Re: Remove MSVC scripts from the tree

On 12.10.23 07:23, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> - Is src/backend/utils/README.Gen_dummy_probes still correct after this?
>> AFAICT, the Perl-based MSVC build system uses Gen_dummy_probes.pl, but the
>> meson build uses Gen_dummy_probes.sed even on Windows. Is that correct,
>> intended?
> Interesting point. This may depend on the environment at the end? As
> far as I can see, sed is currently a hard requirement in the meson
> build and we'd fail if the command cannot be used. The buildfarm
> machines that test meson are able to find sed, making
> Gen_dummy_probes.pl not necessary:
> https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_stage_log.pl?nm=drongo&dt=2023-10-11%2020%3A21%3A17&stg=configure
>
> So the $1000 question is: could there be a point in keeping the perl
> script around if sed cannot be found? The buildfarm coverage is
> currently saying no thanks to chocolatey, at least. The VM images
> compiled by Andres for the CI seem to have the same opinion.

I don't think we should rely on sed being there on Windows. Maybe it's
true now on the handful of buildfarm/CI machines and early adopters, but
do we have any indication that that is systematic or just an accident?

Since we definitely require Perl now, we could just as well use the Perl
script and avoid this issue.

Attached is a Perl version of the sed script, converted by hand (so not
the super-verbose s2p thing). It's basically just the sed script with
semicolons added and the backslashes in the regular expressions moved
around. I think we could use something like that for all platforms now.