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: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Adjust configure to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3.
Date: 2021-10-07 18:46:42
Message-ID: 161525.1633632402@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
>> On 7 Oct 2021, at 20:26, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Previously it only checked for version >= 5.8.0, although the
>> documentation has said that the minimum version is 5.8.3 since
>> commit dea6ba939.

> src/test/perl/README still claims "5.8.0 and newer", not sure how important
> that is to fix but it seems a bit inconsistent now.

Ah, done. I grepped for other possible references to 5.8.x, and
found

src/tools/msvc/gendef.pl:use 5.8.0;

but I don't think we need to change that.

regards, tom lane

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