diff --git a/perl/perl/cross-lm.patch b/perl/perl/cross-lm.patch.disabled
similarity index 91%
rename from perl/perl/cross-lm.patch
rename to perl/perl/cross-lm.patch.disabled
index b00c5de80..3b62e9c13 100644
--- a/perl/perl/cross-lm.patch
+++ b/perl/perl/cross-lm.patch.disabled
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
-# Filename: package/.../perl/cross-lm.patch
+# Filename: package/.../perl/cross-lm.patch.disabled
+# Copyright (C) 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
diff --git a/perl/perl/install.patch.cross b/perl/perl/install.patch.cross.disabled
similarity index 95%
rename from perl/perl/install.patch.cross
rename to perl/perl/install.patch.cross.disabled
index 3087ea983..f4215cb6b 100644
--- a/perl/perl/install.patch.cross
+++ b/perl/perl/install.patch.cross.disabled
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
-# Filename: package/.../perl/install.patch.cross
-# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+# Filename: package/.../perl/install.patch.cross.disabled
+# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
diff --git a/perl/perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch b/perl/perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch.disabled
similarity index 94%
rename from perl/perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch
rename to perl/perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch.disabled
index efb3d8d79..42ec5112f 100644
--- a/perl/perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch
+++ b/perl/perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch.disabled
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
-# Filename: package/.../perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Filename: package/.../perl/perl-5.8.8-libc-2.patch.disabled
+# Copyright (C) 2008 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
diff --git a/perl/perl/perl.conf b/perl/perl/perl.conf
index 283d4cf79..a12206982 100644
--- a/perl/perl/perl.conf
+++ b/perl/perl/perl.conf
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../perl/perl.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
+# Copyright (C) 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -14,86 +12,34 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-perl_cross_bootstrap()
-{
-	# build a native miniperl
-	eval $MAKE miniperl
-	cp miniperl miniperl.native
-	$MAKE clean
-
-	# setup cross compiler
-	sed -e '/^d_futimes/d' -e '/^d_sockatmark/d' -i config.sh
-	cat >> config.sh <<-EOT
-cc='$CC'
-ccname='$CC'
-ld='$CC'
-libs='-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
-d_futimes='undef'
-d_sockatmark='undef'
-d_sockatmarkproto='undef'
-EOT
-	touch config.sh
-	eval $MAKE $makeopt miniperl
-	cp -f miniperl.native miniperl
+untar_cross_perl() {
+	tar -v $taropt $( match_source_file -p cross perl ) -C $builddir/
 }
+hook_add prepatch 1 "untar_cross_perl"
 
-perl_postmake() {
-	cat > $root/usr/bin/cpan <<- EOT
-		#!/usr/bin/perl
-		use POSIX;
-		use locale;
-		use CPAN;
-
-		setlocale(LANGUAGE, "en_US");
-		setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US");
-		shell;
-	EOT
-        chmod +x $root/usr/bin/cpan
+# configure is not standard 
+cleanconfopt=0
 
-	if atstage native; then
-		eval `perl -V:archlib`
-		touch ${archlib}/perllocal.pod
+confopt="--prefix=/$prefix \$extraconfopt"
+extraconfopt=
 
-		h2ph $( grep ' usr/include/.*\.h$' \
-			$root/var/adm/flists/glibc* | sed 's,^.*: ,/,' )
-	fi
-}
+makeinstopt="install"
 
-runconfig=0
+if ! atstage native; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--build=$arch_build"
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--target=$arch_target" 
+	var_insert makeinstopt ' ' "DESTDIR=$root"
+fi
 
-[[ $libdir = *lib64 ]] && var_append patchfiles ' ' "$confdir/lib64.diff"
-libpth="/usr/local/${libdir##*/} /${libdir##*/} /usr/${libdir##*/}"
-confopt="-des -Dcc=$cc -Darchname=$arch_target -Dprefix=/$prefix \
-	-Dmyhostname=$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_HOST_NAME \
-	-Dsiteprefix=/$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX \
-	-Dvendorprefix=/$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_VENDOR_PREFIX"
+# let -D and -U override definitions from loaded configuration file
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' "-O"
 
 # build a shared libperl
 if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" != 1 ]; then
-	var_append confopt ' ' "-Duseshrplib"
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "-Duseshrplib"
 fi
 
