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Re: plperl: update ppport.h and fix configure version check

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2021-10-05T12:10:38Z
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=?utf-8?Q?Dagfinn_Ilmari_Manns=C3=A5ker?= <ilmari@ilmari.org> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>> Hard to tell if that is a local update or official IBM distribution.

> Looks like they update the Perl version in OS updates and service packs:
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-perl-updates-and-support-perlrte

Oh, interesting.   So even if someone still had AIX 6.1 in the wild,
they'd likely have some newer-than-5.8.x Perl on it.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. plperl: update ppport.h to Perl 5.34.0.

  2. Doc: update our claims about the minimum recommended AIX version.

  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.