Re: plperl: update ppport.h and fix configure version check

On 10/5/21 10:30 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> Seems OK. Note that the Msys DTK perl currawong uses to build with is
>> ancient (5.6.1). That's going to stay as it is until it goes completely
>> out of scope in about 13 months. The perl it builds plperl against is
>> much more modern - 5.16.3.
> That brings up something I was intending to ask you about -- any special
> tips about running the buildfarm script with a different Perl version
> than is used in the PG build itself? I'm trying to modernize a couple
> of my buildfarm animals to use non-stone-age SSL, but I don't really
> want to move the goalposts on what they're testing.
>
>

Mostly if you set the perl you're building against in the path ahead of
the perl you running with things just work. A notable exception is TAP
tests, where you have to set PROVE in the config_env to point to the
prove script you're going to use.

cheers

andrew

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