Re: pgsql: Adjust configure to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Adjust configure to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3.
Date: 2021-10-10 18:42:11
Message-ID: 318519.1633891331@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> The closest I can get to what we want using cpanm is with this recipe:

> cpanm install Test::Simple(at)0(dot)87_01
> cpanm install IPC::Run(at)0(dot)79
> cpanm install ExtUtils::MakeMaker(at)6(dot)50 # downgrade

Upon trying to actually use the perlbrew installation, I discovered
another oversight in the recipe: at least with old perl versions,
you end up with a non-shared libperl, so that --with-perl fails.

That leads me to the attached revision...

regards, tom lane

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