Re: Perl 5.8 requirement for compiling on windows?

On 04.07.2011 19:40, Marios Vodas wrote:
> On 4/7/2011 7:33 μμ, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> On 04.07.2011 19:30, Marios Vodas wrote:
>>> I want to ask why is there a requirement for 5.8 version of Perl to
>>> compile
>>> under windows?
>>> In this page of the documentation
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-windows-full.html#AEN23848it
>>>
>>> sais: "Note: version 5.8 is required".
>>> I was able to compile PostgreSQL 9.0.4 using Active Perl 5.14 (only some
>>> warnings but the build was successful).
>>> Should I necessarily use 5.8?
>>
>> Surely that means 5.8 or later. Given that 5.8 is very old by now,
>> perhaps we should just remove that sentence.
>>
> Yes, or at least change it by adding "or later". It is confusing without
> it...

Ok, I've fixed the docs to say "or later". I did it somewhat arbitrarily
back to 8.3, as that's as far as "git cherry-pick" worked without conflicts.

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