Re: BUG #5339: Version of Perl detected incorrectly

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jonathan <jonathan(at)leto(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5339: Version of Perl detected incorrectly
Date: 2010-02-22 20:07:50
Message-ID: 345.1266869270@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:57, Jonathan <jonathan(at)leto(dot)net> wrote:
>> This is perl 5, version 11, subversion 4 (v5.11.4-114-ga4cc961*) built for
>> x86_64-linux

Ugh. Can't they manage to keep that message reasonably consistent?

> ! perl_version_error=`$PERL -e 'use 5.00801;' 2>&1`

This is not a path towards an acceptable solution, as it effectively
assumes what we are setting out to prove, namely that we have found
a reasonably modern version of perl. Try it in perl 4...

regards, tom lane

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