Re: pgsql: Adjust configure to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3.

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Adjust configure to insist on Perl version >= 5.8.3.
Date: 2021-10-07 20:05:44
Message-ID: 202110072005.ywkhvq5xxxkx@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2021-Oct-07, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:

> Agreed, that's a lot more helpful. Since the set of core Perl modules change
> over time as modules are brought in (at least that's my understanding of it),
> that last paragraph might want to discourage use of modules that aren't
> expected to be in-core in commonly used systems? It might be overthinking it
> though.

Maybe we can mention `corelist -a` as a way to find out the module
versions shipped with each Perl version.

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