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

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> 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.

Oh, so it wouldn't be a search path but a specific executable name
(with or without full path info). OK, that makes sense to me.
I've had different perls installed with different executable names
myself.

regards, tom lane