Re: --with-perl=/path/to/prefered/perl?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: --with-perl=/path/to/prefered/perl?
Date: 2000-10-25 18:18:01
Message-ID: 200010251818.OAA14119@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> writes:
> > Would it be possible to add a path spec to the --with-perl configure
> > option so that if we have 2 or more PERL versions on the system we can
> > pick which one to use?
>
> Why do you need that, as opposed to just setting your PATH so that
> configure finds the right one first?

On BSD/OS, there is perl (perl4) and perl5 (perl5). You have to set the
name of the perl executable.

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