Hackers,

Since installing Perl 5.14.1, I installed newer version of ExtUtils::ParseXS from CPAN. I installed it with `make install UNINST=1`, which removes the copy of xsubpp that ships with core Perl. This results in an error during PostgreSQL `make`:

make -C plperl install
gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv  -I. -I. -I../../../src/include -I/usr/local/include/libxml2  -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE  -c -o plperl.o plperl.c
'/usr/local/bin/perl' /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14.1/ExtUtils/typemap SPI.xs >SPI.c
Can't open perl script "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.14.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp": No such file or directory

I [asked][] Perl 5 Porters for the proper way to find xsubpp, and was [told][] that it was probably best to look in @Config{qw(installsitebin installvendorbin installbin)}.

[asked]: http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2011-09/msg00501.html
[told]: http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2011-09/msg00686.html

The attached patch makes this change. I've tested it on Mac OS X and it works fine. Someone else will have to test it on Windows.

Best,

David

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• Re: Patch: Perl xsubpp at 2011-09-15 21:41:02 from Alex Hunsaker

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