Re: pl/perl won't build under 7.1.3 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pl/perl won't build under 7.1.3
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Msg-id 13571.1006802432@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pl/perl won't build under 7.1.3  ("Jim Buttafuoco" <jim@spectrumtelecorp.com>)
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"Jim Buttafuoco" <jim@spectrumtelecorp.com> writes:
> Ok,  I believe you.  I am going to try on Solaris 8 and Tru64 now.  I
> believe this is a real pain because I don't know of anyone that "ships"
> perl with a shared lib.

It's easy enough to get a shared perl lib if you build from source:
just say yes when the Configure script asks if you want one.

Precompiled distributions tend not to do this, though.

            regards, tom lane

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