Re: Perl 5.26 and windows build system

From: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
To: Victor Wagner <vitus(at)wagner(dot)pp(dot)ru>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Perl 5.26 and windows build system
Date: 2018-11-12 06:55:41
Message-ID: 20181112065541.GA1067770@rfd.leadboat.com
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 05:16:15PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> On 10/17/2018 04:38 AM, Victor Wagner wrote:
> >BTW, have anyone experienced some success using Strawberry perl instead
> >of Active perl both for building postgres and as PL/Perl engine?
> >
> >Active State seems to abandon support for 32-bit windows and strawberry
> >perl license allows redistribution.
>
> I have not. OTOH I'm not sure I care that much about 32bit Windows either. I
> have heard of people having considerable difficulties with Strawberry Perl.

As of commit 7e0c574, Strawberry Perl worked for me. I would choose it over
ActivePerl if I were starting a new Windows PostgreSQL distribution.

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