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

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@enterprisedb.com>
Date: 2021-10-10T18:42:11Z
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I wrote:
> The closest I can get to what we want using cpanm is with this recipe:

>     cpanm install Test::Simple@0.87_01
>     cpanm install IPC::Run@0.79
>     cpanm install ExtUtils::MakeMaker@6.50  # downgrade

Upon trying to actually use the perlbrew installation, I discovered
another oversight in the recipe: at least with old perl versions,
you end up with a non-shared libperl, so that --with-perl fails.

That leads me to the attached revision...

			regards, 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.