nixpkgs/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix

{stdenv, fetchurl}:

stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "perl-5.8.8";

  builder = ./builder.sh;
  src = fetchurl {
    url = mirror://cpan/src/perl-5.8.8.tar.bz2;
    sha256 = "1j8vzc6lva49mwdxkzhvm78dkxyprqs4n4057amqvsh4kh6i92l1";
  };

  patches = [
    # This patch does the following:
    # 1) Do use the PATH environment variable to find the `pwd' command.
    #    By default, Perl will only look for it in /lib and /usr/lib.
    #    !!! what are the security implications of this?
    # 2) Force the use of <errno.h>, not /usr/include/errno.h, on Linux
    #    systems.  (This actually appears to be due to a bug in Perl.)
    ./no-sys-dirs.patch

    # Patch to make Perl 5.8.8 build with GCC 4.2.  Taken from
    # http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/11/msg117738.html
    ./gcc-4.2.patch
  ];

  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
}