Re: pl/perl extension fails on Windows

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pl/perl extension fails on Windows
Date: 2017-07-25 14:38:02
Message-ID: 5716.1500993482@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I think the real question is where do we go from here. Ashutosh has
> proposed a patch up-thread based on a suggestion from Andrew, but it
> is not clear if we want to go there as that seems to be bypassing
> handshake mechanism.

That definitely seems like the wrong route to me. If the resulting
code works, it would at best be accidental.

> The other tests and analysis seem to indicate
> that the new version Perl binaries on Windows are getting built with
> flags that are incompatible with what we use for plperl and it is not
> clear why perl is using those flags. Do you think we can do something
> at our end to make it work or someone should check with Perl community
> about it?

It would be a good idea to find somebody who knows more about how these
Perl distros are built.

regards, tom lane

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