Re: Perl 5.26 and windows build system

On 10/17/2018 04:38 AM, Victor Wagner wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> Since Active State stopped to distribute perl 5.22, we decided to
> upgrade installer builds to most use recent version available
> (5.26.1.2601 now).
>
> But upstream perl changes policy around this version and no longer
> adds current directory to the module search path.
>
> This doesn't break work of build.pl, which allready handles module
> search path itself, but breaks install.pl, mkvcbuild.pl and
> vcregress.pl, which
> expect to be started from src/tools/msvc.
>
> Simple adding
>
> use lib ".";
>
> to the beginning of these script solves problem.

The buildfarm code uses this pattern:

use File::Spec;

BEGIN
{
    use lib File::Spec->rel2abs(dirname(__FILE__));
}

So that the added path is not the current directory but the one where
the file lives. I think that's probably a better way to do it.

>
> BTW, have anyone experienced some success using Strawberry perl instead
> of Active perl both for building postgres and as PL/Perl engine?
>
> Active State seems to abandon support for 32-bit windows and strawberry
> perl license allows redistribution.

I have not. OTOH I'm not sure I care that much about 32bit Windows
either. I have heard of people having considerable difficulties with
Strawberry Perl.

cheers

andrew

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