-[ "$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_THREADS" = "1" ] && confopt="$confopt -Dusethreads"
-
-hook_add preconf 2  "( rm -f config.sh Policy.sh; eval sh Configure \$confopt; )"
-if ! atstage native; then
-	var_append confopt " " "-Ddynamic_ext=none"
-	var_append confopt " " "-Dstatic_ext=\"Data/Dumper IO Fcntl POSIX\""
-	hook_add premake 3 "perl_cross_bootstrap"
+# thread support
+if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_THREADS" = "1" ]; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "-Dusethreads"
 fi
-
-hook_add postmake 4 "perl_postmake"
-
-PERL_CROSS_MODULES="File/Basename.pm Errno.pm Config.pm IO/File.pm Symbol.pm \
-        SelectSaver.pm IO/Seekable.pm IO/Handle.pm IO.pm XSLoader.pm \
-        DynaLoader.pm AutoLoader.pm Carp/Heavy.pm"
-
-perl_cross_modules()
-{
-        moddir=${root}/${SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX}/lib/perl5/$ver
-        for mod in $PERL_CROSS_MODULES; do
-                [ -d $moddir/`dirname $mod` ] || mkdir -p $moddir/`dirname $mod`;
-                cp -vdpf lib/$mod $moddir/$mod
-        done;
-}
-atstage cross && hook_add postmake 3 "perl_cross_modules"
diff --git a/perl/perl/perl.conf.disabled b/perl/perl/perl.conf.disabled
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c96fc178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/perl/perl.conf.disabled
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../perl/perl.conf.disabled
+# Copyright (C) 2009 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+perl_cross_bootstrap()
+{
+	# build a native miniperl
+	eval $MAKE miniperl
+	cp miniperl miniperl.native
+	$MAKE clean
+
+	# setup cross compiler
+	sed -e '/^d_futimes/d' -e '/^d_sockatmark/d' -i config.sh
+	cat >> config.sh <<-EOT
+cc='$CC'
+ccname='$CC'
+ld='$CC'
+libs='-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+d_futimes='undef'
+d_sockatmark='undef'
+d_sockatmarkproto='undef'
+EOT
+	touch config.sh
+	eval $MAKE $makeopt miniperl
+	cp -f miniperl.native miniperl
+}
+
+perl_postmake() {
+	cat > $root/usr/bin/cpan <<- EOT
+		#!/usr/bin/perl
+		use POSIX;
+		use locale;
+		use CPAN;
+
+		setlocale(LANGUAGE, "en_US");
+		setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US");
+		shell;
+	EOT
+        chmod +x $root/usr/bin/cpan
+
+	if atstage native; then
+		eval `perl -V:archlib`
+		touch ${archlib}/perllocal.pod
+
+		h2ph $( grep ' usr/include/.*\.h$' \
+			$root/var/adm/flists/glibc* | sed 's,^.*: ,/,' )
+	fi
+}
+
+runconfig=0
+
+[[ $libdir = *lib64 ]] && var_append patchfiles ' ' "$confdir/lib64.diff"
+libpth="/usr/local/${libdir##*/} /${libdir##*/} /usr/${libdir##*/}"
+confopt="-des -Dcc=$cc -Darchname=$arch_target -Dprefix=/$prefix \
+	-Dmyhostname=$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_HOST_NAME \
+	-Dsiteprefix=/$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX \
+	-Dvendorprefix=/$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_VENDOR_PREFIX"
+
+# build a shared libperl
+if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" != 1 ]; then
+	var_append confopt ' ' "-Duseshrplib"
+fi
+
+[ "$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_THREADS" = "1" ] && confopt="$confopt -Dusethreads"
+
+hook_add preconf 2  "( rm -f config.sh Policy.sh; eval sh Configure \$confopt; )"
+if ! atstage native; then
+	var_append confopt " " "-Ddynamic_ext=none"
+	var_append confopt " " "-Dstatic_ext=\"Data/Dumper IO Fcntl POSIX\""
+	hook_add premake 3 "perl_cross_bootstrap"
+fi
+
+hook_add postmake 4 "perl_postmake"
+
+PERL_CROSS_MODULES="File/Basename.pm Errno.pm Config.pm IO/File.pm Symbol.pm \
+        SelectSaver.pm IO/Seekable.pm IO/Handle.pm IO.pm XSLoader.pm \
+        DynaLoader.pm AutoLoader.pm Carp/Heavy.pm"
+
+perl_cross_modules()
+{
+        moddir=${root}/${SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX}/lib/perl5/$ver
+        for mod in $PERL_CROSS_MODULES; do
+                [ -d $moddir/`dirname $mod` ] || mkdir -p $moddir/`dirname $mod`;
+                cp -vdpf lib/$mod $moddir/$mod
+        done;
+}
+atstage cross && hook_add postmake 3 "perl_cross_modules"
diff --git a/perl/perl/perl.desc b/perl/perl/perl.desc
index a6c75eaca..dec832351 100644
--- a/perl/perl/perl.desc
+++ b/perl/perl/perl.desc
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@
 [P] X -1-3---7-9 102.000
 
 [D] 356532305 perl-5.16.0.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/
+#[D] 625481311 perl-5.16.0-cross-0.7.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/perlcross.berlios/
+[D] 625481311 perl-5.16.0-cross-0.7.tar.gz http://download.berlios.de/perlcross/