issue by creating an alternative lib directory `lib_build`, symlinking `Config.pm` and its dependencies in it, and replacing the `-Ilib` argument with `-Ilib_build` using a wrapper script around the host perl executable. This is similar to the approach seen in perl's own obsolete/broken cross compile scripts (`Cross/Makefile`). Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer

perl: drop 110-always_use_miniperl.patch

2025-05-05T09:20:38Z

The patch was introduced in commit 4c57844f0f04 ("lang/perl: Add hack to make perl always use miniperl during build"), but it is not actually necessary. By setting $perl to a non-empty value (using 'perl' as is common on desktop distros), the logic works as intended and selects the correct perl binary for host and target builds. As miniperl just symlinks to host perl for target builds, the main effect of this change is not unconditionally passing `-Ilib -I.` anymore. This seems like a good thing; host libraries should be used with host perl by default. Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer

perl: fix Segmentation fault

2024-07-23T01:48:26Z

Signed-off-by: Esaaprilia Salsabila

perl: update version 5.40.0

2024-06-20T21:18:35Z

https://metacpan.org/release/HAARG/perl-5.40.0 remove bytes_heavy.pl Perl/perl5#22047 perl update version 5.40.0 Signed-off-by: Esaaprilia Salsabila

perl: update to version 5.38.2

2023-12-01T19:18:10Z

removed one that no longer exists in perl-5.38.2 updated one patch fixed missing builtin.pm Signed-off-by: Andy Syam

perl: update to version 5.38.0

2023-11-23T02:32:50Z

removed some sources to download perl. I believe I only need one source to download perl at https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0. I see some Linux distributions use that source to download. change the position of PKG_MAINTAINER to make it neater and prettier perform a patch refresh removes some patches that have been applied in perl-5.38.0 as well as patches that are no longer used in perl-5.38.0 added one patch Perl/perl5@ba6e2c3 this fixes the issue regcomp*.c, regexec.c - fixup regex engine build under -Uusedl provided updates and synchronized libc.config base.config version.config to perl-5.38.0 removed deprecated arybase in perl-5.29.4 Signed-off-by: Andy Syam

perl: add support for riscv64

2023-10-23T05:29:03Z

Required by sifiveu and upcoming riscv targets. Signed-off-by: Zoltan HERPAI

perl: add powerpc64 support

2022-03-03T00:30:32Z

Needed by the QoriQ target. Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev

perl: define $sysroot for extensions

2020-02-09T07:08:58Z

Signed-off-by: Alexander Ryzhov Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev

perl: add missing config for mips64el

2018-12-19T05:28:26Z

Compilation otherwise fails building for MIPS Malta 64-bit LE. Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar