From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: davidgilman1@gmail.com
To: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #18816: pg16 requires perl 5.14+ but is not documented
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:44:17 -0500
Message-ID: <5a141995-b3b0-45d5-9296-67239eb98e46@dunslane.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18816-5688b740b9a77d0b@postgresql.org>
References: <18816-5688b740b9a77d0b@postgresql.org>
On 2025-02-17 Mo 10:09 AM, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 18816
> Logged by: David Gilman
> Email address:davidgilman1@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 16.7
> Operating system: n/a
> Description:
>
> The PostgreSQL 16 branch's configure script checks to see if perl 5.14+ is
> installed (see config/perl.m4) but there is no comment in the documentation
> that perl 5.14+ is required in the postgresql16 docs like there is in the
> postgresql17 docs. See doc pages:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/install-requirements.html
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/install-requirements.html
>
Prior to v17, perl was not a hard requirement if you were building from
a tarball, only if building from git. That changed with commit 721856ff24b3.
The v16 docs state (correctly):
*
Perl 5.14 or later is needed to build from a Git checkout, or if you
changed the input files for any of the build steps that use Perl
scripts. If building on Windows you will need Perl in any case. Perl
is also required to run some test suites.
cheers
andrew
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Andrew Dunstan
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