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| author | John Naylor <john.naylor@postgresql.org> | 2022-09-14 09:58:13 +0700 |
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| committer | John Naylor <john.naylor@postgresql.org> | 2022-09-14 12:37:04 +0700 |
| commit | 4c1532763a00c21cbb737bc3855e9a31374b119d (patch) | |
| tree | b75d8b067de1ef814c2d53ae7e527026924a6633 /doc/src | |
| parent | ecaf7c5df54f7fa9df2fdc7225d2bb4e283f0081 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-4c1532763a00c21cbb737bc3855e9a31374b119d.tar.gz | |
Bump minimum Perl version to 5.14
The oldest vendor-shipped Perl in the buildfarm is 5.14.2, which is
the last version that Debian Wheezy shipped. That OS is EOL, but we
keep it running because there is no other convenient way to test certain
non-mainstream 32-bit platforms. There is no bugfix in the 5.14.2 release
that is required, and yet it's also not the latest minor release --
that would be 5.14.4. To clarify the situation, we have thus arranged the
buildfarm to test 5.14.0. That allows configure scripts and documentation
to state 5.14 without fine print.
The MSVC build didn't check the version, since our previous minimum 5.8.3
was considered too old to check for on Windows. We will need a check for
Windows sometime during the v16 cycle, but that could be rendered moot
by the impending Meson conversion, so it seems safe to just document
the requirement for now.
Reviewed by Tom Lane
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20220902181553.ev4pgzhubhdkguuv@awork3.anarazel.de
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 4 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml index c00ab2b4b2..29d3294dc8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ $ENV{MSBFLAGS}="/m"; or Cygwin Perl will not work. It must also be present in the PATH. Binaries can be downloaded from <ulink url="https://www.activestate.com"></ulink> - (Note: version 5.8.3 or later is required, + (Note: version 5.14 or later is required, the free Standard Distribution is sufficient). </para></listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 7c79608e55..319c7e6966 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ su - postgres <application>PL/Perl</application> you need a full <productname>Perl</productname> installation, including the <filename>libperl</filename> library and the header files. - The minimum required version is <productname>Perl</productname> 5.8.3. + The minimum required version is <productname>Perl</productname> 5.14. Since <application>PL/Perl</application> will be a shared library, the <indexterm><primary>libperl</primary></indexterm> <filename>libperl</filename> library must be a shared library @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ su - postgres <primary>perl</primary> </indexterm> - <application>Perl</application> 5.8.3 or later is needed to build from a Git checkout, + <application>Perl</application> 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 <application>Perl</application> in any case. <application>Perl</application> is |