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Re: pgsql: Adjust configure to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3.

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>

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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@enterprisedb.com>, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Date: 2021-10-07T21:06:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 2021-Oct-07, Tom Lane wrote:

> Hmm.  I do see that Module::CoreList knows not only which modules
> are in core but when they were brought in, so that does seem like
> a really valuable reference to know about.  Let's just say something
> like "You can consult Module::CoreList to find out whether and for
> long a module has been present in the Perl core."

WFM.

-- 
Álvaro Herrera         PostgreSQL Developer  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
Essentially, you're proposing Kevlar shoes as a solution for the problem
that you want to walk around carrying a loaded gun aimed at your foot.
(Tom Lane)

Commits

  1. Make configure check for minimum required version of IPC::Run.

  2. Doc: update testing recipe in src/test/perl/README.

  3. Update test/perl/README to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3, too.

  4. Adjust configure to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3.

  5. Doc: specify that the minimum supported version of Perl is 5.8.3.