Re: pl/perl extension fails on Windows

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> > I compiled PG 10 beta1/beta2 with "--with-perl" option on Windows and the
> > extension crashes the database.
> > *src/pl/plperl/Util.c: loadable library and perl binaries are mismatched
> > (got handshake key 0A900080, needed 0AC80080)*
>
> > This is seen with Perl 5.24 but not with 5.20, 5.16. What I found is that
> > the handshake function is added in Perl 5.21.x and probably that is why
> we
> > don't see this issue in earlier versions.
>
> Well, we have various buildfarm machines running perls newer than that,
> eg, crake, with 5.24.1. So I'd say there is something busted about your
> perl installation. Perhaps leftover bits of an older version somewhere?
>

Well crake is a Fedora box - and we have no problems on Linux, only on
Windows.

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