Re: ActiveState Perl is not valid anymore to build PG17 on the Windows 10/11 platforms, So Documentation still suggesting it should be updated

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, 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: 2024-10-29 01:24:59
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 01:07:16PM +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> +1 for applying backpatched to at least 17 but possibly further down judging by
> the linked threads.

When using ActiveState perl, being able to call `perl` from a PATH
requires one to register into a central service related to the company
that provides these binaries. Still recommending it even on stable
branches makes me really uneasy.
--
Michael

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