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| From: | Marios Vodas <mvodas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Perl 5.8 requirement for compiling on windows? |
| Date: | 2011-07-04 16:30:00 |
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Hello,
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?
Thank you
| From: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | Marios Vodas <mvodas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Re: Perl 5.8 requirement for compiling on windows? |
| Date: | 2011-07-04 16:33:26 |
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On 04.07.2011 19:30, Marios Vodas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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.
--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
| From: | Marios Vodas <mvodas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Re: Perl 5.8 requirement for compiling on windows? |
| Date: | 2011-07-04 16:40:34 |
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Yes, or at least change it by adding "or later". It is confusing without
it...
Thank you for your response.
On 4/7/2011 7:33 μμ, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 04.07.2011 19:30, Marios Vodas wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> 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.
>
| From: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | Marios Vodas <mvodas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Re: Perl 5.8 requirement for compiling on windows? |
| Date: | 2011-07-04 19:45:04 |
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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.
--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com