From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>
cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>,
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        Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: pg_amcheck contrib application
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Comments: In-reply-to Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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I wrote:
>> ... btw, prairiedog (which has a rather old Perl) has a
>> different complaint:
>> Invalid type 'q' in unpack at t/004_verify_heapam.pl line 104.

> Hmm ... "man perlfunc" on that system quoth
>                    q   A signed quad (64-bit) value.
>                    Q   An unsigned quad value.
>                          (Quads are available only if your system suppor=
ts 64-bit
>                           integer values _and_ if Perl has been compiled=
 to support those.
>                           Causes a fatal error otherwise.)
> It does not seem unreasonable for us to rely on Perl having that
> in 2021, so I'll see about upgrading this perl installation.

Hm, wait a minute: hoverfly is showing the same failure, even though
it claims to be running a 64-bit Perl.  Now I'm confused.

			regards, tom lane