Re: multi-install PostgresNode fails with older postgres versions

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr(at)dalibo(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: multi-install PostgresNode fails with older postgres versions
Date: 2021-05-21 12:29:14
Message-ID: bd1d586d-cc9e-0bd3-9d1f-25d41cb6e18a@dunslane.net
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On 5/20/21 11:04 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> On 5/20/21 9:49 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>>> Are older versions of the perl MSI that activestate provides hard to
>>> come by? FWIW, I would not mind if this README and the docs are
>>> updated to mention that on Windows we require a newer version for this
>>> set of MSIs.
>> I've fixed the coding that led to this particular problem. So for now
>> let's let sleeping dogs lie.
> Seems like the right solution is for somebody to be running a
> buildfarm animal on Windows with an old perl version.
>
>

Maybe Amit can :-) Getting hold of old builds isn't always easy.
Strawberry's downloads page has versions back to 5.14, ActiveState only
to 5.26.

cheers

andrew

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