| From: | Alex Pilosov <alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | gilles(at)darold(dot)net, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PL/Perl compilation error |
| Date: | 2000-10-17 15:11:32 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSO.4.10.10010171106190.22422-100000@spider.pilosoft.com |
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Gilles DAROLD <gilles(at)darold(dot)net> writes:
> >> The problem is this will break on older copies of Perl.
>
> > This problem is solved by perl itself !
>
> Yeah, it is: there is a module called Devel::PPPort that isolates
> user C code from the incompatibilities of different Perl APIs. Until
> someone gets around to submitting a proper fix using PPPort, we'll stick
> with the POLLUTE=1 solution we have now. I see no reason to install an
> incomplete solution that will fail on older Perls --- we are not in the
> business of forcing people to update their Perls.
I believe that POLLUTE should be a default. People who are using perl5.004
are definitely a minority now. 5.004 is 3 years old now...
-alex
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