Re: PL/Perl and Perl 5.8

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/Perl and Perl 5.8
Date: 2002-11-05 22:24:46
Message-ID: 200211052224.gA5MOkw19641@candle.pha.pa.us
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Neil Conway wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > The HAS_CRYPT_R is true because the function is available even without the
> > prototype, but the struct is not. A plain bug in Perl's configury
> > mechanism.
>
> Yeah, that's true. The question is whether it's worth working around
> the bug. IMHO, yes -- but what do other people think?

With no motion on this, I assume we are going to call this a perl bug
and not work around it for 7.3.

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