| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Yasir <yasir(dot)hussain(dot)shah(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ActiveState Perl is not valid anymore to build PG17 on the Windows 10/11 platforms, So Documentation still suggesting it should be updated |
| Date: | 2024-10-16 22:35:19 |
| Message-ID: | ZxA_p-HWdx4JFKC5@momjian.us |
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:23:11AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 2024-07-16 Tu 7:46 AM, Yasir wrote:
>
> Hi Hackers,
>
> Recently, I compiled PG17 on the windows. Till PG16 "ActiveState Perl", as
> instructed in the documentation, was being used successfully on the Windows
> 10/11 to compile PG.
> However, it looks like that "ActiveState Perl" is not valid anymore to
> compile PG17 on Windows 10/11 but documentation still suggests it.
> Therefore, I think documentation needs to be updated.
> Moreover, I had to install "strawberry's perl" in order to compile PG17 on
> Windows 10/11. Please check out the thread "errors building on windows
> using meson" highlighting the issue.
>
>
>
> See https://postgr.es/m/4acddcd4-1c08-44e7-ba60-cab1022599e3@dunslane.net
>
> I agree we should fix the docco.
I have written the attached patch to make these changes.
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