Re: PL/perl should fail on configure, not make

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>
Subject: Re: PL/perl should fail on configure, not make
Date: 2013-01-10 21:21:40
Message-ID: 50EF30E4.6070006@gmx.net
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On 1/9/13 7:56 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> That is, the standard perl executable depends on libperl.so --- not
> libperl.so.M.N, which isn't even there. Take the .so away, and you
> don't get past configure's initial perl-related checks, because
> /usr/bin/perl is broken. This isn't a Red-Hat-ism, either, because my
> direct-from-upstream-source build on my old HPUX box is the same way.

How does this survive a distribution upgrade with a new libperl soname?

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